2006
Switch - Windows > OS X Apps
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Here are what I’ve been using as replacements for my Windows apps:
WindowsXP>OSX
Web Browser: Firefox>Safari
Email: Outlook>Entourage
Bittorrent: utorrent>Azureus
IRC: mIRC>Colloquy
Blogging: ecto>ecto
Flickr: Flickr Uploader>iPhoto/Flickr Export
Comics: CDisplay>ComicBookLover
MP3 Tagger: Tag&Rename/Musicbrainz>Media Rage/IEatBrainz/Export Artwork
Music: Winamp>iTunes
Last.fm: Audioscrobber for Winamp/Last.fm Player>iScrobbler/Last.fm Player
P2P: Limewire>Limewire
Office: Office 2003>Office 2004
Compression: WinRAR>Stuffit
PSP - PSPWare>iPSP
DVD ripping: DVDShrink>Handbrake/MactheRipper
FTP: FlashFXP>Transmit
Video Player: Windows Media Player>VLC
Xbox: Qwix>Xbox Browser
Burning: Nero>Toast
IM: AIM/Google Talk>iChat/Adium
Webpage: Nvu>Nvu
Finance: Quickbooks 2004>Quickbooks 2006 for Mac
VOIP: Ventrilo/TeamSpeak/Skype>Ventrilo/TeamSpeex
Todo list: Google Desktop with Todo Plugin>High Priority
Text: Notepad>Textmate
Photos: Pisaca>iPhoto
Some cool new programs:
Coverflow
GarageSale
MyMySpaceMail
Favorite Widgets:
I was never a fan of Konfabulator,now Yahoo Widgets. I never found anything really useful to me but I got to say I’m loving Dashboard. Here are some of my favorite non-default widgets:
Now Playing (Tivo)
TV Tracker
Bloglines Notifier
EasyEnvelopes
Stats for Adsense
Issues:
Ventrilo and Teamspeex can only use Speex codec, default is GSM, Have to change it on the server to work.
Quickbooks not up to par with Windows Version, tho i haven’t tried QB 2006 yet.
Skype not working on Intel Macs.
Office 2004 sluggish, Rosetta
ecto sluggish. Rosetta
Needed to used a patched version of Azureus
Firefox not Universal Binary yet, sluggish, Rosetta
Things I can’t do on Mac I can on Windows (so far):
Update the firmware on my MPx220 cell phone. Updater is Windows only.
Whurm has made a Comment
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.
March 1, 2006 @ 7:06 pm
jadedhalo has made a Comment
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.
March 2, 2006 @ 12:07 am
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