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Re: Mac OSX Applications I couldn't live without

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Post by zyb09 » Mon, Jan 31, 2011, 4:43 PM UTC

I recently discovered Hyperdock (http://hyperdock.bahoom.de/). It basically turns OSX into Windows7. Very awesome!

Re: Mac OSX Applications I couldn't live without

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Post by PatrickTulskie » Mon, Jan 31, 2011, 4:46 PM UTC

xyzzyb wrote: post #10

I much prefer Divvy ( http://mizage.com/divvy/ ) over SizeUp for window management.

Just curious - why? SizeUp isn't as customizable as Divvy, but it does significantly cut down on the number of key strokes required to resize windows.

Re: Mac OSX Applications I couldn't live without

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jan 31, 2011, 4:50 PM UTC

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Re: Mac OSX Applications I couldn't live without

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Post by tortilla » Mon, Jan 31, 2011, 4:54 PM UTC

geuis wrote: post #6

swombat wrote: post #3

Try LaunchBar instead of Quicksilver. It's not free, but is worth every penny. It's like Quicksilver, except it's actually quick.

I used to use Quicksilver 3 years ago when Spotlight was unbearably slow on Mac OS. So what is the reason people use things like Quicksilver today? I personally find Spotlight to be everything I need. I can quickly open any application or system preference within seconds, all from the keyboard with Spotlight.

Some examples:

- Open file with, select one or a bunch of files and specify the app to open it with

- Move multiple files to another location

- Clipboard history

- Keyboard triggers for custom actions (open all the apps and files I need for a certain project)

- Custom web searches (I have one setup to search "site:news.ycombinator.com + search term")

Re: Mac OSX Applications I couldn't live without

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Post by luigi » Mon, Jan 31, 2011, 4:55 PM UTC

PatrickTulskie wrote: post #12

xyzzyb wrote: post #10

I much prefer Divvy ( http://mizage.com/divvy/ ) over SizeUp for window management.

Just curious - why? SizeUp isn't as customizable as Divvy, but it does significantly cut down on the number of key strokes required to resize windows.

Divvy lets you create custom sizes. Once you map those sizes to a single key, it's very fast.

Re: Mac OSX Applications I couldn't live without

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Post by swombat » Mon, Jan 31, 2011, 4:57 PM UTC

geuis wrote: post #6

swombat wrote: post #3

Try LaunchBar instead of Quicksilver. It's not free, but is worth every penny. It's like Quicksilver, except it's actually quick.

I used to use Quicksilver 3 years ago when Spotlight was unbearably slow on Mac OS. So what is the reason people use things like Quicksilver today? I personally find Spotlight to be everything I need. I can quickly open any application or system preference within seconds, all from the keyboard with Spotlight.

Spotlight still takes a few seconds, rather often, to open up and receive keyboard input. I HATE waiting a few seconds for something that's a part of my thought process. When I think "Open chrome" and I move my fingers into the magic incantation needed to make that happen, it should be opening, now, RIGHT THIS FUCKING MOMENT. Not three seconds later.

I don't care if it's fast enough most of the time. It needs to be fast enough every single time.

Launchbar is always there within 200ms, no matter what my computer is chugging on at the moment. That's well worth the 20 bucks.

Re: Mac OSX Applications I couldn't live without

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Post by gfodor » Mon, Jan 31, 2011, 5:00 PM UTC

Ok, I'll bite. What do people actually use dropbox for? All of my employer's code is in SVN, and personal code on Github. All of my email and my calendar is on Gmail. All my photos are on Facebook. All of my documents are in Google Apps. My writing is on my blog. My TODO list is in Workflowy.

If my computer dies (which it has recently) all of my stuff is covered. Is there some area of content creation that I am just missing altogether? I guess I don't back up my photoshop or audio work I do occasionally on dropbox, but that's probably not it.

Re: Mac OSX Applications I couldn't live without

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Post by AdamN » Mon, Jan 31, 2011, 5:05 PM UTC

Skitch (http://skitch.com/) is my favorite Mac app in terms of usability. Of course, I need simple screen capture software (not everybody does).

Re: Mac OSX Applications I couldn't live without

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Post by drivebyacct2 » Mon, Jan 31, 2011, 5:06 PM UTC

>SizeUp is not free, but it's only $13 and worth every cent. It adds keyboard shortcuts to OSX to move windows around.

Only? Compiz has a plugin for this and it's baked into Windows. I couldn't imagine paying $13 for that feature. Also, not sure why Chrome got called out when it has similar extensions to Pentadactyl. (Probably the same misconceptions that have people thinking that ABP can't block downloads in Chrome. [It can and has been able to for nearly 7 months])

Re: Mac OSX Applications I couldn't live without

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Post by psadauskas » Mon, Jan 31, 2011, 5:10 PM UTC

gfodor wrote: post #17

Ok, I'll bite. What do people actually use dropbox for? All of my employer's code is in SVN, and personal code on Github. All of my email and my calendar is on Gmail. All my photos are on Facebook. All of my documents are in Google Apps. My writing is on my blog. My TODO list is in Workflowy. If my computer dies (which it has recently) all of my stuff is covered. Is there some area of content creation that I am just…

I use it for my documents. Not everything can be google docs. I just finished up my taxes online, and printed the forms/reports as pdfs, which I saved into my ~/Documents folder, which is symlinked to dropbox.