paulstamatiou.com — A list of ten applications every new mac user should download along with descriptions for each as well as a download link. A great resource for any new switchers that might pick up a Mac this holiday season.
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sexycatsinhatsDec 20, 2005
Most of these apps are just alternatives, there is nothing wrong with the official apps we have
ottoreverseDec 20, 2005
"10 Apps Every New Mac User Should Download"...Adobe Creative Suite 2, Macromedia Studio, MS Office 2004, Final Cut Studio, Roxio Toast, World of Warcraft, Logic Pro, TechTool Pro, Filemaker Pro, and ffmpegx, available at a torrent site near you!
crippen5Dec 20, 2005
A good list for Mac newbies.
rrbakerDec 20, 2005
A list of 10 Essential Mac Apps posted to Digg? Gosh, is it Monday already?
chongoDec 20, 2005
@Bluestarr - Although your intentions are well, Flip4Mac completly screwed up my system. If you go to MacUpdate.com and look at the programs comments, many people have problems
bluestarrDec 20, 2005
Really? I should count my blessings then. But like I said in my first post it still has a ways to go. Unfortunately it came to the Mac too late(?)
abhibeckertDec 20, 2005
Lets see...AdiumX - It's got tabs, supports multiple protocols, and you can skin it. In every other aspect iChat is better. So unless you absolutely have to have tabs and multi-protocol, stick with iChat.Cyberduck - I use it every day, several times. But how many people need an FTP client?! Almost everyone will never do anything but download from FTP servers, and OS X's built in support for FTP is better at that.FireFox - A pretty good browser, but when compared with the other high quality mac browsers (safari, camino, opera, omniweb and a ton of smaller ones), it's far from being "must have".iBackup - Great addition, everyone needs a free backup solution. Unfortunately the best one costs $100 a year (.Mac backup is awesome, especially the latest version).Nvu - Come on, this app is great for people who build web pages as a hobby, but for most almost everyone it's either way to complex of way to simple.Quicksilver - You *must* try this out! Not everyone likes it, but those that do can't live without it.Stuffit Expander - His claim of files you need expander to open is way off, finder's integrated decompression feature can handle almost all of them. Still, if you're trying a lot of apps out you'll probably find a .sit every now and then (2 years ago, every mac shipped with stuffit expander, so lots of developers use it), you'll only need stuffit if you're a download junky, or if you happen to find an app that isn't using dmg/zip/gz/bz2.TextWrangler - Great app, neck and neck with SubEthaEdit and TextMate, two other editors that he should have at least *mentioned*. If you hack text files, you need one of these three apps.VLC and WMP - Meh, you might need these, keep them in mind if you find something you can't play.Hmm, 3 recommendations that I actually agree with... Sorry, but this isn't that great of a list. There are *tons* of far more popular apps that aren't listed. I recommend visiting macupdate.com every now and then, just skim read the days releases and try anything that looks interesting.
japlanDec 20, 2005
Solid list execpt for Windows Media Player. I was glad to see Flock and Smultron mentioned.
hominidDec 20, 2005
lame list .... no digg
mcgirtDec 22, 2005
I'm totally getting a mactel powerbook. AdiumX > iChat