List of must-have apps for your Macbook/Imac

[Didjerama]

Hi guys,

Just got my macbook pro 2 weeks ago. believe it or not, i only unboxed it today. Been ultra busy.

Now trying to learn how to use it via youtube.

just downloaded the pages apps and some apps with templates.

What are some of the must have apps you guys have in your macbook pro. Care to share?

Lets limit it to non-gaming apps as gaming apps is really "to each his own"



Thanks!

 

[rayban]

Photoshop CS6

 

[allstate]

Here is my list:

-cleanmymac
-photoshop cs6
-chrome
-VLC
-Mac Office
-Parallels <-- must have

 

[LeonaV]

VLC, Office and Adium

 

[minus2]

Here's mine.
Most of them acquired when they're on discount/bundled with other applications. There are many others, but this is a must-have list.

Audio
Airfoil - Home Streaming
Spotify - Music Streaming (kinda useless with a SG account, great for mandarin artistes)
Swinsian - FLAC Player
Tagalicious - Music Tagging
XLD - CD Ripping

Office Suites
iWork '09
Microsoft Office 2011

Photos
PhotoBulk - Bulk Image Resizing
Photomatix Pro - HDR
VueScan - Film Scanning

Productivity
Clear - To-Do List Manager
Evernote - Notes Management
MoneyWiz - Finance Management
OmmWriter - Distraction Free Writer
Pocket - Articles Manager
TextMate - Text/Code Editor
Totals - Invoice Manager
Wunderlist - Yet Another To-Do List Manager

Utilities
Alfred 2 - Program Launcher
Bartender - Status Bar Organiser
Bump - iDevices File Sharing
Carbon Copy Cloner - Backup Utility
ChronoSlider - Alarm
CleanMyMac 2 - Clean Up Utility
Divvy - Window Manager
Dropbox - Cloud Storage
Google Drive - Google Drive Manager
Instashare - iDevices File Sharing
iStat Menu - System Monitor
Jettison - Ejects External Drives Upon Standby
Spotdox - Dropbox Add-on That Gives Remote Access To All Files On Computer
Path Finder - File Manager
Parallels - Because, Windows
The Unarchiver - Archive Utility
Toast Titanium - Disc Media Burner

Video
Air Video Server - Stream video to iDevices
AirServer - AirPlay Receiver
Beamer - Stream to AppleTV
Blu-Ray Player - Blu-Ray Playback
Handbrake - DVD/Video Encoding
Plex Media Server - UPnP Video Streaming
VLC - Video Playback

Web
Airmail - Email Client
Chrome - Web Browser
Skype - Video Chat
Transmit - FTP Client
uTorrent - Download, eh, Linux Distros


Not what you asked for but thought I would include this so someone might find it useful.

Chrome Extensions
Adblock Plus - Ad-blocker
Disconnect - Social/Tracking Blocker
Feedly - RSS Reader/Google Reader Replacement
InvisibleHand - Finds Lowest Prices On The Web For Products
Last.fm Scrobbler - It is What it Says it is
MaskMe - Email/Password Manager
Session Manager - Tabs Manager
YouTube Options - YouTube Customiser

Others include applications from Adobe (Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Illustrator) and various games.

Hope you have fun with your MBP!

 

[LeonaV]

OK, now that you mentioned it, I missed out Dropbox and iStat Pro

 

[limpe84]

Printopia, if you have an ipad and see yourself printing a fair bit from it.

 

[dinosaur2776]

Awesome thread!!!!!!!!!!

 

[minus2]

Printopia, if you have an ipad and see yourself printing a fair bit from it.

AirPrint compatible printers are great.

 

[Amuroraysg]

I started to use MPlayerX recently and found it more compatible with all format then VLC, it just like KLite for Mac.

 

[ericwilis]

Here's mine.
Most of them acquired when they're on discount/bundled with other applications. There are many others, but this is a must-have list.

Audio
Airfoil - Home Streaming
Spotify - Music Streaming (kinda useless with a SG account, great for mandarin artistes)
Swinsian - FLAC Player
Tagalicious - Music Tagging
XLD - CD Ripping

Office Suites
iWork '09
Microsoft Office 2011

Photos
PhotoBulk - Bulk Image Resizing
Photomatix Pro - HDR
VueScan - Film Scanning

Productivity
Clear - To-Do List Manager
Evernote - Notes Management
MoneyWiz - Finance Management
OmmWriter - Distraction Free Writer
Pocket - Articles Manager
TextMate - Text/Code Editor
Totals - Invoice Manager
Wunderlist - Yet Another To-Do List Manager

Utilities
Alfred 2 - Program Launcher
Bartender - Status Bar Organiser
Bump - iDevices File Sharing
Carbon Copy Cloner - Backup Utility
ChronoSlider - Alarm
CleanMyMac 2 - Clean Up Utility
Divvy - Window Manager
Dropbox - Cloud Storage
Google Drive - Google Drive Manager
Instashare - iDevices File Sharing
iStat Menu - System Monitor
Jettison - Ejects External Drives Upon Standby
Spotdox - Dropbox Add-on That Gives Remote Access To All Files On Computer
Path Finder - File Manager
Parallels - Because, Windows
The Unarchiver - Archive Utility
Toast Titanium - Disc Media Burner

Video
Air Video Server - Stream video to iDevices
AirServer - AirPlay Receiver
Beamer - Stream to AppleTV
Blu-Ray Player - Blu-Ray Playback
Handbrake - DVD/Video Encoding
Plex Media Server - UPnP Video Streaming
VLC - Video Playback

Web
Airmail - Email Client
Chrome - Web Browser
Skype - Video Chat
Transmit - FTP Client
uTorrent - Download, eh, Linux Distros


Not what you asked for but thought I would include this so someone might find it useful.

Chrome Extensions
Adblock Plus - Ad-blocker
Disconnect - Social/Tracking Blocker
Feedly - RSS Reader/Google Reader Replacement
InvisibleHand - Finds Lowest Prices On The Web For Products
Last.fm Scrobbler - It is What it Says it is
MaskMe - Email/Password Manager
Session Manager - Tabs Manager
YouTube Options - YouTube Customiser

Others include applications from Adobe (Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Illustrator) and various games.

Hope you have fun with your MBP!

well written bro. some of apps i havent heard before
gave me some idea to check out these apps too

i have been mac user myself for more than 2 years. so far hasnt look back yet
But for a start i think TS need more like Free-app instead of paid-app

 

[hiton]

Here's mine.
Most of them acquired when they're on discount/bundled with other applications. There are many others, but this is a must-have list.

Audio
Airfoil - Home Streaming
Spotify - Music Streaming (kinda useless with a SG account, great for mandarin artistes)
Swinsian - FLAC Player
Tagalicious - Music Tagging
XLD - CD Ripping

Office Suites
iWork '09
Microsoft Office 2011

Photos
PhotoBulk - Bulk Image Resizing
Photomatix Pro - HDR
VueScan - Film Scanning

Productivity
Clear - To-Do List Manager
Evernote - Notes Management
MoneyWiz - Finance Management
OmmWriter - Distraction Free Writer
Pocket - Articles Manager
TextMate - Text/Code Editor
Totals - Invoice Manager
Wunderlist - Yet Another To-Do List Manager

Utilities
Alfred 2 - Program Launcher
Bartender - Status Bar Organiser
Bump - iDevices File Sharing
Carbon Copy Cloner - Backup Utility
ChronoSlider - Alarm
CleanMyMac 2 - Clean Up Utility
Divvy - Window Manager
Dropbox - Cloud Storage
Google Drive - Google Drive Manager
Instashare - iDevices File Sharing
iStat Menu - System Monitor
Jettison - Ejects External Drives Upon Standby
Spotdox - Dropbox Add-on That Gives Remote Access To All Files On Computer
Path Finder - File Manager
Parallels - Because, Windows
The Unarchiver - Archive Utility
Toast Titanium - Disc Media Burner

Video
Air Video Server - Stream video to iDevices
AirServer - AirPlay Receiver
Beamer - Stream to AppleTV
Blu-Ray Player - Blu-Ray Playback
Handbrake - DVD/Video Encoding
Plex Media Server - UPnP Video Streaming
VLC - Video Playback

Web
Airmail - Email Client
Chrome - Web Browser
Skype - Video Chat
Transmit - FTP Client
uTorrent - Download, eh, Linux Distros


Not what you asked for but thought I would include this so someone might find it useful.

Chrome Extensions
Adblock Plus - Ad-blocker
Disconnect - Social/Tracking Blocker
Feedly - RSS Reader/Google Reader Replacement
InvisibleHand - Finds Lowest Prices On The Web For Products
Last.fm Scrobbler - It is What it Says it is
MaskMe - Email/Password Manager
Session Manager - Tabs Manager
YouTube Options - YouTube Customiser

Others include applications from Adobe (Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Illustrator) and various games.

Hope you have fun with your MBP!

nice... so many apps ...

 

[duhduhduh]

Hello hello

Anyone uses those mail apps like Airmail? why should one use airmail over using the default mail or the web access???

 

[Snoweagle]

Hello hello

Anyone uses those mail apps like Airmail? why should one use airmail over using the default mail or the web access???

I'm using Outlook 2011. So far so gd.

 

[devglass]

Alfred 2 - Program Launcher

The next Yosemite OS sees this feature like woah!... But in fact it has been out there since very long already.

 

[derrickgoh]

No one mentioned Onyx. Is that passe now?

 

[i-Movies]

Can't live without them:
- iTerm 2
- TextMate 2
- iGetter
- Vox
- iFFmpeg
- AdBlock (Safari extension)
- Super drag and drop (Safari extension)

Good ones that I am using too
- Movist
- Yummy FTP Client
- World Clock
- Wi-Fi Explorer
- XLD
- Go2shell
- Aperture

 

[shamuslee]

Microsoft Words

 

[zitseng]

Microsoft Words

The must-have list really depends on what one needs.

Anyway, I had written a post: Software for New Mac Users | Zit Seng's Blog (It's quite dated though.)

A more recent article written for NUS: Getting a Mac for School » TECHN'US

 

[ekardo]

nice.......