[m a d r a]

i'll give datetree a plug for those of you [like me] who can't abide the way iphoto organises your photographs.

download your photos from your camera into a folder and then throw the folder into datetree. a few seconds later you have all your photos neatly organised into folders named with the date the photo was taken.

[in most cases i then add a snippet of text onto the folder name, so i can see at a glance where all my photos are. so much easier when browsing archived CDs or just in the finder, without having to fire up iphoto to find stuff]

[Randman]

Don't know if it's been mentioned, but the freeware app, N Commander is something I'd pay for. It switches commands around so you can still use Command (Apple) N to create a new folder.

[Randman]

Edit: Madra. You could do the same with a smart folder in iPhoto and add comments to photos via Automator then access them via Spotlight as well. Pretty easy to set up.

[simz]

Not in a certain order.

_ Adium
_ Pixadex
_ Iconverter
_ Transmit
_ iTunes

[lavar78]

Originally Posted by ph0ust

i agree that launchbar rules, but it has existed within windows for like a decade or more.... in the form of the run command. windows key-->r-->app name. it was the only thing i ever missed on from windows when i switched... until i found launchbar that is!

LaunchBar does much, much more than the Run command.

[Peter]

Growl is very very awesome too.

[donparr]

I would just like to express my gratitude (Thanks) to All of you for caring and taking the time to share what you have with all of us here! Thank You! I am not new to computers, but I am new to Apple, Mac and OS X. Your favorite programs, utilities, games and what not are great, but the fact you are willing to share this information with us makes 'you' even better !

I'm still evaluating 'my' favorites, and will share when I have them figured out - for example, I just d/l'd LaunchBar, RagTime Solo among others today, so I will need some time to try them out, but my initial impressions of both of those are pretty awesome! Anyway, thanks again to all of you.

Don

[HWA AFI]

How does growl work? It got installed with adium but I don't know what it does...

My favorites so far from my short mac career:

ADIUM my god this is the best IM client I've ever used
firefox
Xirc shareware IRC client
quickimage so much beter than using preview to view pics and it lets you convert and resize on the fly!
bit torrent

[donparr]

I had indicated I would return with 'my' list of favorites. In keeping my word, here they are

My current list of favorite Mac apps as of 12-29-2005:

Adium Instant Messenger - Adium
Camino (Internet Browser) - Camino
Ecto - desktop blogging client - Ecto
EMACS (Text Editor) - Aquamacs EMACS
FinderPop - FinderPop
iClip Lite - iClip Lite
LaunchBar 4 - LaunchBar 4
MacJournal, Write & Calc - Mariner Software
Mail App - Apple Mail App
Mail Appetizer - Mail Appetizer
Menu Meters - MenuMeters
SubEthaEdit (Text Editor) - SubEthaEdit
VLC Media Player - VLC

This list, of course, is subject to change, but for now, there you have it !

[UNTeMac]

http://www.petermaurer.de/nasi.php?t...prache=english - Butler
http://heat-meteo.sourceforge.net - Meteorologist
http://growl.info - Growl!
http://www.adiumx.com - Adium

[Timothy Maxwell]

Someone should go through this thread and compile the most popular 10 programs listed.

[only120xs]

Budget

Single best purchase I've ever made

[Fain[spawn]]

Adium
CandyBar
coconutBattery
Desktop Manager
Handbrake
iSquint
Tiger Launch
Transparent Dock
VLC
FRONT ROW for the iBook!!!!!

[Tesseract]

Adium
Colloquy
TextMate
iMote
CoverFlow
Growl
Inquisitor
CornerClick
RCDefaultApp

[fisherKing]

wuffdesktop (minimalist desk clock)
fruitmenu (customizable contextual menus)
shapeshifter
transparent dock
growl
imote (with growl, simple control of itunes)
tapdex (one-key access to address book, essential!)
airclick (remote control itunes, etc)
you control fonts

[seaj11]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS]Best browser: Firefox
Best email client: Thunderbird (still buggy, but the best free one I've found). Also GyazMail (shareware).
Best launcher etc.: Butler
Best HTML editor: Taco HTML Edit
Best FTP client: Cyberduck
Best journaling app: Journler
Best text clippings app: Textpander
Best menubar app: URLwell

Sorry, I can't stop at 5.
[/FONT]

[Timothy Maxwell]

I like the way that seaj11 posted his choices. We should all report the same way.

[TheIceMan]

Best browser: Camino
Best CheckBook Program: CheckBook
Best Menubar Clock/Calendar: MenuCalendarClock iCal (basic version is free)
Best FREE OS X maintenance & optimization tool: OnyX
Best RSS Reader: Vienna
Best CD/DVD Burning Program: Toast Titanium 7
Best Program to Store Passwords & Serial Numbers: Wallet
Best NotePad: Voodoopad

[CaptainHaddock]

I just wanted to put in a plug for Xfactor, a peer-to-peer app that seems to work better than Acquisition or Limewire and connects to all the usual networks. It's a slick native app, unlike Limewire (for example).

[Timothy Maxwell]

The reviews for Xfactor on VersionTracker is not good.

[CaptainHaddock]

"The reviews for Xfactor on VersionTracker is not good."

I wonder if they're complaining about older versions. Xfactor isn't at version 1 yet, but the one I just downloaded (0.32) works better than anything else I've used. I like the snappy interface, informative download screen, and the fact that it can move different kinds of files to different folders once downloaded.