Comments on: Switch - Windows > OS X Apps

By: Chasing the ghost of a good thing… » BestBlogForward - Post 105 // Switch - Windows > OS X Apps

Tue, 30 May 2006 02:28:03 +0000

[...] http://www.the8thsign.com/2006/02/10/switch-windows-os-x-apps/ Not exactly sure if this is my most popular post but its my most popular since I’ve installed analytics software. My 105th was basically a list of software I was using in OS X to do my everyday computing after I switched. It was only about a week of using OS X when i created the list hoping others might benefit from my cold turkey switch. [...]

By: jadedhalo

jadedhalo — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 05:07:42 +0000

Thanks for the tips. Disk Utility was something i was unaware of. I’ve picked up iWorks 06 since i wrote this and have been loving Pages.

By: Whurm

Whurm — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:06:13 +0000

I saw your list of programs you use with OSX and thought I’d give you some more hints that us long time mac people know.

Burning - Use Disk Utility, it can burn iso, cdr, dmg files right to dvd or cd. Plus others I’m sure but I only use those 3.
Compression - Again Disk Util can convert things to DMG with compression or not. Faster than stuffit.
Videoplayer - There are tons of plug-ins for Quicktime, xvid, flip4mac, ogg, upgrade it to Quicktime Pro also.
Office - i’works 06. Pages is much faster.
And last a hint I do every new load of OSX, drag the HD icon to the task bar near the trash. Now you can right click it to access all your folders and files quickly. You can also drag folders over there and access them the same way.