Handbrake.

I love how DeskShade enables you to "lock" the Mac, thought OS X would of had it built in.

Radish™

thats for ripping dvd's to mpeg

i want dvd authouring tools to do the opposite.

my brother runs a go kart track and records footage and gives a copy to the party's for free i currently encode the mpeg he gives me for dvd with tmpeg then i import the files i make in tmpeg to a proggie called spruce up which compiles it to a dvd iso or data mode VIDEO_TS AUDIO_TS folders.

this is the information i need if this can be done on mac i will go out and buy one today.

Check this out! 8)

http://android8.users.whitehat.dk/wordpress/index.php?p=255

cool thanx

lots of nice apps

ffmpegX is great. Even iDVD might do what you want.

OMG ! This is one the best apps ever. Thanks for sharing

This is sweet, but I dont like the fact that it doesnt have filetype icons or options to make it the default editor for files like .php.

Today has been good, I have found the app I have been looking for for 2 years.

Music Publisher: http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/musicpublisher/index.php

Like having your iTunes library perfectly organized, but still want to listen to other songs sometimes without importing them? Just open this app and they appear as an iTunes shared playlist. Uses hardly any ram, and basically no cpu.

yeah it confusing without filetype icons I hope they add icons at next releases

Why is it that programs that for linux and windows are free, cost 10-30 dollars on Mac OS X?

you get what you pay for

Which application do you refer to?

You are right about linux, but I always have a hard time finding really good programs for windows that are free.

Yes, it's a very cool feature.

It does. There are two ways to do it.

First, you can use Fast User Switching, keep it in the menu bar and then select "show login screen."

Second, you can open up keychain.app from Applications > Utilities. In the preferences there is an option to show the keychain icon in the menu bar. This will place a lock icon in the menu bar that allows quick access to lock and unlock your keychains. As well, it has the option to "lock screen." This turns on the screensaver of your choice to cover the desktop and will ask you for your password when you want to resume.

Another cool app: Geektool

http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/geektool/

I doubt there are software companies with a Windows, Linux and Mac OS X version of an application that will only make you pay for the Mac OS one.

Read this: http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/delicious-library.ars/2

That's John Siracusa reviewing a Mac shareware app called Delicious Library, and is a pretty good perspective of a Windows user coming across to the Mac and realising just how much better Mac developers are than their Windows counterparts.

I didn't go from 20 years of using Windows and hardly buying one single Shareware app to spending 2 years on OS X and buying ~40 of them just because there are no free alternatives. There's always a free alternative.

There's just usually no good alternative on Windows.

http://otierney.net/cagefighter/ << Make the Mail.app 2.0 icons look more OS X like.

Im amazed no one has listen an alternative to MS Publisher... a simple ish, low cost DTP Package would really fit my needs. I actually find Publisher 2003 on XP quite good and would certainly like it or a clone on OSX. Good for when I dont have the time or the patience for PhotoShop

Any suggestions? Cheers

Apple Remote Desktop can lock the screens of remote computers too, so there are actually 3 ways.

Well, not too many low cost programs, but there is Quark Express, InDesign, or PageMaker.

I agree InDesign looks ace, but it is VERY expensive if all you want to do is the occasional flyer or poster etc. I admit, I havent got my mac yet, and this is one of the last issues for me to clear up before I go ahead and order.

Pages is a lot nicer then publisher and exports to standard formats.

i have to develop for windows, this is what keeps me away from mac

I really really want to try and be a "good" MAC user and not resort to piracy as I have so often done on my XP machine... but ebay is begining to look attractive.

As a new Mac guy...thanks for the list guys (& girls if there are any)

There is a wealth of info here for those of us new to Macs, (and I'm very grateful for that) but the one thing I'm missing is an equivalent to Winamp. iTunes sounds good but it seems to offer too much in full view and not enough in mini-view, I'd love to skin the thing but apparently that's not possible.

I've searched high and low, found several other players but most seem to be abandonded.

Any suggestions?

I dont know how but , you can run xmms on OSX, its a audio player similar to winamp its a linux package but you can compile for osx I think

that's one on my list but I haven't tried it yet due to my ignorance of 'compiling' something. Thanks, I'm going to have to look into that. I think it even uses winamp skins. That would be perfect. 'preciate the comment.

Yep, XMMS uses winamp skins. I use it my main media player.

I posted a screenshot with the bluecurve skin in the mac desktop thread.

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...#entry585919989

Did you have to compile it yourself or is there a version somewhere other than the official website for OS X?

I think you need to compile it yourself. This is what I found:
http://wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=MacOS

Thanks for the link, both those Apple links for running X11 apps are dead but I'm getting closer.

The links have changed because of Tiger?

Try
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/x11/
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/appl...1formacosx.html
http://developer.apple.com/darwin/runningX11.html

Thanks again, I should've replied after I googled.

How about the apps bundled with the OS? iLife is certainly a nice package of useful tools that are equal or superior to other vendors. And nothing that comes bundeled with Windows is even close. Specifically GarageBand, how fun is that?

iLife is not part of OS X, it just comes with new hardware.

Check, bundled with new hardware.

it makes me sad that skEdit isn't on the list for text editors. I feel it's the best app, and for only 20 dollars, is easily the best value of all of them.

http://skti.org/

Yeah, for sure, this app is invaluable for me at work. I would have easily shelled out over $100 for it. The 3.6 betas were amazing, but since Tiger has come out, he hasn't sent out any new betas, so as soon as a compatible 3.6b comes out for Tiger, I'll be 10 times happier. 3.5 is still good software though.

does anyone have Pic2Icon laying around ??? the link on macupdate isnt working

download.com

yeah thanks, thats where i ended up getting it from ;p

I just got the precompiled version with fink. You can also get it with darwinports if you want.

X Resource Graph - gauchosoft

Free & Open Source system monitor.

SuperCal
SuperCal™ is a visual display calibrator capable of measuring and correcting most conventional displays, including LCDs, CRTs and projectors. SuperCal doesn't require any hardware measurement devices - only your eyeballs - yet it can be much more accurate, based on how well you pay attention to what your doing .

This is an invaluable tool, especially for PowerBook and iBook owners. After spending about 15 minutes going through the configuration, you can get a color profile that puts the default mac included profiles to shame. Colors look much more vibrant and accurate with the profile I made with this on my PowerBook.

TigerLaunch
TigerLaunch is an easy-to-use and easy-to-configure application launcher for OS X. It displays an Apps menu at the top of your screen listing all your applications in alphabetical order—no matter what folder they appear in. You can easily configure it to exclude applications you rarely or never launch.

I'm suprised no one has mention this one. It's a really light application launcher that isn't cluttered with extra crap.

iTerm
iTerm is a full featured terminal emulation program written for OS X using Cocoa. We are aiming at providing users with best command line experience under OS X. The letter i represents a native Apple look and feel of the program interface, and an emphasis on complete international support. iTerm was merged from two projects, CTerminal and TerminalX, both of which were based on JTerminal project. The current version is still in beta stage. It is however very much functional and usable.

Best part of this terminal replacement is tabbed sessions.

Thanks for the list. I just got my first mac and this is very helpful.

I highly recommend Transmit as an FTP client, by the way.

Acid Search



AcidSearch is a search enhancement for Safari. It adds unlimited "Search Channels" to the Google search field. Channels can be customized in a nearly infinite variety of ways. AcidSearch also includes powerful features such as JavaScript support, the ability to import iSeek and Butler Search Sites, true hierarchical menu organization, and the ability to search multiple search engines at the same time. AcidSearch also allows you to access your search channels with key equivalents, shortcuts (a la SafariKeywords), and a contextual menu. It patches Safari using Mike Solomon's great SIMBL InputManager. AcidSearch is free software, and will always be free. If you like AcidSearch a lot, and wish to reward me for my development efforts, you are welcome to donate. AcidSearch is available in English, Japanese, Italian, French, and traditional Chinese.