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I've come to the dark side (got a MAC)

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I am now a mac owner. I built my pc over 8 years ago and its been great untill recently, so I made the dive and am re-learning everything all over again. I have Fusion and its working great with WKO. My question is, what are your FAVORIATE, MUST HAVE APPS?

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  • Atif MalikAtif Malik
    Depends what you are going to use it for. I use mine for work so some some apps are very specific (not listing those)
    1. Thunderbird for email (I don't like entourage)
    2. iphoto
    3. MS Office (in case google docs isn't enough)
    4. iCal
    5. Firefox

    One recommendation setup timemachine , can be a lifesaver .
  • steveperxsteveperx
    Don't you mean you've LEFT the dark side? image
  • michaelgasser17michaelgasser17
    I'm on the edge as well. I'll be getting a new desktop in the next year or so and I'm seriously considering making the switch. Every mobile device I have is Apple made (iphones, ipad), so I figure it is the only logical choice.
  • Coach PatrickCoach Patrick
    I am entirely web-based thanks to EN. Apps I use a lot on my mac:

    Things for to do items.
    Jing for screencasting.
    Garageband for podcasts.
    iMovie for film production and hilarity.
  • William JenksWilliam Jenks
    @Patrick-

    I assume you mean you use google-docs for your "office suite" (and maybe calender), and of course, you use this site for that end of the business.

    What other kind of things have you migrated to web/cloud based computing?

    (I can't do google-word processing because I need to use bibliography database software for citations/references, but I'm always curious about what other people are doing as I think more and more about lightweight terminals.)

  • Coach RichCoach Rich

    Pretty much everything we do is cloud-based:

    • Basecamp: project management site/service we use to keep us and EN organized and on track
    • Gmail: we each work out of Gmail. admin@en.us goes to an admin Gmail acct where we have a ton of filters set up to put stuff in specific places. We use the template email features to save us a lot of time responding to the same requests, etc.
    • EJunkie: our shopping cart for real and virtual goods, the system we use to sell and deliver training plans.
    • Google Docs: we have an INSANE number of gDocs. Seriously, crazy.
    • Skype and Call Recorder (Skype add-on): RnP calls and podcasting done via Skype, podcasts recorded via Call Recorder.
    • Jing for screencasting. I just fired this up yesterday, dead simple.
    • An eLancer does our ebooks
    • We have a virtual assistant in India (no, really) who does a LOT of tasks for us.
    • Patrick did a LOT of work earlier this year creating process docs for pretty much every admin task behind the scenes, with the goal of documenting how something is done and then handing that off to our VA to do it.

    Typical workflow is to brainstorm a topic, problem, idea, etc in a GDoc, schedule a call a call to tighten it, produce tasks and deadlines from the call, drop those into Basecamp and check them off as completed.

    Read "The World is Flat" by Thomas Friedman. RnPnEN are poster boys for this stuff.

  • Kevin WalterKevin Walter

    Aperture is good for more advanced photo manipulation over what is available in iPhoto.

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