[b11051973]

I would say the apps I use the most are below. I probably use most of these everyday. I suppose I use other apps, but not nearly as much. I really use my Mac for entertainment purposes. I use Windows for work.

Safari
iTunes
Unison - usenet reader
VLC - watching videos
RAR Expander - putting together the binaries I download using Unison

[jbleisure]

In no particular order:

Overflow (Launches apps in an easy and cool way from teh dock)
Quicksilver(Launches apps and gives many options - slick and very customizable)
Seashore(small, basic & cute photo editing app)
MacJanitor(clean up)
DeLocalizer(deletes language options from your HD thereby creating space. Saved 1 GB last time)

[Cole Matt]

Thanks for the quicksilver app info. I am a noob (6 months in) and love it.

[SLiMeX]

Adium and Camino are all I need to survive.

[alfredo]

What about beer?

Beer good!

I hope that Desktop Manager does an Intel version so I can use it when I upgrade.

Once you start using a pager, it is hard to do without.

[kalani79]

2-week old PC-Mac converter here, so I'm still compiling my list of favorites.

A couple questions:

1. Are there any programs that allow you to switch between tabs in Safari using keyboard shortcuts? I had an extension in Firefox that allowed me to do this and it was very convenient.

2. If I want to rip DVDs to my harddrive to watch later (while travelling), is it best to use a program like HandBrake to change the file format to MPEG-4 or something? Or, what is the best thing to do to put DVDs onto your harddrive for later viewing? Currently I just use Mac The Ripper and launch the Video_TS folder.

TIA

[TheoCryst]

Safari already lets you switch betweeen tabs with your keyboard: Cmd+} (AKA Cmd+Shift+]) moves you forward, and the other bracket moves you back.

[Alcoholica]

Originally Posted by kalani79

If I want to rip DVDs to my harddrive to watch later (while travelling), is it best to use a program like HandBrake to change the file format to MPEG-4 or something? Or, what is the best thing to do to put DVDs onto your harddrive for later viewing? Currently I just use Mac The Ripper and launch the Video_TS folder.

HandBrake is ideal to save space and for convenience, if you don't mind sacrificing a little quality. An average movie tends to be about 1GiB in size for a 1000Kbps MP4/128Kbps AAC file.

[silkk]

On a daily basis I use:
Rapidweaver (web authoring)
CSSEdit (uhhh... css editing)
Taco HTML Edit (uhhhhh... HTML editing)
Safari (hunting... no, culling the over populated Crapious Exploratica Sixious of Genus Microsofticus)
Photoshop (making pretty things)

[jaydon34]

Flock a great web browser

[TheoCryst]

My must-haves:

Camino: excellent Mozilla-based browser
Adium: works great with AIM, MSN, Gtalk, Yahoo, and many many more
TextMate: good for coding and simple text editing
Seashore: simple image editor (still in alpha, so beware)
Transmission: small, fast BitTorrent client

[joelb]

Quicksilver - For basically all navigation and file manipulation
Visor - For a systemwide terminal like console
Omni Outliner (with KGTD) - To organise my life... GTD
iCal - For syncing with KinklessGTD and for more organising
Camino - pron

[imitchellg5]

Quicksilver
Senuti
Mactracker
Google Earth
Skype

[iREZ]

quicksilver
senuti
handbrake
fontexplorer x
vlc

[Case]

Heres my Top 10

1. Safari
2. MS Office 2004
3. Delicious Library
4. DashCode
5. Omni Outliner
6. Skype
7. Comic Life'
8. Acquisition
9. Senuti
10. HandBrake

[drewcifer]

most frequently used:
Adium
Transmission
Quicksilver
MenuTemperature
Sizzling Keys
Firefox

other stuff i dont use as much but still like:
AppZapper
BluePhoneElite
Coconut Battery
DeskShade
Delocalizer
Disk Inventory X
Flip4Mac
DropCopy
OnyX

[MoNdOnGo_CoN_CuAjItO]

MY TOP

Photoshop
Adium
Opera
Quicken 2006
Limewire
iTunes

[Arju]

I'm a new switcher... my list so far:

Adium
AcqLite
NetNewsWire Lite
Firefox
Sightspeed (good p2p video conferencing PC and Mac Compatible)

[Peter]

OmniWeb - Web Browser
Menuet - iTunes Controller
AppZapper - App Uninstaller
Transmit - FTP
Textmate - Text Editor
Adium - MSN Client

[alfredo]

Some good apps from the UNIX side, Inkscape (SVG editor) Scribus (DTP) and GIMPShop (GIMP with Photoshop style menus)

I use Inkscape quite a bit to make posters. I then put them in Photoshop for resizing and conversion into a gif. It makes very nice text, much better than Photoshop.

I can't live without Desktopmanager.

http://www.scribus.net/index.php?nam...artid=3&page=1

http://www.inkscape.org/download.php

http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294 GIMPshop

http://desktopmanager.berlios.de/ Desktopmanager

A very nice browser, it's fast and light weight
http://hmdt-web.net/shiira/en
One of the better kept secrets in the browser war.

[angelmb]

The need for using Pantone libraries in Apple's iWork apps bring me to hear about this wonderful gem, Spot Picker

Spot Picker 1.2b6 - MacUpdate

An extension/app every serious designer, art director… would have installed on his/her Mac.

Besides that, almost every shareware-freeware app I really like has been noted here, namely Camino, LittleSecrets, Little Snitch, Mactracker, OnyX, Overflow, Paparazzi!, Pixadex, PulpFiction Lite, SuperDuper!, SuperEmptyTrash…

[siMac]

Originally Posted by kalani79

A couple questions:

1. Are there any programs that allow you to switch between tabs in Safari using keyboard shortcuts?

As of Tiger (10.4) System Preferences will let you customize the keyboard shortcuts of most apps.

Personally I have back/forward as ⌘←/⌘→ and next tab/previous tab as ⌥→/⌥←.