![]() Torrent … Xtorrent (not free, but great so far)ĭVD Backup … Handbrake (If you do such thing) Professional Layout & Graphics … Adobe CS (as you probably already use it)Ĭhat … Skype, Adium (Adium does anything (except a/v and is Growl supported which you also should get) Simple Layout & Text … Pages (simple, fast, clutter-free) Webserver … Mamp ( – mac includes one, but this has been useful though) I could try to fill the gaps and replace some suggestions though …ĭevelopment … Coda (this includes a css-editor, ftp-upload and preview, as well as svn and more) ![]() Great for blogging.Īll the other applications have nearly been listed, so I can spare on the rest. LittleSnapper – Screen Capture (and edit) software. TextExpander – Really useful if you use Lorem Ipsum a lot Sounds just like a status bar… and in some ways it is I guess but if you’re a Windows user and want something similar, you’ll be hard pressed to find anything as good. Adobe has a package I used a while ago which is probably comparible to ScreenFlow in terms of features, but it’s ScreenFlows speed and simplicity which makes a much more preferable application to work with. Clips however is extremely handy and I’ve never seen an app do this sort of thing so well. I’ve used a number of clipboard management apps on Windows but never left them on my system long because they weren’t very useful. One could easily argue that Visual Studio is far better than Coda but I find it hard to make this comparison as I would use each application for completely different things.Ĭlips – This is a tiny clipboard management application. Not as feature rich as BBEdit but really well suited to the type of development I do as a website developer. I tried dozens of FTP programs on Windows and couldn’t find one I liked anywhere near as much as I like TransmitĬoda – Best IDE I’ve ever used. Transmit – Best FTP client I’ve ever used. However, I do tend to waffle on, so here is the guts of what I wrote. When I got my Mac I had this same problem. Of course you want textmate (I know that you have it already) I believe everything that I named is free. Really useful as you can see what processes eats up cycles MacCallGrind - eval your grind files from your php scripts. It really fucks up when you’re using spaces Sequel Pro - if you’re into visual MySQL manipulation (i go back and forth between this and the command line)Ĭrossover Mac - Install some windows apps natively. Virtualbox - see devthought’s post on how to set up a good testing evn. I just discovered macfuse - a google project that opens up remote drives as a mounted drive on your machine (it does sftp, etc.) Download entrophy php package ( ), setup apache and mysql 64bit, configure your virtual hosts file in /etc/apache2/users/nf, add a host in /etc/hosts, “sudo apachectl graceful” in terminal and you’re done. (I had to disable the links due to spam filtering.) I recommend saving their RSS feed to keep current on their promos.įinally, MacZot has daily promotions on software…another good RSS feed to keep an eye on. However, they frequently have promos for software where you can get a steep discount. This past year, I have gotten over $1000 of software for only $49 through macheist.Īlso, MacUpdate runs a bundle every once in a while. ![]() At the end of the event, they have a bundle that is sold and proceeds go to charity. Macheist is a pretty amazing event that lets you solve fairly nerdy puzzles to unlock software. The site is currently down and returning a 500 error, but it should be back up soon.Īlso, keep an eye out for bundles of mac programs that are cheap. Oh, I forgot to add that is a great site to find out about mac programs. I really appreciate any feedback or advice you can give me! How much of a loser am I for just switching now?. ![]() Have any tips for the switch from PC to Mac?.Since I've never worked on a Mac, and there's no doubt that many of you love and work on Macs, I need your help and guidance. There's no denying Macs are solid, dependable systems and every designer/developer I know praises them like they're Christina Ricci. I feel as though now it's time to drink the Kool-Aid though. In fact Mac fanboys scare me almost as much as Trekkies (they're basically one in the same, so maybe I shouldn't be scared of one over the other). I still have a Windows XP desktop that I love but I also got the MacBook so that I had both systems for testing. Everyone told me I needed to get one and in all honesty, when the alternative is a garbage Dell laptop fitted with the trainwreck that is Microsoft Vista, it was my only option. So I didn't necessarily sell my soul but after much prodding and advice from the MooTools team, I've decided to buy a 15" MacBook Pro. Forgive me Father, for I have sinned - I sold my soul for a MacBook.
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