Comments on: My must-have Mac programs http://jkontherun.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac/ Using mobile devices since they weighed 30 lbs. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:10:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Richard Chacon http://jkontherun.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac/#comment-24526 Richard Chacon Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:13:45 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac#comment-24526 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>James, you might try BonEcho, a optimized version of firefox for intel Macs.</p> <p>I also recomend Audio Hijack pro, great application for recording and podcasting.<br /> Linein is also a freeware app that allows audio pass thru from the line in jack to the line out.</p> <p>I have a MacBook Pro as well, but my "fun" Mac is my Mac Mini hooked up to my Vizio 42" LCD TV. Nothing like using Front Row and a program called DVD assist to play my personal DVD's on a widescreen, with optical out to my surround system.</p></div>

James, you might try BonEcho, a optimized version of firefox for intel Macs.

I also recomend Audio Hijack pro, great application for recording and podcasting.
Linein is also a freeware app that allows audio pass thru from the line in jack to the line out.

I have a MacBook Pro as well, but my “fun” Mac is my Mac Mini hooked up to my Vizio 42″ LCD TV. Nothing like using Front Row and a program called DVD assist to play my personal DVD’s on a widescreen, with optical out to my surround system.

]]> By: Mike Cane http://jkontherun.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac/#comment-24527 Mike Cane Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:19:30 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac#comment-24527 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Probably some duplication. I've sat on this for a few weeks, just posted it today:</p> <p>Reference: Mac OS X Software<br /> <a href="http://mikecane.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/reference-mac-os-x-software/" rel="nofollow">http://mikecane.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/reference-mac-os-x-software/</a></p></div>

Probably some duplication. I’ve sat on this for a few weeks, just posted it today:

Reference: Mac OS X Software
http://mikecane.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/reference-mac-os-x-software/

]]> By: Nikoooo http://jkontherun.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac/#comment-24528 Nikoooo Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:55:02 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac#comment-24528 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>For FTP there's also cyberduck. Good free tool.</p> </div>

For FTP there’s also cyberduck. Good free tool.

]]> By: Scott Sterling http://jkontherun.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac/#comment-24529 Scott Sterling Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:09:45 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac#comment-24529 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>James, never mind, I figured it out. Cool. You're new to Mac and already teaching me new tricks!</p> </div>

James, never mind, I figured it out. Cool. You’re new to Mac and already teaching me new tricks!

]]> By: Scott Sterling http://jkontherun.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac/#comment-24530 Scott Sterling Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:04:15 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac#comment-24530 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>James, thanks for the response. I've been using Parallels since way before it was released, and I didn't know about this feature. I guess you're saying that its part of Coherence? What did you do to create the app-specific icon in the Dock? </p> </div>

James, thanks for the response. I’ve been using Parallels since way before it was released, and I didn’t know about this feature. I guess you’re saying that its part of Coherence? What did you do to create the app-specific icon in the Dock?

]]> By: James Kendrick http://jkontherun.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac/#comment-24531 James Kendrick Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:20:11 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac#comment-24531 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Scott Sterling, that's because I ran Outlook from an Outlook Parallels icon I put on the Mac desktop. You can see it on the dock and it does show that it's running. The generic Parallels icon on the right of the dock is the one I put there in case I want to run the entire Vista environment, something I now rarely do.</p> </div>

Scott Sterling, that’s because I ran Outlook from an Outlook Parallels icon I put on the Mac desktop. You can see it on the dock and it does show that it’s running. The generic Parallels icon on the right of the dock is the one I put there in case I want to run the entire Vista environment, something I now rarely do.

]]> By: Bill_in_Germany http://jkontherun.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac/#comment-24532 Bill_in_Germany Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:11:45 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac#comment-24532 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>James - a good 3rd party utility to boost iSight brightness/contrast plus other goodies:<br /> <a href="http://www.ecamm.com/mac/iglasses/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ecamm.com/mac/iglasses/</a></p> <p>A free utility to manually control your keyboard backlighting:<br /> <a href="http://labtick.proculo.de/" rel="nofollow">http://labtick.proculo.de/</a></p> <p>Free time-saving menu bar sound input/output selector: SoundSource - a must-try, James!<br /> <a href="http://www.rogueamoeba.com/freebies/" rel="nofollow">http://www.rogueamoeba.com/freebies/</a></p> <p>Welcome to the Mac community!</p></div>

James – a good 3rd party utility to boost iSight brightness/contrast plus other goodies:
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/iglasses/

A free utility to manually control your keyboard backlighting:
http://labtick.proculo.de/

Free time-saving menu bar sound input/output selector: SoundSource – a must-try, James!
http://www.rogueamoeba.com/freebies/

Welcome to the Mac community!

]]> By: Scott Sterling http://jkontherun.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac/#comment-24533 Scott Sterling Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:58:07 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac#comment-24533 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Your photo of Outlook running on your desktop shows Parallels in the Dock NOT running. How's that work??</p> </div>

Your photo of Outlook running on your desktop shows Parallels in the Dock NOT running. How’s that work??

]]> By: Terry http://jkontherun.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac/#comment-24534 Terry Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:45:04 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac#comment-24534 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Get steer mouse to provide much more functionality for your mighty mouse.</p> </div>

Get steer mouse to provide much more functionality for your mighty mouse.

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://jkontherun.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac/#comment-24535 Kevin C. Tofel Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:47:20 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac#comment-24535 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>I'm enjoying Filezilla on both the Mac and PC side for my FTP needs. Open source, works well and free.</p> <p>Mike, although I've installed Parallels on the MBP, I haven't used it for days (even when I have or had my MBP working, that is). I still get heavy use out of the Q1P as it's the topic of a post that just went live...from the Q1P. You can go to bed now; we wouldn't want you staying awake as we know how cranky that makes you. :)</p></div>

I’m enjoying Filezilla on both the Mac and PC side for my FTP needs. Open source, works well and free.

Mike, although I’ve installed Parallels on the MBP, I haven’t used it for days (even when I have or had my MBP working, that is). I still get heavy use out of the Q1P as it’s the topic of a post that just went live…from the Q1P. You can go to bed now; we wouldn’t want you staying awake as we know how cranky that makes you. :)

]]> By: Mike Cane http://jkontherun.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac/#comment-24536 Mike Cane Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:12:41 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac#comment-24536 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>>>>I used to encode the OnTheRun with Tablet PCs podcast on the HP tc1100 which took 40 - 45 minutes as that is a CPU intensive process. It takes 3 minutes on the MBP! Yowza!</p> <p>Holy flippin bleep!!</p> <p>But OK, now, what I don't understand for KEVIN: WHY is he bothering to run Parallels on his MBP (when it is WORKING, snark, snark!)? I thought his Q1 was his To-Go kit. Or has he wanted to replace that with the MBP? This kind of stuff is keeping me awake nights!</p></div>

>>>I used to encode the OnTheRun with Tablet PCs podcast on the HP tc1100 which took 40 – 45 minutes as that is a CPU intensive process. It takes 3 minutes on the MBP! Yowza!

Holy flippin bleep!!

But OK, now, what I don’t understand for KEVIN: WHY is he bothering to run Parallels on his MBP (when it is WORKING, snark, snark!)? I thought his Q1 was his To-Go kit. Or has he wanted to replace that with the MBP? This kind of stuff is keeping me awake nights!

]]> By: James Kendrick http://jkontherun.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac/#comment-24537 James Kendrick Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:51:27 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac#comment-24537 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Drew, the Apple job was an April Fool's joke, as noted by the SLOOF LIRPA at the end of that post. I also don't think I've indicated that the Mac is better than Windows, ever. Different tools for different needs. I've always preached that and never try to tell someone that something I use is better than everything else.</p> </div>

Drew, the Apple job was an April Fool’s joke, as noted by the SLOOF LIRPA at the end of that post. I also don’t think I’ve indicated that the Mac is better than Windows, ever. Different tools for different needs. I’ve always preached that and never try to tell someone that something I use is better than everything else.

]]> By: Drew http://jkontherun.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac/#comment-24538 Drew Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:41:07 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac#comment-24538 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>I have a Mac too but this new employment by Apple is really getting rediculous...! Just tell us what you're likes and dislikes are and stop it with the " better than Windows" remarks at the end of every sentence. I am a fan too,of both! Let journalism live at it's true form!</p> </div>

I have a Mac too but this new employment by Apple is really getting rediculous…! Just tell us what you’re likes and dislikes are and stop it with the ” better than Windows” remarks at the end of every sentence. I am a fan too,of both! Let journalism live at it’s true form!

]]> By: Scotty http://jkontherun.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac/#comment-24539 Scotty Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:32:44 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac#comment-24539 <p>My favorite FTP/HTTP tool is Speed Download 4 <a href="http://www.yazsoft.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.yazsoft.com/</a></p> <p>The killer feature for me is that it auto-tunes itself to wring as many bytes per second as possible from HSDPA, Clear Wire, EDGE, Starbucks and DSL as I move around with my MBP C2D.</p> <p>Possible Express Card for your MBP so you can read your SD card(s) <a href="http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product_Code=IOR+GFR202SD&JRSource=PriceGrabber.datafeed.IOR+GFR202SD" rel="nofollow">http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product_Code=IOR+GFR202SD&JRSource=PriceGrabber.datafeed.IOR+GFR202SD</a></p> My favorite FTP/HTTP tool is Speed Download 4 http://www.yazsoft.com/

The killer feature for me is that it auto-tunes itself to wring as many bytes per second as possible from HSDPA, Clear Wire, EDGE, Starbucks and DSL as I move around with my MBP C2D.

Possible Express Card for your MBP so you can read your SD card(s) http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product_Code=IOR+GFR202SD&JRSource=PriceGrabber.datafeed.IOR+GFR202SD

]]> By: James Kendrick http://jkontherun.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac/#comment-24540 James Kendrick Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:30:57 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac#comment-24540 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Scotty, what would I need an Express Card adapter for? I don't carry the MBP around so I don't need EV-DO for it. If the cable goes out at home (happened last weekend) I just share the EV-DO from my P1610.</p> </div>

Scotty, what would I need an Express Card adapter for? I don’t carry the MBP around so I don’t need EV-DO for it. If the cable goes out at home (happened last weekend) I just share the EV-DO from my P1610.

]]> By: James Kendrick http://jkontherun.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac/#comment-24541 James Kendrick Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:28:46 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/my_musthave_mac#comment-24541 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>You guys are all correct as usual. I didn't even realize Transmit was shareware as it presented no dialogs to inform me of that and with over a week of usage I encountered no limitations. I love the program so I just paid for it and unlocked it, although I still don't know what the limitations were. $29.99 is kind of steep for an ftp client but I like the program so it's worth it to me.</p> </div>

You guys are all correct as usual. I didn’t even realize Transmit was shareware as it presented no dialogs to inform me of that and with over a week of usage I encountered no limitations. I love the program so I just paid for it and unlocked it, although I still don’t know what the limitations were. $29.99 is kind of steep for an ftp client but I like the program so it’s worth it to me.

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