When it comes to a lot of those Mac applications out there, sometimes you just don’t know what to get exactly. The time when I first got my my, I already knew of all of the popular Mac applications mainly for the fact that I read so much on the internet.
The very first application I ever install would have to be my IM client, in this case, Adium (or Pidgin on the Linux/Windows side of things). Adium is very needed for me because I have many friends who live exactly halfway across the world from where I live. Because of that exact reason, it’s hard to call them (because prices are out of their whits when it comes to international phone bills; I know I could use Skype, but sometimes that internet connect isn’t the best out there either) or even e-mail them mainly because of the time differences. So any IM client is needed for me. I always need to be in contact with all of my friends worldwide; Adium is that important.
But when you think about it, what about the paid applications? Throughout my whole computer-savvy career, I’ve bought so many applications including games, tune-up apps, management apps, and even apps that help me multitask. Granted, I get a lot of my applications from programs like MacHeist or even the MacUpdate promo. I know my way around to get deals on the web.
My main question to every Mac (please, just Mac this time) owners out there is what’s your favorite or most needed piece of shareware for the Mac? For me, because I’m very into web development, I cannot stress enough on how much I like Panic’s Coda. But I realize this might be hard for some people to fork out one application they like most, so what’s your favorite multimedia, development, internet related, utilities, and even favorite game.
For me, here’s my favorites:
Multimedia: Easily Adobe Photoshop on this one. I always have that app open because I’m always working on some design work.
Development: Without a doubt, Panic’s Coda. Granted, it doesn’t serve for iPhone development, but I do love everything about it. And of course for iPhone development, I use Xcode on that one. I actually haven’t created any app for OS X yet.
Internet Related: Tweetie! Seriously, this is one of the best designed Twitter apps of all time. I would pay Twitter to make this their web interface!
Utilities: I was actually just talking about this on Twitter. My favorite Mac utility would have to be MacPaw’s CleanMyMac. Now I haven’t bought this one just yet, but I am very close to buying it.
So those are all of my favorite Mac apps! How about you share yours and maybe, just maybe, add in a few more categories than I did? I’m probably not going to buy any Mac application for quite a while now because I just forked out quite a bit of money for Coda, but I’m always willing to try new apps.
And please remember, these are for paid Mac applications. I can name so many free ones, it’s not even funny. But hopefully, with your help, we’ll get a nice list going here so people know what to buy if they want to switch over to a Mac.
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For web browsing chrome is my browser of choice. I love its design as well and it suits my needs. For multimedia i rely on Adobeu00c2u00a0Photoshopu00c2u00a0for all my design work. I like iWork too but i still prefer the MS Office 2010 better, guess its just a sense of comfort because ive been using it the longest.
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LikeI like Webkit for we-browsing, like a Safari that only gets faster. Chrome was nice but, feels like it is Carbon coded and bogs down over time. Tweetie feels to "heavy" for me, so I like Echofon for Mac for my Twitter access. Bodega is an excellent and free app-management program, as well as an app-store of sorts. I find Aperture to be a nice prosumer photo-editor. iWork is generally open for me, being intuitive and powerful. Colleagues regularly compliment my design from Pages and Keynote.
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LikeOhh yes, WebKit is easily the best web engine out there. I use Chrome as my main browser, and I can admit, sometimes it feels a bit slow when typing something in the adress bar and then searching Google. But the thing is, I still like the minimal look of Chrome; it's just more Mac-like.
I've tried Echofon, I even have it installed, and I just seem it's easier to switch back and forth between things in Tweetie than in Echofon..
I remember reading aboutu00c2u00a0Bodega way back in the day! I actually use AppFresh for that one (which supports paid apps too), but I'll take a look at Bodega! Thanks for the tip!
Aperture is great, and faru00c2u00a0more designed for the Macu00c2u00a0than Adobe Lightroom. But INHO, leme see some HDR in there! That will sell me then on both programs.
Ohh for sure. With iWork's amazing templates, it really cannot beat anything else. And like you've said, people always love the designers from Pages and Keynote even though they're most likely the built in ones!
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LikeOhh yes, WebKit is easily the best web engine out there. I use Chrome as my main browser, and I can admit, sometimes it feels a bit slow when typing something in the adress bar and then searching Google. But the thing is, I still like the minimal look of Chrome; it's just more Mac-like.
I've tried Echofon, I even have it installed, and I just seem it's easier to switch back and forth between things in Tweetie than in Echofon..
I remember reading about Bodega way back in the day! I actually use AppFresh for that one (which supports paid apps too), but I'll take a look at Bodega! Thanks for the tip!
Aperture is great, and far more designed for the Mac than Adobe Lightroom. But INHO, leme see some HDR in there! That will sell me then on both programs.
Ohh for sure. With iWork's amazing templates, it really cannot beat anything else. And like you've said, people always love the designers from Pages and Keynote even though they're most likely the built in ones!
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