so i finally jumped on the mac os wagon & got myslef macbook w/ leopard on it …. & yes, i love it!
here’s a list of hacks / best apps, utils i’ve discovered so far:
* best mac apps- courtesy of matthias (thx!)
- perian 
- play Divx, Xvid, AVI and other movies in quicktime (or via Front Row)
there’s always VLC – bets video player 
for mac & windows
- sofacontrol 
- control most of ur mac apps via the remote!
- adiumx.com 
- chat – all IM mac clients in ONE
- music rescue – ipod recovery
- handbreak 
/ mac the ripper – dvd ripper for mac
- download manager: igetter with flashgot in firefox – avail for windows too
- xslimmer.com 
- slims down mac os
- Quicksilver 
- i’m not quite sold on this one yet, but then again haven’t used it yet 
- Cocktail 
/ CandyBar 
- simple mac os tweaks / customize your icons
- genius – helps you remember things
more links: 10mac apps, Top 100 Mac App, 35 Absolutely Essential Mac Apps, The Ultimate Mac Apps List
* hints / shortcuts
- enable right click on the mac mouse! (works on track pad too!) – it _helps_ soooo much if you coming from the PC world
Cool things you can do on a Mac
* beginer’s video guides to mac:
- leopard features video … an impressive newest mac os overview, especially the iChat stuff
- An Orientation to Mac OS X – surprisingly couldn’t’ find intro video tutorial to mac os on the apple website, so found this instead … it’s tiger, but still very informative for those who never used mac os before.
ps: one thing i can’t seem to figure out is how to maximize a window via keyboard shortcuts after you minimize it to the dock …. anyone?
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