Favorite Mac Apps

Josh — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:31:12 +0000

This post is for a few of my friends who have recently purchased Macs and have been asking me numerous questions reguarding my favorite Mac Applications. Below is a list of my favorite Mac applications. Most I use on a daily/weekly basis. I try not to let applications sit in my applications folder that I don't use at least once a month or so.

Adium - Instant Message application supporting multiple protocols. Hands down the best IM client out there for OSX.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Photo editing.
AppFresh - Keeps my applications up to date. Very handy.
Azureus - Torrenting. I am hoping uTorrent OSX edition is out soon!
Camino - Web Browsing. I use Firefox about 80% of the time, I have a hard time letting good of good ol' Camino though. The general feel of Camino just can't be beat by firefox.
Colloquy - IRC client. I used to love XChat Aqua. Lack of development was a big turn-off though. Colloquy sometimes gets mad when I enter highvolume chats.
Disk Warrior - Saved me once. I keep it handy on all my macs now. (Thanks Emory for referring me to this program)
Firefox 3 - Arguably the best browser. I use a Camino theme on it, so it feels more like home for me at least.
Flickr Uploadr - Mass uploading pictures to Flickr.
Folding@Home - Using my spare CPU power to help save the world.
Google Notifer - Lets me know when I have new mail! Very handy.
Parallel Desktop - For 2 applications I occasionally have to use that require Windows :-\
Quicksilver - This is the best application I have on my mac. It has increased my productivity by such an amazing amount. Even though it is no longer in devolpment, it still works great! It is "a launcher on steroids" - It will launch music/applications/documents - almost anything that you throw at it.
Schoolhose - This is an application I plan to use for college, haven't really gotten to stress test it yet.
Senuti - Copying music from my iPod to iTunes. Always like to keep this handy.
Skitch - <333.
Skype - Video Chats. Skype plug in for Adium never acted friendly to me.
smcFanControl - Keeps my macs nice and cool.
TextMate - Another application I can't live without. I love everything about this appliation.
TextWrangler - Don't use this much since I switched to TextMate, but I have a hard time getting rid of it.
Transmit - my SFTP client of choice. It syncs with MobileMe(.Mac) which is a great plus!
Twhirl - Twitter/Pownce/Jaiku status updater. I use it mainly for Twitter. Works like a charm, have great twitter-related support.
VLC - Plays every type of video imaginable.

What are some of your favorite Mac apps?

Goodbye Camino

Josh — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:40:21 +0000

Starting today, I will be moving all my Macs to Firefox 3.0RC3. I have been using Camino for ages now. I loved the look and feel of it so much I didn't mind not having some great addons such as greasemonkey, AdBlock, No Script, etc. Also, I didn't mind every once in a while getting the "Your browser isn't supported" message on some non compliant websites! Still though, the lack of features on Camino, and the new shiny Firefox 3.0 combined convinced me to finally make the change.

I happened to find a OSX based theme, which happens to look very much like Camino, supported for FF 3.0 which should hopefully make the transition a bit smoother. I also am finally getting reacquainted with some old addons I used to use. Brings back good memories from my PC days.

Camino, I have had some great times with you for a few years now. It is time that I go spend some time with your older brother though. If one day you decide to start supporting Addons, I'll come back, I promise!

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Favorite Mac Apps

Goodbye Camino