Unison is very Mac-like with a very familiar interface. I tried them all- Hogwasher to (whatever that newsreader by some money-grubber named Brian ? that had all kinds of windows open).
Then when Mac OS X came out, it took forever to get MT-Newswatcher ported over - and it was slow in sorting. I have so say I used to use MT-Newswatcher back from the OS 9 days, and I could never get used to any other newsreader.
I upgraded my CD-ROM only drive to DVD/CD-RW combo, and couldn't figure out how to get it working, but this app helped, to say the least (it did all the work for me).įree of charge, and the profile it makes allows all burning apps (that I know of) to support the drive as if twas one of Apple's own. Just thought of a good app to put up there, for all of the Mac users that have upgraded to a non-Apple supplied drive called Patchburn. makes me feel left outįirst impressions with Quicksilver are pretty good though, so I'll let it slide I'm running Panther on my old ibook, and I have to use an older version. I'll give Parallels a try as soon as I get my hands on an Intel Mac (and when that happens, I'll make my iBook a digital picure frameīTW, I'm trying out Quicksilver, and I'm already dissapointed in terms of support. To be fair, all you need in life is a knife and the knowledge that the ultimate answer of the life, the universe and everything is truly 42. I'll post any others I find, after I test them. I have fully tested all of these or still use all of these on my Macs with great success.
I have even used this to force install Front Row on 2 of my Macs. pkg's that are soft-locked for no good reason, etc., etc. Seeing where everything goes, changing where everything goes, partial installs, force installing. Things that cost, but are worth it imho, are: This is kinda an unknown, yet blatently simple way to burn data cd's. (Drivers are located on the Leopard CD that comes with the computer.)
It is based around the GIMP's technology and uses the same native file format.īoot Camp- Now built in to Leopard. It supports multiple layers and alpha channel editing. It features gradients, textures and anti-aliasing for both text and brush strokes.
SeaShore- Seashore is an open source image editor for Mac OS X's Cocoa framework.
Neo Office- NeoOffice is a full-featured set of office applications (including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database programs) for Mac OS X The OSX Folding client: Caution: WILL EAT LAPTOP BATTERY LIFE! QuickSilver- A unified, extensible interface for working with applications, contacts, music, and other data.ĬyberDuck- Cyberduck is an open source FTP, SFTP, WebDAV and Amazon S3 browser licenced under the GPL with an easy to use interface, integration with external editors and support for many Mac OS X system technologies such as Spotlight, Bonjour.Ĭarbon Copy Cloner - Similar to Norton Ghost, but far better! Share Points - Lets you control what folders and volumes are shared over your network rar extractor, way more stable than StuffIt at extracting. StuffIt Expander - Multiple format archive extractor. Both programs have saved countless Gigs of data for me.Ĭocktail - Very similar to Onyx, but offers some different and useful options, especially in reference to network performance settings. Tech Tools offers more maintenance options, however. This and Tech Tools both consistently recovered broken volumes for me, but this has a very slightly higher success rate on recovering already damaged volumes. Note that I haven't tried Ver 4 yet, only 3. Tech Tool Pro 4 - Hard disk/volume maintenance and repair program.ĭisk Warrior - Another volume maintenance program. Toast 7 - fully featured burning suite for cd and dvd. You can download it for Windows, Mac, or Linux. Micro- A free application that turns your computer into an internet TV video player. Senuti - Allows you to extract the music from your iPod back to your computer. By adhering to Mac OS X interface conventions, Colloquy has the look and feel of a quality Mac application.įlip4Mac - Allows WM video playing in OS X Colloquy is an advanced IRC, SILC & ICB client which aims to fill this void. Colloquy- Traditionally, chat clients on the Mac have been anything but glamorous.