Apps
Here are all the programs I use on my Mac:
Since the applications of the future will all be web-pages, the browser will be the platform for nearly everything in the future. Firefox is standards-compliant, fast, lean and wildly popular. There are tons of add-ons and such. (see my entire sub-page)
In my humble opinion, the best P2P program on any platform. Acquisition gives fast, swarming downloads that only peter-out when the other guy actually disconnects. It handle Torrents quite well too. I’ve tried other Mac programs. I’ve tried Windoze and Java apps. Nobody touches Acquisition for speed and reliability.
Minus the creepy name and icon, this program is perfect. It can handle everything, from the newest encryption tricks to bad sectors on your original. Mac the Ripper will allow you to backup all those DVD’s you own, but are afraid of scratching.
Not free, this fantastic app takes all the math and other work out of DVD compression and does it quickly.
The ultimate utility for burning DVDs, VCDs and CD-ROMs.
This great, little FTP program is fast, light and versatile. It integrates well with several text editors and is very customizable. Did I mention it’s free?
The mother of all graphics programs, Adobe’s heavy-hitter, Photoshop, is the spendy giant you can’t live without. I got initiated and addicted while in college and now I don’t know how to edit pixels any other way.
This is where I right down all my thoughts and then decide which ones should be blog entries. Very helpful, free, and getting better all the time.
SUPPLANTED BY iWEB. If it weren’t for this little app, I’d've never gotten around to making this website again, for the third time. Sure, it doesn’t support Unicode and makes bloated mountains of directories on your server, but it gets your content up, quickly and beautifully. If you want it done, and you don’t want to spend forever on details, it’s worth your money.
Sometimes, you just get curious. I like to know how fast (or slow) my connection is flowing, and how much is coming or going. This little puppy sits in your dock and graphics tells you all about your bandwidth usage. Free.
Save space in the menubar and customize all kinds of menus.
It’s surprisingly helpful it is to know if you computer’s busy or not.
Sometimes, as a geek in the midst of a family, you’ve got to dim your screen so other people can sleep.
