Ramblings of a Crowe: Comment on That's it?

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Okay, I know I already gave you a congratulatory phone call, but I figured I'd follow up with some cool Mac software/site recommendations.

AdiumX -

The best IM program for the Mac, period. Way better than iChat (though iChat supports video, so you should keep it around) or the official MSN, etc. clients. It's also completely free.

NetNewWire -

The best stand-alone aggregator for the Mac that I know of. It's commercial, but there's a free "Lite" version that works nearly as well. Read all of your favorite weblogs, news sites, etc. without even needing to open up your web browser. You may also want to try out PulpFiction.

OmniWeb -

Yeah, Firefox is awesome, but OmniWeb is the most powerful 100% "Mac-like" web browser out there. You can download a free nag-ware version to try out. Uses Safari's rendering engine. Another Mac-like browser is Camino, which is based on Firefox. That one is free.

ecto -

A well-regarded weblog editor. You won't even need to log into MT to edit your weblog entries. There's a Windows version, too.

Quicksilver -

An awesome utility. Primarily used for quick launching of apps, but it has a ton of other uses. Nicely polished and free. May take a while to figure out the coolest uses for it, though.

Photoshow CS3 beta -

We talked about this on the phone. Looks like it'll run for a few days unless you feed it a CS2 serial number.

I'll do some digging and see if I can find any others... :)

- Jeff

Posted by Jeff at April 7, 2007 02:45 PM

Okay, now here are some sites that you'll probably want to bookmark.

Lifehacker Mac articles -

Likehacker is an awesome site whether you are on a Mac or using Windows, but this is the section you'll want to check up on for Mac-specific stuff. They review Mac software, cool utilities, tips and tricks for using the Mac, etc.

Mac OS X Hints -

This site has been around for a long time. A lot of the hints are pretty geeky (and may be of limited interest), but some of them are pretty useful for normal Mac users as well. A good place to go with obscure "how do I...?" type questions.

MacNN -

Best place to go looking for current Mac/Apple-related news and product announcements.

Versiontracker -

Best place to go for software updates, to find "Software To Do XYZ", etc.

Most of these guys offer RSS/Atom feeds so you can read their articles from your aggregator. If you don't have an aggregator, download NetNewsWire ASAP (I give a link above). :)

- Jeff

Posted by Jeff at April 7, 2007 02:54 PM

Thanks Jeff! You've been a great help! I've book marked the sites~ I'm sure I'll be emailing you with all sorts of questions as time goes on. LOL

Posted by Zoso at April 9, 2007 07:30 PM