must have mac apps?

[stevepole]

I just got a new macbook pro for school and I was wounder what some must have apps are?

[tipe]

Final Cut Pro

 

Photoshop (mac version)

 

iDVD

 

QuickTime Player

 

 

 

P.S. what sort of program do you want to use?

[Smokie]

I guess it really depends on what you're going to use it for.

 

 

 

I would get iLife '08 - Apple did an amazing job with it.

 

 

 

Also, get Leopard (the next version of Mac OS X) when it comes out in October.

 

 

 

Final Cut Pro and Photoshop are good, but do you know how to use them? You have a MacBook Pro so you have a lot of potential to do whatever you want with it, but again, what do YOU want to do with it?

[Kaphias]

Just keep in mind that Photoshop costs close to $1000... :-w

[Smokie]

Just keep in mind that Photoshop costs close to $1000... :-w

 

 

 

I don't think he needs the Extended edition lol :P

[Kaphias]

Just keep in mind that Photoshop costs close to $1000... :-w

 

 

 

I don't think he needs the Extended edition lol :P

 

Probably right there... :

[MacUser]

iusethis is a great website with software that other people have recomended.

 

 

 

NetNewsWire is a good RSS reader,

 

 

 

Adium is a good free instant messanger that supports loads of protocols.

[stevepole]

I meant more like more unknown apps that are really useful. I'm get photoshop on Saturday and I do know how to use it, I don't need final cut pro because I'm not that into movie editing and imovie 6 hd works fine for me right now. I got adium. I check out that iusethis site, thx for the link.

[-mbball-]

Well, I'd also get X11, then you can run a lot of free, open source apps such as "Gimp" but seeing as you're already getting photoshop, forget it. Search Apple's download site for some good dashboard widgets, they can be really helpful sometimes.

 

 

 

Some other applications and what they do:

 

 

 

-Azureus

 

^Bittorrent app

 

 

 

-ClamXav

 

^Free, security software for Mac OS X. Personally, I've never had any problems with security, but always have a fail safe.

 

 

 

-Handbrake

 

^Best free DVD ripper alive for Mac OS X.

 

 

 

-iWillQuit

 

^A utility used for when you want you computer to go to sleep and so on, a lot better then Mac OS X's defaults.

 

 

 

-RSSMenu

 

^What I used to read my RSS, very simple, but I love it.

 

 

 

-Snapz Pro X

 

^In case you want to recrod anything that you do on your computer, such as make a PK video.

 

 

 

-The Unarchiver

 

^A MUST HAVE. It's a heck of a lot better then the default Mac OS X un-packager. I got rid of Mac OS X's default one so long ago I even forgot the name :XD:

 

 

 

-TinkerTool

 

^A utility used to modify Mac OS X a little bit. Can come in handy.

 

 

 

-TeamSpeex

 

^The Mac alternative to Teamspeak (a VOIP app. used to talk in a chat room basically.)

 

 

 

-VLC

 

^An alternative to Quicktime for those files that it doesn't support. Personally, it's a little buggy, but very good for being free.

 

 

 

That was a long list, but all of those are totally free, so I suggest you start filling up that hardrive of yours :P Sorry for not having the links to all of those, but I'm sure you can just google 'em and find them really easy.

 

 

 

-mbball