MacTools

From LaurasWiki

Just the ones I use (mostly).

Table of contents

1 Communicate 2 Edit/Author 3 Notetaking/Info Organizers 3.1 Reviews 4 Images 5 Utilities 5.1 Clean Up / Backup 5.2 Interface Utilities 5.2.1 Keyboard Shortcuts 5.3 Internet Utilities 6 Resources

Communicate

• adium (http://www.adiumx.com/)
• Skype for Mac (http://www.skype.com/help/guides/skype_macosx_guide.html)

Edit/Author

• s5 (http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/) for making slides
• TextMate (http://macromates.com/)
  • Manual (http://macromates.com/textmate/manual/)
  • Tutorials: screencasts (http://macromates.com/screencasts)
  • And see: TextMate: The missing editor for OS X (http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000270.html)
• WriteRoom (http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/product/writeroom), a full screen, distraction free, writing environment
  • Using WriteRoom (http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/node/1202)

Notetaking/Info Organizers

• DEVONthink (http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/devonthink/index.html)
  • DEVONthink Support Center (http://www.devon-technologies.com/support/index.html)
  • DEVONthink Online Tutorials (http://www.devon-technologies.com/support/academy/dt_tutorials.html)
  • DEVONthink Video Tutorials (http://www.devon-technologies.com/support/academy/dt_videotutorials.html)
• Journler (http://journler.phildow.net/)
• Mori (http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/product/mori)
• TiddlyWiki (http://www.tiddlywiki.com/)
  • TiddlyWikiTutorial.html (http://www.blogjones.com/TiddlyWikiTutorial.html)
• Yojimbo (http://www.barebones.com/products/yojimbo/index.shtml)

Reviews

• Get organized: a survey of digital junk drawer apps (http://www.tuaw.com/2006/07/11/get-organized-a-survey-of-digital-junk-drawer-apps/)
• Some notes about notebooks (http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/07/some_notes_about_notebooks.html), Giles Turnbull, oreillynet, July 5, 2006
• Your Mac’s Best List Of Personal Notebooks (http://www.mac360.com/index.php/mac360/comments/870/), Kate MacKenzie, mac360, October 5, 2006

Images

• Gimp
• Seashore (http://seashore.sourceforge.net/), open source image editor for Cocoa

Utilities

Clean Up / Backup

• Cocktail
• Disk Inventory X (http://www.derlien.com/)
• iPhoto Diet (http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~fuhrer/personal/freestuff/iphotodiet/) (3.0.8)
• SuperDuper (http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html)
  • Backup your Mac, KerimsWiki (http://wiki.oxus.net/wiki/Backup_your_Mac)

Interface Utilities

• iTerm (http://iterm.sourceforge.net/) terminal replacement: has tabs!
• jumpcut (http://jumpcut.sourceforge.net/) a smarter clipboard

Keyboard Shortcuts

• OSX Keyboard Shortcuts (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75459)
• Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts (http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/keyboard) (not Mac, but ...)

Internet Utilities

• Speed Download (http://www.yazsoft.com/)
• Transmit (http://www.panic.com/transmit/) (SFTP )

Resources

• How Does Open Source Software Stack Up on the Mac? (http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/07/25/software-stack-for-the-mac.html), Matthew Russell, macdevcenter
• version tracker (http://www.versiontracker.com)