Macintosh Apps

[eek]

Given that I have a lovely new Apple Mac (for the first time in 18 years) what apps should I be looking to get.

I already have Office for Mac (and I'm removing Outlook tonight) so I could do with a decent email package but word and excel are covered.

So what

email
text editor
IDE (for Java, javascript and node)

other packages

would people recommend.

[SimonMac]

Why not keep Outlook? If not the inbuilt mail app is more that good enough (I have ClientCo on Outlook, mine on Mail)

Text editor I use TextWrangler and any IDE's I use in a VM (VirtualBox is free and bullet proof) so I can use VS within them.

I use CoRD for RDP to MS Servers, Omni Graffle Pro for Diagrams (including Visio)

[cojak]

I've kept Outlook as well, if only because all of my clients use it.

I've got Merlin for Project Management (and OG of course...) with a few others.

[Moscow Mule]

Textmate is my text editor of choice.

Xcode, if you fancy a bit of mac dev.

I use VM fusion, might try the free option mentioned above the next time there's a big upgrade.

Evernote & Dropbox (if you're a user)

Hype is an html5 animation thingie I need to spend more time with, but looks good from an initial stab

There's an MS RDP which I used to use regularly, not had a need for a while so not sure about the latest version.

There''s a mac-legion promotion on at the moment which will get you ripit, tech tool pro and djay which I use, not sure about the others.

[Durbs]

email

Outlook! (I still use Sparrow which is great, but couldn't recommend it now for obvious reasons)

Parallels is a superb app for VM use, I use it daily for running VS2012/SQL etc and its always flawless.

Steam for games. Pixelmator is good for graphics work.

[stek]

I've always used Apple Mail, I like it, used it since, wait for it......OSX Developer Preview. Still got it, had to pay for it too. Still got the Mac Cube too.....

iWork is good, due for a refresh, integrates with iCloud, mucks up my Office produced CV tho...

I love ZOC for terminal emulation, and CarbonCopyCloner, Transmission and Transmit are must-haves. Crossover to is useful for any apps that are Windows only and you don't want the hassle of a full blown VM.

Installing 10.8.3 update now from dev site - I reckon it must be some sort of prep for iTunes 11........

[Sysman]

There's an MS RDP which I used to use regularly, not had a need for a while so not sure about the latest version.

I found that unreliable.

The OS X Mail app has done me well for years, but the latest version seems a little flaky at times. Not enough to make me want to change (yet).

Vienna for RSS feeds (not that I've used it in a while).
TextWrangler
Audacity
Firefox - mainly for addons like NoScript and Adblock Plus
Libre Office
iWork
Xcode
VirtualBox

[stek]

Also IVI Pro - cracking media ripper converter tagger squirter-into-iTunes.

Firefox 3.6 too since for some reason all other versions and all other browsers muck up the server list view on the IBM Hardware Management Console..

VLC and Logmein too...

[Sysman]

Firefox 3.6 too since for some reason all other versions and all other browsers muck up the server list view on the IBM Hardware Management Console..

VLC and Logmein too...

I kept Firefox 3.5 around for quite a while because 3.6 broke a part of my ISP's control panel. The ISP finally got around to fixing that.

Graphic Converter - there's a 30 second delay at startup for the non-registered version, which is fully functional except for the batch processing. One of those apps I really don't mind paying for because it offers so much functionality, and the developer keeps it up to date at regular intervals.

GrandPerspective - a graphical representation of where your disk space has gone. Good for locating those huge dumps you had forgotten about.

HandBrake

Sound Flower - redirect audio inputs and outputs, for example send internet radio broadcasts to a recording app

Audio Recorder
Audacity - if you do a lot of audio work, Amadeus is the dog's danglies.

TinkerTool - modify various system settings

Secrets, a database of hidden settings for Mac OS X, downloadable Preference Pane available.

RCDefaultApp, RCEnvironment and RCWebColorPicker from Rubicode

Carbon Copy Cloner - sadly gone to paid-for version only, but it has been rock solid for me.

[Pondlife]

Text editor I use TextWrangler and any IDE's I use in a VM (VirtualBox is free and bullet proof) so I can use VS within them.

Evernote & Dropbox (if you're a user)

Firefox - mainly for addons like NoScript and Adblock Plus

VLC and Logmein too...

HandBrake

TinkerTool - modify various system settings

Carbon Copy Cloner - sadly gone to paid-for version only, but it has been rock solid for me.

WTS