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MBP FTW
Well, as you may have seen from my Flickr page, I welcomed a new bundle of joy into my home this past week: a shiny new MacBook Pro (15″ 2.16GHz, 2GB RAM, 120GB [5400RPM] HD.) So then I had to pull some things over from the G5 and start setting it up. I put the G5 in Firewire mode, and started importing music first. Wow, was that ever cathartic! It was almost like cleaning out your closet from the house you grew up in… I started dumping music that I hadn’t listened to in years, and laughing at some of the junk I used to think was awesome. A lot of it went back to the Napster heyday.
Instead of dragging all my software over, I just downloaded (or reinstalled) the stuff that I needed. I didn’t want to bog the laptop down with apps that I would never use. It went in this order:
World of Warcraft
Quicksilver
Firefox
Adium 1.0
Growl
AppZapper
Twitterific
smcFanControl (Ryan told me about this… good for keeping the laptop cool when playing WoW)
What apps would you go and download immediately? What can’t you live without? I need some more suggestions!
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about 3 years ago
u(or is it y?) torrent!
about 3 years ago
Good question. I was just running down a few with Aaron Crocco of The Geekcast (http://thegeekcastpodcast.com)for a shared show with MacNation (http://www.macphilly.com/wordpress). Ironically, we both kept turning to online apps like anything from ZoHo.com (very cool). But, still, there are a few that I can’t live without. – though you got my number 1: QuickSilver. Imagine that, even with Spotlight I still rely on QuickSilver all the time.
- Google Notifier
- CyberDuck ($10 shareware)
- Amadeus II (now Pro) $40
- xPad
- QuickTime Pro
- Handbrake
- Skype
- WeatherManX (for the dock with detail information)
- Weatherpop (for the menubar)
- wClock or MenuCalendarClock
- Desktopple
I can’t live without Word or Excel either, or VLC or the Adobe suite either – but those are the ones I’d load first so I could have everything set while I was installing all the other stuff
about 3 years ago
Word. I need some of this apps too!!
I a mac daddy newbie.. so I don’t have a lot.
I love appzapper..i have to buy that..or is there a hack!
You probably should get bootcamp/parrells or mac office..
or what do u use for office documents?
I hear open office is good, but I like Microsoft office.
i need to get warcraft and an external drive.. i may get that tonight..any suggestions..
about 3 years ago
My favs are:
-Transmission=BT client
-Transmit=FTP Client
-Parallels Desktop
about 3 years ago
According to my start menu all I need is Photoshop CS, iTunes, uTorrent, DVD Shrink, Ms Office, ImgBurn and Daemon Tools…
about 3 years ago
If you want to keep your shiny new system squeaky clean, I’d suggest AppZapper for all those extraneous files that are left behind even after a app delete or uninstall.
about 3 years ago
Hmm you should definitely get Transmit for FTP and if you’re into the RSS thing, NetNewsWire.
You have a Windows Mobile smartphone right? if you use NetNewsWire, you can sync your feeds via the web and view them on your phone with Newsgator Go! I find that quite handy.
about 3 years ago
I do have Transmit… I copied that one over
about 3 years ago
here’s my list-
newsfire (my favorite rss reader)
textmate
flip4mac
spanningsync (for gcal/ical sync)
writeroom
wallet
vlc
superduper!
flickr uploadr
democracy
about 3 years ago
Shouldn’t you have installed AppZapper first?
about 3 years ago
While Flickr Uploadr is a PPC app, it is a great way to upload single pics to flickr…
I have the iPhoto plugin by Connected flow for bigger loads.
about 3 years ago
when i installed new stuff onto my MB, i have:
-spanning sync (ical/gcal sync)
-onyx (for system maintenence)
-data backup (er…for backup)
-transmission (torrent)
-iTerm (terminal, just better)
-dashcode (for version 2.0 of teh Belmont widget)
-Final Cut Express HD (videostuff)
-SubEtheEdit (text editor)
-ecto (blogging)
-Xcast (RSS reader)
-address-o-sync (sync addy books over bonjour)
-Audio Hijack Pro (good for podcasting)
-Awaken (alarm clock)
-Chmox (windows CHM viewer)
-Chicken of the VNC (chicken-based vnc-like goodness)
-EasyDMG (make dmgs…just easier)
-Perian (codecs for QT)
-Google Earth (take advantage of 3d goodness)
-iAlertU (motion-detecting security device)
-iPresentIt (powerpooint slides for your ipod)
-iSquint (video converter)
-MacVCDx (VCD player)
-pzizz (sleep-helper-upper)
-SeisMac (detect earthquakes with your mac)
-Snes9x (SNES emulator)
-Switch (audio converter)
-TubeSock (d/l youtubes and convert automatically)
-Twitteriffic (twitting?)
-Appzapper (zap stuff)
thats all i have for now! enjoy macbook-like nirvana on a pro-like level!
about 3 years ago
xPad
Transmission
Toast
FileChute
1001
VLC
MPlayer
Mactracker
about 3 years ago
Cyberduck (FTP)
Flickr Uploadr
Disco (CD/DVD Burning Software)
SpanningSync (sync iCal w/ Google Calendar)
Palm Desktop
TextWrangler (Free txt editing software)
MacSaber (Turns your MBP into a light saber)
Quicksilver
Parallels
iWork
about 3 years ago
What is this twitteriffic program? I have looked at the website.. Nothing really impressive to me.. or do I just not get it? LOL
also I would like to include Final Cut Pro & DVD tutorials.. I don’t know what I would do with out it because that is why I got a Mac in the 1st place
I concur on the cyberduck..
nick schmidt
about 3 years ago
Big and essential stuff:
—————————
NeoOffice
(for office-y needs)
Adobe Create Suite 2
(for creative work/hobby stuff)
Small but essential stuff:
—————————
Transmit
(for all things FTP)
NetNewsWire Lite
(for all things RSS)
Journler
(for my diary needs)
http://journler.com/
Delivious Library
(to keep track of all my media – DVDs, CDs, Books)
VLC
(best media player EVER and a less of a memory hog than Quicktime)
Azureus
(for bittorrent stuff)
On the Job (for tracking projects) http://www.stuntsoftware.com/OnTheJob/
Cha-Ching
(to keep track of my cash. Sweet sweet app!)
http://www.midnightapps.com/chaching/
iScrobbler
(iTunes/Last.fm plug-in thingie)
Smultron
(for code editing needs)
about 3 years ago
So the real question on everybody’s mind:
Glossy or Matte screen?
This whole debate in the Mac community kinda reminds me of the “Boxers vs. Briefs” thing in the 90′s.
about 3 years ago
V-
I can’t tell from your pics if you went for the glossy screen or not? Which one did you choose, and why? Thanks!!!
-db
about 3 years ago
why didn’t you do an “Out of the Box”? It would’ve been pretty cool
about 3 years ago
Here’s my “stuff I can’t live without”, but obviously, ymmv.
TextWrangler – lite-ish version of BBEdit.
Azureus for BT – it used to suck, but the memory management is much better now.
Cyberduck – Free FTP client
Pacifist – Allows you to install individual packages from your Mac OS X DVD.
Microsoft RDC – Free app that lets you remotely connect to a PC. (Great for VPNing into the office)
tn5250 – I don’t think you use AS/400. Probably useless for you.
Skype – Of course!
Flip4Mac – Plugin for Quicktime, letting you play WMV files.
All of the above are freeware or shareware.
Congrats on your new purchase!
about 3 years ago
I think Phillips apps rock, just because ther are similar to mine.
- All Adobe
- Google Notifier
- xPad
- QuickTime Pro
- Handbrake
- Skype
- Flip4mac
- VLC – when I don’t like Flip4mac
- iWork, MS Office
- smcfancontrol – cool
I am going to have to try all these other apps as well.
about 3 years ago
glad to see quicksilver so high up on the list in everyone’s posts… best mac app ever.
about 3 years ago
I’m in need of a new Mac myself, so congrats on your new family member. Every other day I’ll build a Mac on the Apple Store online, but I hesistate to press the “Buy Now” button. I’m doing my best to wait until June, for the rumored release of Leopard. Why wait? Well, when I bought my PowerBook G4, it came with Panther and then the following month Tiger was released. I fell just a few weeks behind the curve where I could’ve upgraded to Tiger for free or cheaper, but no… I had to pay in full. So I’ve tracked how Apple releases products and honed my skills.
Anyhow, I have these apps on my Mac (in no particular order):
- Podcast Maker – http://www.potionfactory.com/podcastmaker/
better safe than sorry
- Google Earth – http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html
- OverView
- Norton AntiVirus – don’t hate me
- HandBrake – http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21117
- MTRipper
- iShowU
- RapidWeaver – http://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/3
- YouControl (Multipe neat apps) – http://yousoftware.com/control/
- Solitare – http://www.lavacat.com/
- Sound Studio – http://www.freeverse.com/soundstudio/
about 3 years ago
Some sweet FREEware:
SIDENOTE – notes pop out of the side of your screen (a la the dock). Makes Stickies obsolete.
MENUSHADE – dims the menubar then glows when you reach for it. Not absolutely necessary, but then neither is a brand spanking new MacBook Pro =)
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/productivity_tools/sidenote.html
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/25271
about 3 years ago
Appzapper sounds pretty useful. Will have to check that out.
Firefox and Adium are pretty much my main tools. Everything else is run in Terminal
One suggestion I have that nobody mentioned is getting a multiple desktop switcher. The one I use is Desktop Manager:
http://desktopmanager.berlios.de/index.php
I can’t live without it. Once you use one it will be hard to go back. I think 10.5 will have one built in.
about 3 years ago
Cocktail for MAc OSX- Tiger edition. for keeping it clean and running sweet!