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Mac OSX Applications I couldn't live without
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Re: Mac OSX Applications I couldn't live without
#42For me, Alfred has replaced Quicksilver
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
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 f…
I've found spotlight to be reliably instant since moving to SSD. That might explain the difference in experiences here. (I also don't index docs -- just apps and prefs.)
Even on a SSD spotlight can be slow if you have not turned off doc indexing. I tend to use LaunchBar and Spotlight as a combination team for specific purposes: LaunchBar to get apps fired up quickly and Spotlight to do search within documents and as a general indexer.
Re: Mac OSX Applications I couldn't live without
#44Try LaunchBar instead of Quicksilver. It's not free, but is worth every penny. It's like Quicksilver, except it's actually quick.
I've switched to using Alfred, and I'll never go back. Bought the powerpack as well for those handy extra features. It's fast as heck, and has a lot of little niceties, but while I never liked LaunchBar, Alfred is just fantastic.
It's also available from the Mac app store, or you can grab it from the website (http://www.alfredapp.com/). Highly recommended.
Re: Mac OSX Applications I couldn't live without
#45Great to see KeyRemap4MacBook. When I first switched to Mac from Windows, little things such as "Home" and "End" not working the same way were quite annoying. KeyRemap4MacBook allows you to reconfigure everything.
One very nice feature is the ability to configure different keyboard profiles depending on your setup. I maintain separate desktop and laptop configs). Thus, when I dock my MBP to an external monitor and keyboard (Microsoft Ergo Keyboard), I switch to the desktop setup that remaps the Left-Alt key to Cmd and the Windows key to Option among others. When switching to laptop mode, I also remap the right-option key to function as a forward delete (which normally requires two keys on the MBP).
Re: Mac OSX Applications I couldn't live without
#46Alfred makes QuickSilver run for its hype. It may not be as customizable as QuickSilver but it does the job very well and a lot nicer than QuickSilver.
Re: Mac OSX Applications I couldn't live without
#47I recently discovered Hyperdock ( http://hyperdock.bahoom.de/ ). It basically turns OSX into Windows7. Very awesome!
this has to be a first. a windows UI feature worthy of ripping off (for OSX). maybe I'm being too hard on windows.
There's an application called Cinch that gives Mac the Win7 window snap behavior--dragging to left or right edge expands window to fill that half of screen, and to top makes it full screen: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cinch/id412529613?mt=12
What is interesting is that it is a paid app, $6.99, and is currently at #15 on the top grossing apps (it was at #11 last week).
Apparently, there is a market for taking the good ideas from Win7 and adding them to the Mac.
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#48I use Terminal.app + Visor, but I'll give iTerm2 a try after reading this.
I recently switched to iTerm2 from Terminal.app. The main reason for switching for me was that iTerm2 has great full-screen support. Just hit Cmd-Enter and you're immediately greeted with a full-screen terminal.