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Zaphu Forum: A List of Mac Freeware Still Necessary in Leopard [Mac Freeware, Opinion]

  • MacMacken · 1 year ago
    Freeware? Whatsize is no longer freeware I'm afraid … :(
  • Franklin · 1 year ago
    @MacMacken - Thanks for the feedback, I was under the impression that it was free to use so long as you didn't want the 'System Administrator functionality.' I might be mistaken.
  • RichardBronosky · 1 year ago
    If you do text editing, you should really look into TextMate. I used to be a HUGE BBEdit fan. (my handle on AIM, MacWorld, and dozens of other places is BrunoUsesBBEdit) I switched from being a Microsoft and IE zealot to the Mac because there was no editor that could hold a candle to BBEdit. Then with release 8.0 they decided to remove a bunch of features. When I contacted the developer, they said they we're trying to be "more like other editors"!!! To which I asked, "you mean the ones I chose not to use years ago when I became your customer?" TextWrangler is even less powerful than BBEdit.

    Textmate was the greatest advance in Text Editors that I had every seen. You should try it.

    I now, however, do all my coding in VIM because I live in the terminal SSH'ed to remote servers. I got tired of feeling like a gimp when TextMate wasn't available and decided to learn one last editor that I could use on every machine anywhere. It was like learning to touch type all over again, but now after 3 years it's second nature. My Mac [or Windows] using colleagues stand back and say "wow" when they see me in VIM.

    Again, try TextMate.
  • Franklin · 1 year ago
    @Richard - I like TextMate as well. Have you tried out any of the custom themes? There is a BBedit theme that you might like.
  • Mikey Benny · 1 year ago
    For coding, Smultron is a great text editor. Highly recommended.
  • Christy · 1 year ago
    Apple has released 'an alternative to photoshop'. It's called Aperture. It's not a decent alternative, but it has been released by Apple.

    If you're looking for a cheaper alternative to full-blown photoshop, photoshop elements is $99 (usually), and does 90% of what most end-users need.
  • Franklin · 1 year ago
    @Christy - Good point! I guess I have always viewed Aperture as more of a competitor to Adobe's Lightroom than Photoshop. Since I haven't tried either Lightroom or Aperture I can't comment on functionality differences. I started using Pixelmator and have been quite happy with it.
  • Franklin · 1 year ago
    @Mikey - I tried Smultron about a year ago and it didn't seem very polished at the time. Based on your recommendation I'll give it another try. Thanks!
  • Gabe Jacobs · 1 year ago
  • reeka · 1 month ago
    This information is helped to me a lot.....Thanks.