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Recommended "free" apps for students
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I'm a Mac Tech for a College and though the new school year is a few months away I'm putting together a list of recommended mac apps (all free) for students. Could be for anyone really but each year, especially Sept. when we have lots of new students I get asked a lot by students to recommenced hardware, software etc. Aside from the standard software they are required to have which is usually Adobe products I'm looking to put a list of free software apps together and though I have a few already in my list here I was looking to see what other hear have to suggest.
Essential Mac Software For Students
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iChm, the best CHM reader I have found for the Mac.
Evernote, great note taking software.
While this comes to personal preference, I like MPlayer OSX Extended way more than VLC Player.
NetNewsWire, superb RSS reader for those who don't like to have Safari or Mail bloated with RSS feeds.
You want some backup software, besides Time Machine, iBackup and CCC are worth a look. SuperDuper! I like more but it's not free.
Paparazzi may be a good substitute for save as pdf/webfile when you need to print any website.
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Originally Posted by angelmb 
You want some backup software, besides Time Machine, iBackup and CCC are worth a look. SuperDuper! I like more but it's not free.
If you want cloning for backups there's no need for third-party/commercial solutions. It's already built in to the OS for free.
/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility > Restore.
Select erase backup destination to get a bootable clone in block-copy mode (fast!).
(Last edited by Simon; May 31, 2009 at 05:25 AM.
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And since you're talking about apps for students...
LaTeX has always been free. TeXShop is an excellent TeX editor for OS X and it's free too.
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Originally Posted by Simon
If you want cloning for backups there's no need for third-party/commercial solutions. It's already built in to the OS for free.
/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility > Restore.
Select erase backup to get a bootable clone in block-copy mode (fast!).
Not incremental, though.
(Oh, and it's "erase destination", not "erase backup" - quick slip but fairly crucial distinction.  )
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RarMachine is on your list but it's not free ($8). Besides, most people don't really need to rar compress, just decompress. UnRarX works great for that.
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Thanks for the replies. Will try to add these today.
Originally Posted by Cold Warrior
RarMachine is on your list but it's not free ($8). Besides, most people don't really need to rar compress, just decompress. UnRarX works great for that.
Forgot about rar machine costing $ and I think when I went to place it in the list I was thinking of UnRar .... will put Unrar in the list. Thanks for pointing that out
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