Last December I switched to Mac and have since entered a very, very happy period in my personal computing experience. I'm running a clone of my corporate laptop in VMWare Fusion for my remaining Windows needs, and must admit to using a Palm Treo Pro running Windows Mobile 6.1 to stay connected to HQ whilst on the move. For everything else, I use my 15" unibody Macbook Pro. Which means I had to find alternatives to my favorite Windows programs. And you know what: some of the alternatives are actually better!
- Functionality: WinApp » MacApp:
- Application launcher: Launchy » QuickSilver
- Virtual desktop manager: VirtuaWin » Spaces (built in!)
- Archiver: 7Zip » iArchiver
- Subversion client: TortoiseSVN » Versions
- RSS reader: Feeddemon » NetNewsWire
- Mindmapping: MindManager 8 » MindManager 7 for Mac
- Texteditor: UltraEdit » TextWrangler
- Diagramming: MS Visio » OmniGraffle
- Project Management: MS Project » Merlin
- Screencasting: uTipu » ScreenFlow
- Video conversion: Videora » Handbrake
- FTP client: FileZilla » Cyberduck (you don't have to switch, because FileZilla is also available for Mac, but I did, because I like Cyberduck)
- RSI monitor: WorkPace » MacBreakZ
- Favorite screensaver: Despair Inc » Matrixsaver In addition to the items above, I use the following Mac Apps:
- Getting Things Done: OmniFocus
- Writing: Scrivener
- Blogging: MarsEdit
- Tweeting: TweetDeck
- Instant messaging: Skype and MSN
- Audio recording: Audio Hijack Pro and Fission for recording and editing with The Levelator for postprocessing of aiff files.
- WMV plugin for Quicktime: Flip4Mac
- Desktop notification system: Growl
- Timer: FlexTime
- Prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers: Caffeine
- Switch your audio input and output sources with a single click, and even adjust their volume settings: SoundSource
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