Comments on: Just the Macs, ma’am http://pipwerks.com/journal/2008/06/14/just-the-macs-maam/ Philip Hutchison's technology journal, dedicated to exploring web technologies for website and e-learning development. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:39:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Lang Holloman http://pipwerks.com/journal/2008/06/14/just-the-macs-maam/#comment-665 Lang Holloman Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:43:12 +0000 http://pipwerks.com/journal/?p=114#comment-665 1. BBEdit for quick robust text/coding editor 2. CS3 Design/Web Premium 3. Final Cut Studio 2 Pro for Rich Media Dev 4. iWork 8 5. iLife 6. Fetch for the BEST FTP 7. Tip: ditch the Dock and use (command + Space in the Finder) to hit Quick Search Spotlight then start typing whatever file or app you want to hit 8. Parallels personal preference...i am a former Virtual PC user until the Intel Macs came along 9. Snapz Pro for video screen capturing for tutorials 10. Get to know Utilities and utilities available through Apple Software Download 11. Get to know the Terminal commands for faster routines OS/File 12. Dig in deep to Xcode, Project/Interface Builder, Quartz programming, Cocoa 13. Do have Apache running, did you figure out how to get it going with Leopard? PHP, MySQL, etc MySQL Admin app for admin purposes 1. BBEdit for quick robust text/coding editor
2. CS3 Design/Web Premium
3. Final Cut Studio 2 Pro for Rich Media Dev
4. iWork 8
5. iLife
6. Fetch for the BEST FTP
7. Tip: ditch the Dock and use (command + Space in the Finder) to hit Quick Search Spotlight then start typing whatever file or app you want to hit
8. Parallels personal preference…i am a former Virtual PC user until the Intel Macs came along
9. Snapz Pro for video screen capturing for tutorials
10. Get to know Utilities and utilities available through Apple Software Download
11. Get to know the Terminal commands for faster routines OS/File
12. Dig in deep to Xcode, Project/Interface Builder, Quartz programming, Cocoa
13. Do have Apache running, did you figure out how to get it going with Leopard? PHP, MySQL, etc MySQL Admin app for admin purposes

]]> By: Brian Dusablon http://pipwerks.com/journal/2008/06/14/just-the-macs-maam/#comment-648 Brian Dusablon Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:39:00 +0000 http://pipwerks.com/journal/?p=114#comment-648 More on iWork/Office from Macworld: http://www.macworld.com/article/133922/2008/06/iworkoffice.html?t=203 More on iWork/Office from Macworld:

http://www.macworld.com/article/133922/2008/06/iworkoffice.html?t=203

]]> By: Brian Dusablon http://pipwerks.com/journal/2008/06/14/just-the-macs-maam/#comment-647 Brian Dusablon Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:06:46 +0000 http://pipwerks.com/journal/?p=114#comment-647 You could also try carbon copy cloner. Coda rocks. As does Transmit. Acorn might be better than Pixelmator, but you have CS3, so you probably have Photoshop. You can use iWork at work with the MS Office folks, it exports to .doc, and imports as well. As long as you're not doing complex documents, it should be seamless. Other apps I have installed: Fluid (www.fluidapp.com) allows you to create site-specific browsers - sweet for gmail, gcal, etc. Transmission - superb and free torrent manager. Songbird - try it and try iTunes - pick one. Made by Mozilla, has Firefox-type features. Jing MarsEdit (or Ecto) AppZapper - great tool for wiping out programs completely. Sites to visit/subscribe to now that you've gone Mac: http://www.daringfireball.net http://www.macrumors.com Oh, and get an Griffin Elevator to set your lappy on. Wonderful design and good value. When I get home and back to my Mac, I'll check my Apps folder to see if there are anymore. Also, check out http://www.macheist.com/ for a cheap bundle of apps and games you might find useful. You could also try carbon copy cloner.

Coda rocks. As does Transmit.

Acorn might be better than Pixelmator, but you have CS3, so you probably have Photoshop.

You can use iWork at work with the MS Office folks, it exports to .doc, and imports as well. As long as you’re not doing complex documents, it should be seamless.

Other apps I have installed:
Fluid (www.fluidapp.com) allows you to create site-specific browsers - sweet for gmail, gcal, etc.

Transmission - superb and free torrent manager.

Songbird - try it and try iTunes - pick one. Made by Mozilla, has Firefox-type features.

Jing
MarsEdit (or Ecto)
AppZapper - great tool for wiping out programs completely.

Sites to visit/subscribe to now that you’ve gone Mac:
http://www.daringfireball.net
http://www.macrumors.com

Oh, and get an Griffin Elevator to set your lappy on. Wonderful design and good value.

When I get home and back to my Mac, I’ll check my Apps folder to see if there are anymore.

Also, check out http://www.macheist.com/ for a cheap bundle of apps and games you might find useful.

]]> By: swissfondue http://pipwerks.com/journal/2008/06/14/just-the-macs-maam/#comment-646 swissfondue Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:31:36 +0000 http://pipwerks.com/journal/?p=114#comment-646 No one mentioned 1Password. Takes care of all your online passwords and integrates with the iPod Touch. No one mentioned 1Password. Takes care of all your online passwords and integrates with the iPod Touch.

]]> By: Philip Hutchison http://pipwerks.com/journal/2008/06/14/just-the-macs-maam/#comment-645 Philip Hutchison Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:55:36 +0000 http://pipwerks.com/journal/?p=114#comment-645 hmm... guess i need another external HD: "SuperDuper! only copies HFS+ (Mac-native) volumes." hmm… guess i need another external HD:

“SuperDuper! only copies HFS+ (Mac-native) volumes.”

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