I have been a Mac users for many years now. I will never go back!
I was using a few Mac programs the other night and had a thought: Every Mac user should have these programs. So, here’s my list of must have Mac apps:
“AppZapper is for people who want to confidently try new apps while knowing they can uninstall them easily. Drag one or more unwanted apps onto AppZapper and watch as it finds all the extra files and lets you delete them with a single click. A slick safety system remembers which apps you want to keep safe, and the log tracks all the files you’ve zapped. In one Zap you’ll understand it. In two you’ll fall in love. Within the five free Zaps, you’ll know you need to add AppZapper to your arsenal. Go ahead — try five free zaps and see AppZapper, the Mac uninstaller for the rest of us, in action.”
“Curio can do everything you’ve been doing in a notebook, whiteboard, or sketchbook plus so much more. The digerati call it visual thinking. We call it a more natural way to get things done.”
“With its unique set of features, GimmeSomeTune is the perfect companion for your music collection in iTunes—fetch artwork, fetch lyrics, and much more!”
“Looking for an easy-to-use RSS and Atom reader for your Mac? You’ve found it! The Eddy award-winning NetNewsWire has a familiar three-paned interface and can fetch and display news from thousands of different websites and weblogs.”
“Task management has never been this easy.”
“Xslimmer, the friendly way to right-size your apps without losing functionality.
- Remove unnecessary code from fat binaries. Xslimmer determines which code your machine needs and removes the rest. This is achieved by removing the code inside the Universal Binaries that does not fit with your machine’s architecture, a code that never gets executed and just wastes your disk space.
- Strip out unneeded languages. Safari is available in more than a dozen languages, Adium in more than 20. This is great, but how many of those do you need? Xslimmer allows you to select how many languages you want to preserve in your apps and will remove the rest, recovering lots of precious free space from your disk.
Xslimmer not only frees space wasted by unused code, it can even increase your Mac’s performance. Some of our users have reported applications loading in almost half the time, because OS X does not need to analyze Xslimmed applications in search for the most suitable version of the code.”
Each of the above Mac apps come with my highest rating and recommendation. You won’t be sorry for adding each one to your Apple computer.
Tom-I spent most of my morning talking with people about the need to have a mac in their life. I will be the first to admit my experience with macs is very small being only a little over a year and a half. I appreciate the blog because it helps me get more use out of this great machine.
Lukes last blog post..Where Have I Been?? I’m Sorry!!!!
*Sigh* I really wish I would have chosen a Mac when I bought my laptop almost 2 years ago. I almost bought one, but was too afraid of the unknown! But everyone I know who has one, loves their Mac! And the apps are awesome! As soon as this one goes kaput…I’m switching over!
@Melissa: When you switch, you’ll wonder why you didn’t do it sooner! Okay to pray that Windows machine bites it sooner rather than later?