Comments on: OS X Essentials http://www.diogogomes.com/2007/08/30/os-x-essentials/ Diogo Gomes thoughts on Technology, Science and Education Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha By: Antonio http://www.diogogomes.com/2007/08/30/os-x-essentials/#comment-68 Antonio Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:03:10 +0000 http://dgomes.camelot.com.pt/2007/08/30/os-x-essentials/#comment-68 I've found <a href="http://osx.iusethis.com/" rel="nofollow">iusethis.com</a> for a source of popular apps and such. Off the top of my list would be the Unsanity products <a href="http://www.unsanity.com/products" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, of course, as you've listed it already, <a href="http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv_download.htm" rel="nofollow">Flip4Mac</a>, <a href="http://www.grapefruit.ch/iBackup/" rel="nofollow">iBackup</a>, <a href="http://www.xheadsoftware.com/info_xhead.asp" rel="nofollow">info.xhead</a>, and another one by the Flip4Mac people, <a href="http://www.flip4mac.com/drivein.htm" rel="nofollow">Drive In</a>. I’ve found iusethis.com for a source of popular apps and such. Off the top of my list would be the Unsanity products HERE, of course, as you’ve listed it already, Flip4Mac, iBackup, info.xhead, and another one by the Flip4Mac people, Drive In.

]]> By: Freelance Samurai http://www.diogogomes.com/2007/08/30/os-x-essentials/#comment-67 Freelance Samurai Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:08:41 +0000 http://dgomes.camelot.com.pt/2007/08/30/os-x-essentials/#comment-67 well.. I hate widgets with a vengeance, so I'd recommend menumeters instead: http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/ also: Skim for PDF Viewing and create side notes on the PDF's http://skim-app.sourceforge.net Cog for listening to music without being forced to use itunes http://cogx.org/ aside from these I totally agree with your list. well.. I hate widgets with a vengeance, so I’d recommend menumeters instead: http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/

also:

Skim for PDF Viewing and create side notes on the PDF’s http://skim-app.sourceforge.net

Cog for listening to music without being forced to use itunes
http://cogx.org/

aside from these I totally agree with your list.

]]> By: Rafael http://www.diogogomes.com/2007/08/30/os-x-essentials/#comment-66 Rafael Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:52:11 +0000 http://dgomes.camelot.com.pt/2007/08/30/os-x-essentials/#comment-66 A good guide to a switcher is mantained by Rui Carmo on his "The Tao of Mac" wiki/blog. Take a look: http://the.taoofmac.com/space/HOWTO/Switch%20To%20The%20Mac And... you should learn to discover the power of Quicksilver :p A good guide to a switcher is mantained by Rui Carmo on his “The Tao of Mac” wiki/blog. Take a look: http://the.taoofmac.com/space/HOWTO/Switch%20To%20The%20Mac

And… you should learn to discover the power of Quicksilver :p

]]> By: bruno amaral http://www.diogogomes.com/2007/08/30/os-x-essentials/#comment-65 bruno amaral Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:48:13 +0000 http://dgomes.camelot.com.pt/2007/08/30/os-x-essentials/#comment-65 well, it's not a big deal until you get passed that learning curve. After you get the hang of it, quicksilver starts saving you a lot of time copying files, adding text to documents, resizing images, sending emails (without using the maill.app), compressing folders, adding tasks to iGTD, opening urls that pop into your head, playing music.... and with all that time you save, you can waste it <a href="http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=486660540&size=o" rel="nofollow">making the cube look good</a> ! :) well, it’s not a big deal until you get passed that learning curve. After you get the hang of it, quicksilver starts saving you a lot of time copying files, adding text to documents, resizing images, sending emails (without using the maill.app), compressing folders, adding tasks to iGTD, opening urls that pop into your head, playing music….

and with all that time you save, you can waste it making the cube look good ! :)

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