What apps do you use daily?

In an effort to expand my OS X exposure, I'm trying to get an idea of what everybody does with there Mac daily. My list below.

- Firefox (I've tried 3 browsers now)
- Mail
- Adium
- iTunes



I'm kinda dissapointed so far, my Mac doesn't have me on a creative frenzy like I would like. Any tips on really getting into the iLife suite, such as the extended features of iPhoto, iCal, etc etc?

 

Well, iPhoto is great for photo organizing...if you take photos .

I personally like Camino for a web browser...its much nicer and more Mac-based than Firefox. Safari is nice, but too heavy on brushed metal for my taste.

 

- Firefox
- Outlook 2007
- Oblivion (weekly or so)
- Hauppauge WinTV 2000

 

Safari...And bootcamp with windows.

 

quicksilver

 

Firefox, iTunes, Quicksilver, Adium, iPhoto.

I too feel like im under utilizing my mac lol.

 

Not to knock you so please don't take it too personally but the OP said they wanted to expand their OSX use. Outlook and WinTV are Windows apps.

To the OP, you can find a lot of use from the iLife Suite. Open iPhoto or iDVD or iCal and click on the Help menu and there's a list of all the features of each plus Apple offers a link in the help menu with free video tutorials on how to use them. For iPhoto I make a lot of photo books for my friends and family when there's a wedding or birthday coming up. I make a lot of DVD's from iDVD just using still pics from iPhoto. There's a lot you can do.

If you have an iPod and want to put your videos or DVD's on it I use a piece of free software called HandBrake. You can download it from www.versiontracker.com. Handbrake shrinks the video to the size to fit your iPod. Very easy to use. I also play games like Quake and Call of Duty 2. If you don't have Microsoft office you can try a very good and recommended free office app called Neo Office. It offers a spreadsheet program, word processing and presentation. It's fully compatible with MS Office for transferring files and supports the new XML file format for Word docs. You can also get this from versiontracker.

 

Quicksilver (one of the coolest apps ever)
Firefox (plus a ton of addons)
vi
emacs
fugu
KeepassX
iPhoto
iTunes
parallels/bootcamp

 

most days:

itunes
firefox
finder
photoshop
quicksilver
iphoto
bridge
bibble
imovie
powerpoint
preview
word

 

MoneyDance (for finances)
Circus Ponies NoteBook (personal journal and checklists for work)
eReader (ebooks)
Crossover (for running PC version of Excel)
DEVONthinkPro (document management)

I got NoteBook as part of the recent MacPak promotion. It seems to be pretty versatile. If I'd gotten it when I first switched, I might not have spent more money on DEVONthinkPro. But I do like that app also.

 

iCal
MissingSync
Firefox
iTunes
Quicksilver
Mail
Aperature
Word
Adium

I think thats all.

 

I use

Adium
Skype
Firefox
Google Earth
Mail
Address Book
VLC
Callwave SMS (widget)
A new mac tip everyday (widget)

 

Firefox
iTunes
iPhoto
.Mac for eMail
NeoOffice
Circus Ponies

Less frequently, iMovie, iDVD

Also use it regularly for Windows gaming
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Can you link me to that? I need that lol.

 

Funny, only one uses Apperture and not a single one use for Adobe Photoshop, in any of it's format, nor any use of Lightroom! I would have thought Mac users are BIG on using imaging application and that many here would vote on that.

 

Ah crap! I thought I was posting in a different forum...

Tabbed browsing has its disadvantages

 

Lmao.. ok thats a winner for the day.

 

Everyday
-Firefox
-Vectorworks
-Mail
-Calculator
-Text editor

Most days
-Fire
-Sketchup
-Photoshop
-Illustrator

Ocasionally
-Word
-Excel

 

What I use:

Quicksilver
Amnesia(to keep a gentle eye on my resources)
Temperature Monitor
iStatPro
Firefox
OmniWeb (It's better than Firefox, I've just got to get used to it, and actually transfer all my favorites to it)
Adobe Creative Suite 2(I use almost all the apps included, but mainly Illustrator and Photoshop)
Macromedia Flash 8
Parallels
Matlab 7
xCode(trying to learn programming for mac)
Transmission
KDXclient
Snapz Pro X
Songbird
VLC
Quicktime Pro
Mac Doppler
iSquint
AppDelete (not daily but any time I uninstall a large app)
StopDashboard (resets the dashboard so it's not hogging resources while you're not using it)

 

Naw

Whatever happened to iLife? You guys don't watch movies or mix some music up?

 

nah, my real life doesn't need a lowercase i in front of it.