Swad Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 If you're like me, you have a handful of apps you use everyday to complete the task at hand: Photoshop, Firefox, Word, etc. Some of these I love using - some I'd rather not. On the whole, I'm always open for using a new app if the benefits seem great. For many new OSx86 users, the old Mac workflow they knew so well in the old days of PPC are gone, due to new apps or non-universal ones. So in this transitional phase, let us know: what is your everyday Mac workflow? How has the list of your applications changed in the past 6 months to a year (even if you're not on an Macintel)? Got an obscure utility we should all know about? Tell us about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiaboliK Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 altho it may be a tad slower than windows version of Adobe CS2 Suite, the Mac CS2 suite is still pretty comparable while running in rosetta. i use it just about everyday, life so much easier on a mac especially the f11 and f10 keys when workin with multiple windows (sorry i dont have the technical name for those functions). also the image processor in bridge, which i use as much as photoshop itself, is pretty quick depending on what you got it doing. applying filters to large pix, fuggedaboutit, you'll be waitin a bit. well that just my 2 cents. *i step off and pass the soapbox* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizardpro Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I do mostly photowork, so I added Gimp into my work flow. Had to swith to Cinema 4D from Maya for product renderings. Itz is nice to add WINE into the mix even though itz mostly for messing around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iDerf2006 Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 For Apple, I nearly always use....... Camino iTunes Photoshop CS MSN Messenger iChat Photobooth Quicktime OnyX For Windows, I nearly always use..... Bon Echo/FireFox 2.0 iTunes Photoshop CS Windows Live Messenger Windows Media Player Quicktime AIM 5.9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatMusak Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 If you like having the lyrics and artwork of your songs, but don't want to search for each song/album cover art, use the Sing That iTune! widget. It finds both for you, puts them in their correct places in iTunes, and even creates a text file of the lyrics so you can save them to the Notes folder if you have an older iPod like me, I still have my mini, and view them that way. There use to be a better program that did this, called pearLyrics, but the creator was nearly sued because the record companies apparently own the rights to the lyrics aswell. Anyway, great program, although sometimes it can't find it, so you have to click the Search Google Button, and then it tries to search in Japanese or something. It never gives you Japanese lyrics though so don't freak out. Just try it. It can be downloaded here. If that link doesn't work, just do a search for it on google, or on Apple's website. Oh, and don't let my name, puppy linux user make you think I'm some linux novice. I no longer use Puppy Linux on a daily basis because I have a PowerBook now. I only used puppy linux when all I had was a crappy old Compaq {censored}ario, Pentium II, with 48MB of RAM. I'll change it or create a new account one someday. And yes, I do have some strange love for these smilies. I wish there was a smily for being really off topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
non sequitur Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 i use adium, teamspeex, itunes, onyx, handbrake, safari, limewire, and quicktime. not too much pro use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSMatt Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Safari (I'm now going to use either Firefox or Camino depending on which one is faster) iTunes 4.9 iChat LimeWire Deimos Rising Microsoft Office X-Chat Aqua RealPlayer I realized that I don't really use any of the other preinstalled applications and got rid of them with a reformat. I must have at least 5 GB more free space now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miazmaticdotcom Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 I find that I'm recording audio often (both on my iBook and the Hackintel) so Logic Express is my most frequently used app. Besides that, iTunes, Adium, Safari, Terminal, Reason, ssh, Traktor for DJ gigs, and the Audio MIDI Setup Utility (woot Aggregate Device Editor!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glufx Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Shake. FCP, TextEdit, and Adium. Yea, that's really all I use, and my real mac is still worth every penny. I'm still screwed for awhile on intel, that's why I'm playing now. I'm waiting for Shake to upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o_OR4N^_^ Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Safari, Firefox, Adium, Itunes and Colioquy on apple My windows box mainly handles the games and the movies Apple box does all the rest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arvster Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Well, I just entered this Macintel world. So far I am just getting accustomed to OS X and it's features. Been using it for about a week on my old 1.5Ghz Pentium 4 with 256Mb RAM. It's a pitty I can't use it on my new laptop with AMD Turion, as it has ATI chipset. No luck with OS X on that one so far. In OS X I love Expose with it's F9 and F11 shortcuts. It really helps with many windows. So far I use mostly Firefox, iTunes, Transmission for torrents, MSN Messenger, Skype(works fine for chat), iPhoto, Gimp and MS Office on it. Can't watch any .avi videos, so I don't really use it for that. Anyways my laptop with 16:10 screen and Gentoo Linux suits better then this old box for my entertainment needs. I actually haven't rebooted to my Windows partition since I installed OS X, so it satisfies all my needs apart from the lack of 3d graphics acceleration and .avi playback problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caladan1810 Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 For Apple, I always use....... * Camino (way faster than safari or firefox) * Dragon Burn 4.1.20 (FULL) works great on 10.4.4(x86) * iTunes 6.0.4(3) * Gimp * MSN Messenger * Adium * BitTorrent * Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 (Entourage) * Windows Media Player Series 9 * OnyX * iTrick * CocoViewX (freeware image-browser and viewer with multi-format export & slideshow). For Windows, I always use..... * FireFox 1.5 * iTunes 6.0.4 * Windows Live Messenger * DivX Player (with Codec) * Yahoo! Messenger * iTrick * Nero Burning ROM 6 Ultra Edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0ck3r4ever Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Adium, iTunes, Safari, MSOffice 2004, Dashboard, Photoshop CS 2 (but not all the time, I use it in windows a lot) Google Earth, Mail, Quick Time, ShakesPeer, Windows Media Player, Mplayer, VLC, Preview, Logic Express, iPhoto iWeb (played a lot with it 1 month ago) DVD player and Chess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editopen Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Quicksilver makes all the difference if u are using lots of apps quickley, at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Mine still hasn't changed (mainly because I'm still on my G3 systems) Safari Opera iChat Microsoft Entourage Word Keynote (no PowerPoint for me!) iTunes Virtual PC Pyware 3D Java Interactive iPhoto GIMP QuickTime Pro Clam XAV Pac the Man X Shadowkiller System Preferences (can't forget that one) Those are the ones I use most often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatMusak Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Well, I just entered this Macintel world. So far I am just getting accustomed to OS X and it's features. Been using it for about a week on my old 1.5Ghz Pentium 4 with 256Mb RAM. It's a pitty I can't use it on my new laptop with AMD Turion, as it has ATI chipset. No luck with OS X on that one so far. In OS X I love Expose with it's F9 and F11 shortcuts. It really helps with many windows. So far I use mostly Firefox, iTunes, Transmission for torrents, MSN Messenger, Skype(works fine for chat), iPhoto, Gimp and MS Office on it. Can't watch any .avi videos, so I don't really use it for that. Anyways my laptop with 16:10 screen and Gentoo Linux suits better then this old box for my entertainment needs. I actually haven't rebooted to my Windows partition since I installed OS X, so it satisfies all my needs apart from the lack of 3d graphics acceleration and .avi playback problems. Actually, you should be able to play .avi files as long as you have Flip4Mac, which plays .wmv, .avi, and who knows what else. Oh, and did I mention, it's completly free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSMatt Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Try getting the DivX codec as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shimms Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 The apps I use on Mac compared to Windows are really much the same, and if not, although they have a different name, they do the same thing. Daily flow: * Mail * Oracle Calendar Client * Camino * Probably ready for iTunes by this stage * Photoshop * Dreamweaver * Word On windows it was identical except it was Thunderbird not Mail and Firefox not Camino. What I've found has really changed is moving from dual monitors to a single monitor on OS X (both on my hackintosh at home and the Mini at work). My workflow has changed a lot now, I dont mind having heaps of windows open and all active, expose takes care of it all for me. On Windows it was minimize anything I'm not using and try to not open *too* many things at once. The side button to toggle the F9 function of Expose is now my best friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Let's see now. My workflow. For Mac its's... Apple Mail (Yes, I am one of the few that use it) Safari iTunes Photoshop CS Halo iChat Conversation Transmission Virtual PC 7 And for Windows its... Windows Mail Windows Media Player or Media Center Microsoft Word IE 7 or Firefox VMWare Photoshop CS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Mac: Camino Adium XChat Aqua Transmission Parallels Stuffit Gimp Windows: MSN AIM mirc Firefox Bitcomet Gimp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlock Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 I'm new on all of this (the Macword). I've been running several installations of OSX with different degrees of success (the f***ng VIA ATA kext doesnt work) but i fing myself installing those applications. Why? Because i love to install things on OSX. Yes: no installers, no apt-get, just drag an icon to application folders!! As a long time linux-windows user i fint the drag-installation system the most lovely thing on earth. The list: - Firefox (I just love fast foxes) - Adium (the wing raiging duck icon is sweet) - The Adobe suite (hey, I design things) - The macromedia suite - Roxio toast - VLC player - Itunes (i hate it) - Exposé (swwweeet: i'm hooked to it, I've got a clone for Windows "Topdesk") - Stuffit - RarX - Flip 4 Mac - Acdsee Questions: Is there any classic winamp (v 2.95ish) for mac? Is there a cool icon creation program similar to axialis iconworkshop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinji-sama Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 My work flow is: Camino iTunes 6 Word/Excel/Entourage Reader 7 Safari 2 iChat I will be adding Acrobat to do that list in the next couple weeks also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 I dunno if i'd call it a workflow, but here goes: OSX: iTunes iPhoto Aperture iMovie Comic Life AdiumX Safari Windows: Call of Duty 2 Half Life 2 Counter Strike : Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlock Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Oh! I forgot! Windows: - Hamachi - Emule - Doom - Doom II - Doom III - Quake - Quake II - Quake III - Quake IV - Call of Duty II - NFSU Underground And the best ones: - FIFA 2006 - Dawn of War Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Gil Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Hello, on the Mac side I use: - Camino - iTunes 6.0.4 - Azureus - Limewire - Freeway Pro (looking for something best and Unibin for Web Pages) - Microsoft Office - Macromedia Flash (waiting for the Unibin version) - Intaglio - SimplyRAR - Microsoft Messenger On the Windows side: - Visual C# Express Edition - Visual Foxpro 9 - SQL Server Express Edition - Quake IV - DOOM III - NSFU Black Edition - Call Of Duty II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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