[muglo] Re: Recommended Shareware OOPS !
- From: Ilbert Walker <walker@xxxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 19:53:23 -0500
OOPS ! Just noticed Barry's posting was for Shareware
Sorry folks , perhaps my list below is off topic - thought I'd better
make it clear that none of it is shareware
but all have a free demo period to try them out before purchase
Sorry if I mislead any one
Ilbert
And a final thought? from WWW Walker's Wit & Wisdom
"The wisest of the wise may err." - Aeschylus
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This looks to be a very helpful and time saving iniative on your part
for the rest of us , Barry . Thanks very much
I think many others could add their particular favourites and good/not
so good experiences. I hope they all do.
It may save a whole lot of searching on Version Tracker or via sites
like Locker Gnome
A cautionary word ? Being a strict novitiate in technical matters, I
listen to some who have warned me against introducing shareware etc
which may contain hidden bugs which screw up the Apple system, desktop
etc or create 'refer back' delays?
I'm certainly going to take the time ( where are those 25 hours day?!)
to explore your suggestions and provide some feedback. Suggest it would
be useful if other members could do likewise ?
A beginning from me re some recent acquisiions :
DevonThink and DevonAgent
Easyfind
Web confidential
URL Navigator Pro
Notepad
Novamind
Sbook5 (terrific!)
(still examining following)
You control
Fruit Menu
MacJournal
Boy! You may really have started something here , Barry!
A further survey re the Major Software favourites of MUGLO Members !
?????
Ilbert
And a final thought?
The more you know........the less you need !
Australian Aboriginal saying -
On 26 Jan 2004, at 5:19 PM, Barry Takayesu wrote:
> I compiled a number of user recommendations of Shareware for OSX from
> another list of Mac users and thought I'd pass them on. There may be
> a number of duplications - I didn't try editing them
>
> RECOMMENDED SHAREWARE - (FROM USERS)
> Cocktail and Vuescan
> Transmit
> Graphic Converter
> PStill
> #1 is Watson. Much faster and better than Sherlock.
> StickyBrain- This isn't shareware but I wouldn't want to do without
> it. It does many things, but what I use the most is the capture of
> text from web pages. It creates a sticky notes with the text and a
> weblink on the bottom. It searches contextually so you don't really
> have to be organized.
> F10- Nice launcher.
> Earthbrowser -weather around the world on a globe. Webcams too. Fun.
> Needs horsepower though.
> iAlarm -Wakes me up
> Clutter - CD album covers on your desktop. Click to play.
> ImageBuddy -Drag and drop photos from iPhoto to produce custom
> layouts of prints.
> Konfabulator is a blast. Snood is a very addicting. I like Snapz Pro
> X because you can actually save as a QT movie.
> Thumbnail Pro
> Transmit
> Photostickies
> Swordfish Express
> OmniGraffle
> Business Card Composer
> disklabel
> iPasspartout
> EasyCrop
> LaunchBar - a must have.
> CopyPaste - one of the most useful of apps.
> iData Pro - a database anyone can use to stay organized.
> Remember! - Alerts you to whatever you need to remember.
> Xnippets - to help you collect and organize information.
> MacJournal - free, and nice, and free.
> Idea Knot - really cool and useful, and free.
> Find them at version tracker. Have fun.
> Cocktail
> Transmit
> DragThing
> DropDMG (really like this one)
> FruitMenu
> ShapeShifter
> Wallet
> Audion
> CandyBar
> Rosetta
> Synergy
> WindowShade X
> Launchbar, Windowshade X, FruitMenu, NetMonitor, Mighty Mouse,
> Proteus (not so much use anymore), Acquisition (likewise), Synergy,
> SNOOD!... generally the cheaper ones...
> Graphic Convertor, VueScan, Marine Aquarium & Keyboard Maestro.
>
> dvd2one will most likely be next, after I give it a good spin. After
> that I'll try a few of the ipod ones out...
> Easy Find - by Devon Technologies, freeware, works great. For finding
> files and folders. Can search for contents or by name, etc.
>
> VirtualDesktop - Use it all the time, wouldn't want to work without it.
> StillLife - It's got it's own set of pros & cons but compared to
> iMovie's Ken Burn's effect (v3 anyway) it's a god send. Especially
> for only $25 compared to $50 for it's competition (Photo2video?)
>
> CCC too.
>
> iPodRip
> Netflix Freak
> Secret! for the palm OS
> Moneydance - I have had it with Quicken, which I have used since
> about 1987, and tried every checkbook/personal finance program I
> could find. I do accounting for my organization, and use MYOB
> everyday, but for my personal use, I needed something to replace
> Quicken. Moneydance imported all of my Quicken data (over 12 years!),
> and allows you to try it out for 100 transactions to see if you like
> it before you pay the $29.99 cost. It also downloads from my online
> banking sites (credit union, etc.). It seems to have more power than
> Quicken, but is stable. For OS X... give it a try.
> I've put together a CD's worth of good shareware that I give to
> "switchers", here's the index:
>
> [home.earthlink.net]
>
> And games:
>
> [home.earthlink.net]
>
> I'll be checking the recommendations in this thread to see if I've
> missed anything good.
> I really like A Cook's Books (I think it's better organized than
> Cookware Deluxe), and iView Multimedia Pro (though the price is a bit
> steep now, used to be reasonable priced).
>
> I second the recommendation for Vuescan... indespensable!
> Tex-Edit Plus. This is by far the most useful piece of shareware on
> my system. I use it for any writing that doesn't require formatting
> and converting non-mac text files. Tom Bender updates it regularly.
> Worth every penny.
>
> I see many of my posting forbears have listed GraphicConverter and
> (at least Robert M. has listed) Tex-Edit Plus. To these two excellent
> shareware packages, I add:
>
> Interarchy (ftp/sftp/some network tools)
> Fruitmenu (brings back the Apple Menu of System 6 - OS 9)
>
> and (though it is freeware with donations accepted) Gerben Wierda's
> teTeX i-installer; it effortlessly puts a complete TeX system on your
> OS X machine (and don't use fink for that--it puts things in unusual
> places where TeX compilers won't look). I gladly made a donation, but
> if you don't use TeX, never mind.
>
> For more ideas, last week this appeared on slashdot:
>
> [www.asktog.com]
> Thoth!! Best Mac usenet client ever made...
>
>
> I second Thoth,
> as well as
>
> Graphic Converter
> Amadeus II
> Rosetta
> Audio Hijack Pro
> Disktracker
> Cocktail
>
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