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my favorite mac-tools

since Martin from futurenews.at is currently installing his very first MacBook, I thought I’ld collect some of my favorite Mac-utiltities for him…

transmit.pngTransmit 3 is probably the most popular FTP-client for the mac. it’s capable of all important protocols (FTP, sFTP, WebDav, .mac), integrates well with common text-editors for remote edit, syncs folders and offers a sweet user-interface (including dashboard-widgets and droplets).

subethaedit.pngstrange name, great text-editor: SubEthaEdit is a lean yet powerful editor clearly aimed at developers. features include syntax-highlighting of the web’s most important languages, apple script-support, a UNIX-like command-line utility interfacing with the terminal and awesome collaboration-capabilities, allowing several users to work on the same document simultaneously.

adium.pngfor most mac-users, instant messaging means Adium X. Adium supports AIM, Jabber, MSN, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger and sports a gorgeous, skinable interface. of course, like all other meta-messengers, Adium lacks support for many advanced features of the IM-networks (and you’ll still need your Skype-client, though this is probably about to change).

iterm.pngiTerm is a neat telnet/ssh-terminal application. besides boring stuff like VT- & ANSI-compatibility, apple script-support and multiple languages, it offers transparent windows and - quite useful - tabbed terminal-sessions.

quicksilver.pngat first glance Quicksilver, is just a fast search-index for commonly used folders, documents and programs (very much like os-x’ spotlight). when looking closer, Quicksilver offers powerful ways to define actions and scripts which also can be mapped to keyboard-shortcuts.

butler.pngButler is an essential desktop-utility providing extra menu-bars, docklets, hot-corners and custom hotkeys. Butler launches applications, manages bookmarks, inserts text-snippets, controls iTunes and runs apple scripts.

Transmission-Icon-48.gifTransmission is a simple but efficient bittorrent-client - no bells and whistles, just working unobtrusively in the background. for more features, the java-based client Azureus is the weapon of choice.

voodoo.jpgVoodooPad is my favorite scratchpad-application. VoodooPad is unique in storing documents as marked up text very similar to html, allowing nested documents, links and the usual html-formatting. moreover, it exports directly to your iPod.

macsabericon.jpgtwo more-or-less useful scripts utilize the integrated motion-sensor of the MacBook (Pro) in rather innovative ways: while SmackBook Pro allows users to change virtual desktops by smacking the MacBook’s sides’, MacSaber is totally over the top, turning your laptop into a jedi-weapon!

any must-have tools I have missed? you’re welcome to post!

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Comment by lukas
2006-07-22 03:42:09

great overview. thanks michi. I also really like the layout of icons being next to the explanation. looks edgy and clear…now i gotta check out some of those appz.

another rather interesting yet strange app is “liquify”. a totally new way of desktop navigation. very intuitive

 
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Comment by subnet
2006-07-23 21:11:02

thx lukas…
about liquify - can u post an URL? wasn’t able to find it yet…

 
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Comment by lukas
2006-07-26 19:41:15

obviously i misspelled it. it is called LIQUIFILE. nevertheless it was still hard to find :)

2 links concerning this rad app:

http://www.liquifile.eu/
http://www.liquifile.eu/

it is shareware but available for less than 10 bucks.

 
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Comment by subnet
2006-07-26 21:55:09

just tried it out…

wow, this is really redefining the way u see your file-system…honestly,at first I didn’t get the fact that the x-axis represents the date of creation/last-change…once I got this…it really started to rock :)

some glitches: folders aren’t represented as files (they should appear as gray spheres, just as files…)…and I’m afraid the concept will get ineffective when dealing with many (>100) files per folder, too much scrolling…anyway… cool thing!

thx man! (that goes also for ur ongoing contribution to my blog :) )

 
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