A day before Newsgator made their RSS Suite totally FREE, Amit did a review of Newsgator’s FeedDemon (Windows RSS Feed Reader), which got me thinking about NetNewsWire. Let me give you a brief about my RSS Feed Reader usage before suggesting ‘How to squeeze the best out of FREE NetNewsWire’.
I have been using RSS Feed Readers in a way or the other ever since the hay days of the blogging revolution in the early 2000s. While on Windows, I graduated to a full fledged RSS Reader with Nick Bradbury’s FeedDemon ever since its very early days. Bradbury Software, Nick’s company that made FeedDemon was acquired by NewsGator Technologies in May 2005 (I think Nick works with Newsgator at present). My FeedDemon license was alive in all those acquisitions, upgrades and I was a happy user of FeedDemon all along.
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muCommander is a lightweight, cross-platform twin-pane file manager featuring a Norton Commander style interface and running on any operating system with Java support (Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, *BSD, Solaris).
muCommander is a Freeware but you can donate if you feel good about it.
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Saw this via The Unofficial Apple Weblog — a simple, useful add-on for your Address Book, Avatars, is a freeware that searches for, displays, and adds your contacts’ avatars to their cards. It installs with a package installer as a SIMBL plugin.
So, liven up your Address book with Gravatars and Pavatars with a little help from Avatars.
For all those Web designers and developer wishing to test their web apps in Internet Explorer but always had to boot into a whole Operating system, can now relax. IEs4OSX is a standalone application for the mac that can run multiple version of Internet Explorer (without windows) - from IE 5.0, 5.5, 6.0 to 7.0. All of the necessary files and requirements are automatically downloaded - including default Windows IE fonts and browser plug-ins like Macromedia Flash player. All of that, and the download is completely free.
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If you connect to other Windows Desktops or Servers through your Mac, then the FREE client from Microsoft is one of the best option. With Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac, you can connect from your Mac to a Windows-based computer and work with programs and files on that computer. Mac users who have access to a Windows-based computer on a network, including users on Intel-based Macs, can use Remote Desktop Connection as an alternative to Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac.
Note: Remember that many keyboard shortcuts are different on the Windows from the Mac.
One of the many things that I missed when I moved from Windows to Mac was the Flickr Uploadr for Windows. I did bought FlickrExport, an iPhoto plugin that makes it easy to upload photos to Flickr. That’s an awesome software and worth every penny.
However, Flickr released the official Flickr Uploadr for Mac OS X recently and this should be one good software to have if you use Flickr.
But after using FlickrExport, it will be difficult to move away from such an awesome software. Currently, Flickr Uploadr have no option to set Sets or Send to Groups and it do not show your tags.
LifeHacker has a list of top 10 Free Mac Downloads.
- QuickSilver
- TextWrangler (You can try Smultron too but if you are serious, then the best would be a commercial text editor - TextMate)
- SilverKeeper (A Backup Utility that is packaged along with Lacie Drives)
- Adium (Instant Messenger)
- HandBrake (DVD Ripper)
- iSquint (video file to iPod converter)
- VirtueDesks (Virtual Desktops Manager)
- The Unarchiver
- VLC MediaPlayer
- iTerm
Personally, I would not term myself an advanced Mac user, far none an experienced one. However, I’ve been very enthusiastic about the Mac lately and have been minutely observing many of the cool aspects of the Apple Mac. I still use a PowerBook G4 PPC and I would credit it for all the Mac stuffs that I’ve learnt so far.
Today, let me try to compile a list of applications that you’ll need on the Mac after conversion from a Windows world. This should apply to anyone who is new to the Mac. Nonetheless, you may need few more additional applications depending on your profession. For instance, a Developer who do Design with (Photoshop, XHTML, CSS) will have a slightly different set of applications than a Rich Internet Application Developer (Flash, ActionScript, Flex, Ajax). Whereas, a user who does more of a Community Liaison will have a bit of more slightly different software sets. I may be slightly biased but my observation will be more tuned towards a power Internet User, Web Developer, Multimedia Developer and of course Bloggers.
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I’ve tried many note-taking-task schedular applications. However, I always felt they’re either too bulky for such a small job, or too complex for such simple actions. The best of all that I’ve ever tested, the best is ToDo. As the name implies, ToDo is a simple to-do list application that keeps you on track.
Each to do item can be linked with a file on your computer, a URL, such as the address of a website, or a contact from your address book. The linked item can be opened directly from the ToDo window. ToDo items can also include notes, priorities and deadlines, which can be set as reminders in iCal.
ToDo is applescriptable, includes plugins for Address book to quickly set contact reminders and a plugin for Quicksilver to allow rapid creation of ToDo items from the Quicksilver interface. ToDo can import iCal to do lists, and export lists from to do to import into iCal. You can set your ToDo deadlines as events in iCal with a single click. You can sync your ToDo lists on multiple computers using .Mac.
I bought xPad about 2 month’s ago and have been using it daily. It has become free few days back. Download your copy; you can use the following details in the registration.
Name: xPad User
Email: support@getxpad.com
Code: X6893-2055-5686-9378
xPad, written in Cocoa, is the ultimate notepad, TextEdit and Stickies replacement for Apple’s OS X. With a simple, easy-to-use interface and powerful multi-document features, xPad will quickly become your daily text editor of choice.
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