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December 2012

December 31st, 2012

My Mac 2012

December 1st, 2012

my Mac, 2012

Over the years my Mac apps have changed. Back in August 2009 I posted the apps that I used frequently; in the past three years, software has changed. Here’s my updated list:

:: from Apple

Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion

• Activity Monitor – I run this at all times hidden in my Dock.

• Font Book

• Image Capture – I use this to retrieve photos from our iPhones and place them in my photo folder structure. (…more on that at a later date)

• iTunes – the only way that I can keep my roughly 20K audio items organized. (…more on that at a later date)

• Mail – This is the best email software that I’ve used. And it’s still horrible.

• Preview – fastest PDF viewer in the West

• Safari – my quick search browser

• Time Machine – saved my butt a few times

Aperture – 6 years and 120K photos in and I still am in love with Aperture.

Final Cut Pro 7 – I know how to use this app; I just don’t enjoy editing video.

:: Paid Apps

• Adobe Bridge & Photoshop CS4 – I could probably replace Photoshop easier than I could replace Bridge. Although I do love Photoshop’s actions.

:: Free Apps

• CoRD – such a convenient to use remote desktop app

• Disk Inventory – very easily tell which files are using your drive’s space

• FireFox – I’ve come to rely upon FFX’s “app tabs” and save session feature.

:: Services

• Dropbox – file syncing for work

• SugarSync – personal file syncing