Software

I hear people all the time telling me that the don’t know which app can they use if the switch to mac. Well here I am going to post some links to the most commonly used.

 

Internet Apps:

Adium: Best instant messenger out there.

MSN Messenger: Windows Live intant messenger.

Firefox 2: Alternative browser for Safari (best out there).

Transmission: Torrent Client.

Cabo: P2P client that connects to the Gnutella network (similar to limewire).

Skype: Great VoIP calling and free video conferencing and chat.

You Send It: Lets you send files up to 100 MB for free.

 

Quicktime Video Codex:

Windows Media plugin for Quicktime

Perian: Plug in for Quicktime that adds a lot of video formats(divx, avi, etc).

 

Utilities:

Handbrake: A great DVD ripper

Delicious Library: Organize all your movies, books, games in one cool program.

Awaken: iTunes connected alarm clock.

Acorn: Easy to use image editing software.

Senuti: iPod music extractor

AppCleaner: Application uninstaller

Disco: CD/DVD burning with style.

The Unarchiver: Unziping .rar files(found sometimes in torrents).

 

Developer Tools:

TextMate: The swiss army knife of text editors.

Cyberduck: Open Source FTP client.