Essential OSX Applications?

[Will_3rd]

VLC, Flip4Mac, Firefox, Messenger for Mac and Google Earth are pretty mandatory

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Oi up, Will_3rd. Welcome to the forums. Your new sig there is about eleventy billion times too big. It needs to be at max 400 px wide, 75 px tall and 20 kiB in size. This one is compliant but looks pants. You should probably just make a new one or ask in the Graphics forum that someone be nice and make one for you.

Also, why do so many people find Google Earth indispensable? What does it do that Google Maps does not do through a web interface? I'm just curious.

 

[Will_3rd]

have changed the signature to correct dimensions and image size

 

[stuppy]

Is there an app that i can get that allows me to connect to hubs on direct connect?

 

[Sic]

only one i've found so far that actually works is called Shakespeer

 

[Logan09]

I find Quicksilver to be really handy - allows easy access to any program by typing in the 1st few letters of the program name. Can't believe no one's mentioned it.

 

[punky_munky]

I find Quicksilver to be really handy - allows easy access to any program by typing in the 1st few letters of the program name. Can't believe no one's mentioned it.

I used to use it until someone pointed out that Spotlight does it too.

 

[Beepcake]

I used to use it until someone pointed out that Spotlight does it too.

It does, but I don't find it quite as nice to use.. it defaults to 'show all' which drives me mad Ctrl+space ter <enter> and i get a terminal in QS.. works a treat and looks pretty

 

[mortals]

Two tweaks I've noticed so far

TinkerTool - good for disabling "font smoothing" aswell as other tweaks
Steermouse - Provides a control panel for USB and Bluetooth mice, allowing you to disable the annoying mouse acceleration

 

[Sic]

not sure if you mind shareware in here, but last night i got:

Bluephoneelite - manage your texts and phone calls via bluetooth from your mac
Salling Clicker - arguably my favourite new app; turns your phone/bluetooth device into a remote control for OSX apps
Checkbook - keep control of your finances easily

also:

Quicksilver, Onyx, Adium, Mactheripper, Colloquy, Isquint, Shiira, Firefox, Opera - bargain.

 

[punky_munky]

To add to iSquint - http://handbrake.m0k.org/ - Instant Handbrake for PSP and iPod video. MP4 straight from DVD.

 

[stuppy]

Steermouse - Provides a control panel for USB and Bluetooth mice, allowing you to disable the annoying mouse acceleration

God I wish I had known about this for longer! Excellent tool! Thanks

 

[fieldy]

is anyone else having problems with adium? mine keeps disconnecting and then trying to re-connect for ages but just not doing anything?

 

[Burbleflop]

is anyone else having problems with adium? mine keeps disconnecting and then trying to re-connect for ages but just not doing anything?

I've had a few problems with the jabber connection over the last few days but after looking into it, it is the jabber server that is buggered, not adium.

 

[Beansprout]

OS X rocks, this thread rocks, I am loving my new life - so long as I have bash and the option of a GUI I'm sorted

Not sure if Parallels is in here - it's not free, but it's darn cool virtualization software for Intel-based Macs which allows you to run OS X, linux, XP etc alongside eachother in virtual machines. Will be trying it out tomorrow

 

[mortals]

I just found a new program for disabling the mouse acceleration, only this one seems to be totally free

USB Overdrive

 

[mortals]

seems like there's a universal binary for x-chat aqua now
not sure if it's beta but it seems ok so far

 

[Hamish]

Anyone know an App for MP3 tag editing so I can batch tag/rename?

 

[Echo toxin]

Anyone know an App for MP3 tag editing so I can batch tag/rename?

iTunes?

 

[Hamish]

iTunes?

Nah I mean so that I can rename the actual files without iTunes messing up my folder structure e.g.

fdsf_01.mp3 becomes 01 - artist - track.mp3