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"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
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Originally posted by Coach McGuirk View PostI appreciate the retina display.
I had a problem with the menu bar at first, but now I like it.
Tip: learn all the Command- short cuts and you'll never miss the menu bar being on the window.Last edited by Uncle Ted; 02-08-2013, 08:54 PM."If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Originally posted by camleish View PostDo you use terminal out of the box? I'm surprised you don't use something like iterm. What about a good osx text editor?
The editor in Xcode isn't too bad."If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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My app list.
Free:
Adium - For chat. Although I have been using Cougar's (aka. Mtn Lion's) messenger more lately.
Colloquy - for IRC, if you are into that.
Google Chrome - Chrome use to be much more secure than Safari. I believe Safari has the edge now.
HandBrake - For my DVD ripping needs.
Burn - For my CD/DVD burning needs.
SuperDuper! - for backup imaging (of course, I use time machine as well)
Transmission - for my bit torrent needs.
VLC - plays the videos that QuickTime player doesn't.
Stuff I bought:
VMWare Fusion
OmniGraffle - For my technical drawing stuff. I have some other Omni stuff as well (OmniFocus, OmniOutliner, OmniWeb) but really only use OmniGrafle a lot.
Pixelmator - Because I am too cheap to buy photoshop.
iLife stuff.
Pages/Numbers/Keynote - I mainly use pages and keynote.
The Microsoft office crap to read other people's documents and for Excel.
QuickBooks for Mac."If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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My Free apps:
unrarx: program that unfolds your .rar files
transmission: bit torrent downloader program
Safari: I don't really use other browsers- especially since Chrome got rid of its download button on youtube.
Spotify: Still the best music software for listening at work and in the car.
Handbrake: for ripping my Netflix dvd queue.
Dropbox: Easy access to the Dropbox site for large file storage/sending."I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"
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Originally posted by Commando View PostMy Free apps:
Safari: I don't really use other browsers- especially since Chrome got rid of its download button on youtube."If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Originally posted by Uncle Ted View PostAdium - For chat. Although I have been using Cougar's (aka. Mtn Lion's) messenger more lately.
I really like being able to type on a full keyboard to send text messages.
Originally posted by Uncle Ted View PostColloquy - for IRC, if you are into that.
Originally posted by Uncle Ted View PostGoogle Chrome - Chrome use to be much more secure than Safari. I believe Safari has the edge now.
Originally posted by Uncle Ted View PostHandBrake - For my DVD ripping needs.
Burn - For my CD/DVD burning needs.
Originally posted by Uncle Ted View PostSuperDuper! - for backup imaging (of course, I use time machine as well)
Originally posted by Uncle Ted View PostTransmission - for my bit torrent needs.
Originally posted by Uncle Ted View PostVLC - plays the videos that QuickTime player doesn't.
Originally posted by Uncle Ted View PostVMWare Fusion
Originally posted by Uncle Ted View PostOmniGraffle - For my technical drawing stuff. I have some other Omni stuff as well (OmniFocus, OmniOutliner, OmniWeb) but really only use OmniGrafle a lot.
Originally posted by Uncle Ted View PostPixelmator - Because I am too cheap to buy photoshop.
Originally posted by Uncle Ted View PostiLife stuff.
Originally posted by Uncle Ted View PostPages/Numbers/Keynote - I mainly use pages and keynote.
The Microsoft office crap to read other people's documents and for Excel.
Originally posted by Uncle Ted View PostQuickBooks for Mac."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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I do quite a bit of web authoring. I use Dreamweaver for content creation along with wamp which gives me Apache, MySQL, and PHP on local machine for testing before kicking stuff up to the remote server. I see that there is a similar thing on the Mac platform called mamp. Anyone use that?"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostI have been quite happy with the Messages app, although it only seems to work for people in the apple universe. Does Adium work with non-apple phones?
I really like being able to type on a full keyboard to send text messages.
Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostNever heard of IRC. Will check it out.
Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostI normally use FF. I tried the Mac FF version for a few days and had a number of problems. Using Safari now and it seems OK.
Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostWhy not just use Time Machine? What does this give you?
Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostI use Photoshop (see above). Very powerful, but awfully complex interface.
Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostAlready installed. I wonder if our IT guy did that for me?
Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostI use Quicken on PC. Have not heard good things about Mac version. Will use in VMWare until I figure out how I want to migrate.Last edited by Uncle Ted; 02-09-2013, 08:42 AM."If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostI do quite a bit of web authoring. I use Dreamweaver for content creation along with wamp which gives me Apache, MySQL, and PHP on local machine for testing before kicking stuff up to the remote server. I see that there is a similar thing on the Mac platform called mamp. Anyone use that?
I haven't used MAMP. I have installed apache and other open source using macports, however. Note that a web server comes pre-installed on macs (System Preferences -> Sharing -> Select "Web Sharing" to start it). At one time it was apache but I don't know what they are shipping now."If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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General question: On Windows I use a little utility called Faststone Capture to do screen captures. The best thing about it is that it has a little pop-up that magnifies the screen by the cross-hairs when you are capturing an area. Also gives nice control over output format, default location, etc. I understand that the mac OS has some basic screen capturing built-in (including Grab), but has anyone used one of the many Mac OS screen capture apps that you particularly like?"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostGeneral question: On Windows I use a little utility called Faststone Capture to do screen captures. The best thing about it is that it has a little pop-up that magnifies the screen by the cross-hairs when you are capturing an area. Also gives nice control over output format, default location, etc. I understand that the mac OS has some basic screen capturing built-in (including Grab), but has anyone used one of the many Mac OS screen capture apps that you particularly like?
Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop
Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop
Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop
Command-Control-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it to the clipboard
Command-Control-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it to the clipboard
Command-Control-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it to the clipboard
To change the output format of grab you can do the following in a Terminal window:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type <image_format>
killall SystemUIServer
You can also capture screen shots in a script using the screencapture command (see "man screencapture" in the Terminal)."If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostThings I don't like:
-Menu bar stuck to top of window. Makes much more sense to attach it to app like they do on windows.
One of the basic principles that informs the Mac OS X menubar is something called Fitts' Law, which I first learned about from John Gruber of Daring Fireball in a post here. To keep things brief, however, I'll just quote a short introduction from the Wikipedia:
In ergonomics, Fitts' law is a model of human movement, predicting the time required to rapidly move from a starting position to a final target area, as a function of the distance to the target and the size of the target. Fitts' law is used to model the act of pointing, both in the real world, for example, with a hand or finger and on computers, for example, with a mouse.
[...]"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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