Mac Pro Apps

Thanks dguann4114-

I'm trying out hummingbird2 on mac. Also am using Concentrate app to help
with my time management goals I set aside for IM.

Just bought concentrate. Brilliant, brilliant app. Makes The Action Machine look totally and utterly shit! :)
 
I use a Mac, but find it worthless for IM stuff. If you don't have VMWare, buy a PC like I did. Found a cheap one on woot. I also like having multiple computers with different screen resolutions to test things out.
 
Does anyone have a favorite ebook cover creator for mac os? I found several ebook cover programs here but all were pc based. Much appreciated.
 
Just bought concentrate. Brilliant, brilliant app. Makes The Action Machine look totally and utterly shit! :)

I really dig concentrate. I use the "speak a message" function for reminders on what I should be working on.
 
Does anyone have a favorite ebook cover creator for mac os? I found several ebook cover programs here but all were pc based. Much appreciated.

I found one for mac, pretty simple to use. BoxShot 3D
 
Any one using more than one monitor? Found this app that might be useful for those who use two monitors
Code:
http://blog.boastr.net/?page_id=79
 
I just bought a mac. I'm just using the Safari.
Safari is pretty wack.

What web browser you BHW prefer
Chrome hands down but Firefox for the greasemonkey shit and plugins. Unfortunately we're tied to those two browsers.

any other mac apps that help with your online marketing and personal productivity.
Yes, you definitely need vmware or parallels so you can run all the windows apps on.
 
This app helps me clear my mind a bit on little lists I'm working on...
Code:
http://www.orionbelt.com/productMac.php

Top 100 Mac OS X Apps List by CP

Code:
http://chris.pirillo.com/top-100-mac-apps/
 
And just to add to the thread, you can now get SRware Iron for OSX, so no more Google Chrome Spyware crap for those that don't trust The G! :) Saying that though, i don't think it likes it's extensions much!
 
I'm using Firefox right now on my Mac. I switch between FF and Chrome (dev build) as the default.

Other apps I use:

Twitter: Tweetie
Torrents: Transmission
Text/Code Editor: Textmate
Dev Environment/Local Server: MAMP Pro
FTP: Transmit
AIM/MSN/GTalk: Adium
Usenet: Unison

I just started using transmit ftp from cyberduck...
Code:
http://www.panic.com/transmit/
 
Anyone try/use writeroom?
Distraction Free Writing Application...

Code:
http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/writeroom
 
Been using this great little app for time management Vitamin-R

Code:
http://www.publicspace.net/
 
Get a 30" Apple Cinema Display... it will pay for itself within a week or two with vastly improved productivity.

  • Chat: Adium
  • Browser: Safari... inspect DOM elements and inline javascript debugging... killer
  • Text Editor: TextMate
  • IDE: IntelliJ Idea
  • LAMP STACK: MAMP and Querious
  • SEO: Rank Tracker with 25 Packet Flip proxies
  • Website Tools: WebScarab and Deep Vacuum
  • Password Manager: 1Password to make it easy to use a different password on every site and not have to remember them all.
  • Graphics Editor: Photoshop CS4
  • Reference: Safari Online Account for every technical reference book there is and thousands of training videos on every topic.
 
I'm a long time Mac user as well.

Know this: You need Firefox. I couldn't imagine going about my day without the 20 or so plugins I use for all sorts of tasks. Safari just doesn't stack up.

I thought it was just me, I got 2 Mac's a Mac Pro & a 22 inch mac for my home studio, and safari suck major ballz
 
Why would anyone use firefox which is 20 times slower than Safari and Chrome even if you're on, I don't know, 1TB internet connection. Sarafi+Glims kick some serious Firefox ass, if you need add-ons. But if you prefer clean and fast browsing use Chrome.

Someone also said they use VLC, well, I (and most people used to normal user-oriented interface most "developed for Mac" apps use (Firefox is not in this category)), hate it, and use QT10+Perian which can read all formats VLC can read except for MKV. Until the new Perian comes out at least. Another handy app you might want to consider is AppZapper for "uninstalling" apps (i.e. deleting preference panes and registries most applications leave behind when you trash them), Acquisition for P2P, Toast for burning media, RarMachine for .rar files and Transmit for FTP. Also, another handy freeware which lets you log out without having to quit all your running applications is MacLoc.
 
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Been using this great little app for time management Vitamin-R

Code:
http://www.publicspace.net/


Mental! I bought Concentrate after seeing you recommend it and I bought Vitamin-R 2 days ago off my own bat! :cool: (We must have been separated at birth!)

I also recommend and I recommend this very, very highly, Slife.

This is without a shadow if a doubt, the ultimate in time management, especially when coupled with Isolator and Vitamin-R/Concentrate and Lumina/iClockr.

Get Vitamin-R and Slife set-up and it will move your productivity onto a whole new plain. Slife doesn't seem like much, but trust me!

http://www.slifeweb.com

http://vimeo.com/4821453
 
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for text editing : TextWrangler
browser : chrome
for RDP : CoRD
for computer monitor display : f.lux hxxp://www.stereopsis.com/flux/
 
Just found an even better tool for productivity than Slife. Unfortunately it costs monet, only $6-$9 a month, but it's ********ing ace, especially with Vitamin-R along side.

https://www.rescuetime.com/

Oh and for the free version of Slife (not the free web based version, but a downloadable desktop app) here's a link to the Slife Project on Google code.

http://code.google.com/p/slife/
 
I have a macbook pro that's a beast. I got tired of using bootcamp and having to restart, so I bought Parallels and just run it in coherence mode. So Windows is running as a virtual machine in the background and pulling as much processing power and RAM as it needs at the time. It varies. But I'm simply looking at the mac screen like nothing has changed, and I can open up whatever programs I want from Windows just like it was a mac program.
 
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