Comments on: Does this Make Me a Mac?

By: liv

liv — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:55:40 +0000

I’ve thought about going Mac in the past, but based on cost and well frankly I can’t get past the horrible psychological event of “Oregon Trail” I was forced to play on Apple IIe(s) throughout my elementary education….

By: Scott Beveridge

Scott Beveridge — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:36:15 +0000

Enjoy. You won’t look back.

By: Steven Walling

Steven Walling — Mon, 25 May 2009 06:20:12 +0000

Download Quicksilver for sure, if you haven't already. It's the first thing I add when I get a new Mac (well, maybe after Firefox).

By: Sam Carlson

Sam Carlson — Mon, 18 May 2009 04:12:26 +0000

Well, um… I’m speachless.

By: Pete Wright

Pete Wright — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:08:05 +0000

Forgot about Evernote. I know… it’s cross-platform. But it’s another absolute essential on all my macs!

By: Pete Wright

Pete Wright — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:07:30 +0000

Wow — that’s fantastic! I switched in 2002 and never looked back. There’s a great network of small devs cranking out awesome software all the time, and in my experience, the quality of open source and indie packages tend to be higher quality on the mac.

For quick photo manipulation — really targeted for prepping snaps for blogs — check out Picturesque (http://www.acqualia.com/picturesque/). They’re doing some cool things in the realm of easy image prep.

If you write at length, check out Scrivener.
ScreenFlow is the best screencast app I’ve used. Easier than Camtasia by a mile and far more flexible export.
ScreenStep is a great tool for managing and creating documentation.
The Hit List: I just can say enough good stuff about this little app. For keeping up with todos, it’s tops. I keep the database in my dropbox (another essential if you don’t use it already) and in syncs with my desktop mac too.
Tweetie for Twitter.
Transmit for FTP.
Skype. The mac version actually lets you share your screen with other Skype users — about the only thing we have on Windows Skype users.

I’m sure there are others — but those are a few of the essentials. I’m afraid I’ve left some holes there for you to google the websites. Didn’t want to overload the comment with links, after all.

Happy switching!

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:49:11 +0000

Though my personal knowledge of you is limited to the web, I must say I was shocked when I saw that you were switching. You should continue chronicling the switch. I’ve been considering it for years and would love to see the process of transition.

By: camikaos

camikaos — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:12:37 +0000

I used to be the only mac user in my house… but now since you have one Mike is insisting that he needs one too. Sigh… peer pressure.

By: JustinS

JustinS — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:48:17 +0000

You should also check out that iSellOut app.

By: Reid Beels

Reid Beels — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:16:04 +0000

You might be interested in WrongZoom (http://github.com/spicyj/wrongzoom/tree/master) which makes the green button maximize windows instead of the default zoom behavior.