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Which OS X Applications do you find indispensable?
Please Search Prior To Posting!
There are many applications already listed. In all likelihood, this includes the one you are thinking of. Please check the existing answers to avoid duplicates, and ...
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What's a good SSH tunneling client for OS X?
I've using SSH Tunnel manager to easily set up and stop port tunneling over SSH to various servers at my company. That saved me the pain of opening up a new terminal window which will hang out there ...
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Is there an app to convert a video to HTML / JS / JSON?
Apple's site does some neat tricks on their pages to display videos encoded as a JPG file and then decoded and rendered in a canvas element (see ...
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A calendar embedded in OS X desktop that allows me to cross off days I workout - does something like this exist?
I'm getting into an exercise routine and in the past I've found it helpful to cross off the days tha I do exercise on a calendar. It occurred to me that I spend far more time looking at my macbook ...
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iPad PDF Reader with annotation support?
I have to read lots of PDF books on my iPad but I also need to make notes (annotations), notes that I want to be able to transfer to the Mac later.
What solutions do I have for this?
Please do not ...
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TODO manager with hierarchical TODOs?
I use KDE4 on my Linux machines, one of the tools I use a lot is KOrganizer. I love its TODO list which supports hierarchical (nested) tasks.
Could someone recommend a similar application for Mac? If ...
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What's the best way to edit Microsoft Word documents on iPad?
I'm on the road and have the need to update my CV which is a Microsoft Word document. My CV is accessible via WebDav but I've also got it stored on the iPad using the Synology DS File app.
What is ...
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Is there a tool that allows for changing the time in a GPS file?
I have a GPS tracked stored in a GPX file. Now I'm looking for a tool that allows me to set the start time of the track and the duration, and the tool should automatically evenly distribute the ...
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Are there any good iPad games for kids to learn numbers?
I'm looking for iPad games for my 4 year old daughter to learn numbers. I've tried many different games, like "Learn Numbers", "Counting101", "Animals Count", "Baby Phone", etc. but none of them are ...
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What's a good program to batch resize 100,000 jpg images?
The program should run in batch mode to resize all files in a folder and then save new files to different folder. An option for setting jpg quality would be great, too.
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Do any OS X twitter apps integrate well with Notification Center?
I'm looking for an app to let me keep the twitter integration from OS X (where I can tweet from Notification Center (hereafter abbreviated NC)) but also have my mentions from NC open in the app as ...
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Apply “Floating/Translucent Window” to all existing sticky notes?
If I have a large number of sticky notes on my desktop, each of which a varying permutation of "Floating/Translucent Window", is there a way to "Select All" stickies and apply the ...
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is there free OS X equivalent to Total Commander?
is there free equivalent to Total Commander for OSX?
two panels
drag & drop
tabs
etc ect
I found DoubleCommander the best but OSX port has its bugs. muCommander is nice too but not as good as ...
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Can I watch 1080p torrents while downloading?
Most large torrent files (8-20 gb) take quite a while to download. Is there software for Mac OS X that allows me to watch them while downloading?
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Is there an application like Connectify for Mac OS X Lion?
There is a well known app for Windows named: Connectify, used to share a wifi connection between a computer that only has wifi with other devices which requests that connection from the computer.
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How do I move a third-party application's menulet from one location to another in the menu bar?
I bought QuickCal 3 from the Mac App Store recently. Now, when I boot my Mac, the QuickCal menu icon shows on the menu bar, and where it wants to by default, I suppose.
Since QuickCal has the ...
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How can I do a full text search of plaintext files in my DropBox folder?
I understand that Spotlight will search the full text of files in any folder and will show files that contain instances of the searched text. But I would also like to see highlighted instances of the ...
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PC to Mac - Remote Desktop
I want to connect to my mac remotely from my Windows PC. What good products are there available that you recommend checking out?
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Is there music library software for OSX that works like Picasa does to replace iPhoto?
I'm kinda new to OS X, but loving it. I have decided to replace iPhoto with Picasa and want a replacement for iTunes that works more like Picasa.
There are just some apps that really get on my ...
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Is there an OS X equivalent to iOS's Remote App?
Is there some equivalent to Apple's (iOS) Remote App for the desktop (running OS X)? I.e. some – preferably small – application to control an iTunes instance which is running on another Mac? Maybe ...
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Is there a screen capture tool that will export to animated gif?
I'm looking for a screen capture tool that will export the capture to animated gif.
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Looking for a offline app to learn Spanish
I'm looking for an app to learn Spanish offline.
I want to hear it while driving, so it's basically MP3 based, and not interactive.
Do you have any recommendation?
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Business-oriented calendar app for OS X
I'm looking for a calendar app for OS X that shows available times for meeting attendees, and allows me to propose meetings and accept such proposals from others.
I've been trying Mac calendar and ...
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Native Foreign Exchange Trading Software [closed]
Know anyone any foreign exchange (forex) trading software native for OS X? (Not Windows emulated).
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Is there an iPad text editor that supports c and Objective C and has an elegant dropbox sync solution?
I've been using Textastic and the Obj-C support is great but the Dropbox connection is kind of like firing blind — there's not really a way to tell whether the server or the iPad has the latest ...
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Reddit client for desktop (that great like Alien Blue for iOS) needed
I tried Envelope Reader and cross platform Reditr. Both sucks comparing to the official browser version. On iOS I use Alien Blue which provide excellent user experience. They announced a desktop ...
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Encrypting sensitive data on Mac + Windows
I've been a long-time Windows user, using a utility called AxCrypt to encrypt sensitive documents which holded sensitive info (bank passwords, credit card numbers, etc).
I had an encrypted Excel ...
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Can I have a second menu bar on my secondary display?
Is there software that will allow you to add a second menu bar to a secondary display? I am using Second Bar, but I was wondering if there was other software out there that would do this. Note that I ...
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Is there a tabbed PDF reader for Mac OS X?
I am looking for a tabbed PDF reader, preferably with annotation support (highlighting mostly) for Mac OS X. I looked at the Skim FAQ which said that tabs would never come to Skim.
I am currently ...
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Basic photo editing on OS X
I need to edit a photo on my Mac. I wish to take two photos and paste them together to create one that's larger, containing both. I couldn't figure out how to do this with iPhoto.
For Windows you ...
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Airdrop Alternative for Windows/Mac/Linux?
I am looking for something that does the same thing as Airdrop that would work on Windows/Mac/Linux. Because of hardware it would most likely have to be LAN-based, but I am perfectly fine with that. ...
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SNES Graphics Editor for Mac?
Does anyone know of an editor than can open/read SNES 4BPP graphics files? Or at least one that can convert to/from this format?
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Presentation software for ipad which works also on windows 7 laptop for remote control
Very soon I have a presentation at school. and would like a suggestion regarding the application for iOS which can I use for the Powerpoint presentation. I would like an app that allows me to change a ...
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Key logger/watcher suggestion
I'm thinking my Mac in for repair again and last time I lost data.
Can someone suggest a key logger or watcher so I have a bit of granularity in terms of what the repair guy is doing..
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Do any OS X apps ease Search and Replace across multiple files?
I'm looking for an OS X tool which allows me to search and replace a search string in multiple files. The requirements are the following:
Search and Replace
Search by regular expression
Search ...
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What orthodox file manager for OS X could I use?
I'm looking for a graphical file manager fro OS X, for console Midnight Commander is ok.
I need two panels, function keys operations and preferably FTP and SCP support.
Also, it would be great to be ...
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iPad PDF reader app with seamless handwritting annotation experience
I am looking for an iPad app (Android app references will also be considered useful) which allows reading PDF files and annotating them with a stylus, resembling the experience I would have with a pen ...
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iPad PDF reader that supports multi-page viewing?
Is there any app that allows the user to zoom out and see multiple pages of the same PDF simultaneously? (for example by zooming out the PDF).
Adobe Acrobat and other PDF desktop viewers have this ...
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What tool is best for removing pages from a PDF?
I have a set of PDF documents that each have a few extra pages. I'd like to remove the first two and last pages from each of them. Preview only lets me look at and annotate a PDF, not edit one. Can ...
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iTunes MiniPlayer replacement
I finally was forced to upgrade to iTunes 11 in order to upgrade my iPhone's operating system. I think I can get a reasonable replacement to iTunes DJ with smart playlists, but the one thing that is ...
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iPad App — Mirror Video over Bluetooth?
I'm looking for a very specific iOS app. A universal app would be preferable, but iPad only would be fine. I'm looking for the ability to control one or more device's video playback from another ...
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Is there an easy to use Bible program for both OS X and iOS?
Is there an easy to use Bible program, preferably with dictionary, concordance as well as text for maybe more than 1 translation.
My PC has PC Study Bible and it's great but I've grown to hate ...
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What's a good terminal manager for OS X?
The Terminal.app application from OS X is quite good but it lack some functionality that I find really important like: ability to setup SSH profiles for connecting to different servers and ability to ...
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How can I make my Mac a DLNA server and/or client?
How can I make my Mac be a DLNA server and/or client?
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Buying an used iPhone 5 - how do you make sure it is in top notch condition?
Is there a battery of tests I can make, in order to evaluate battery life, if calculations per second are all normal, signal reception... etc.?
Basically, just to test the condition of the phone.
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OCR software for handwritten notes
I am looking for a way to recognize handwriting of scanned notes (in PDF format).
It doesn't have to be perfect, and it doesn't have to free, but before paying I would like to try it (even with just ...
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Best way to remotely/offsite backup a Mac Mini file server? [closed]
I'm procuring a Mac Mini 10.8 server for a small workgroup (6 Macs) and want to ensure that the files stored on this server are backed up properly and offsite. Anyone have any recommendations?
I've ...
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Is there any software for mac to create this particular 3d histogram?
Is there any software for mac to create this particular 3d histogram:
given a matrix of value?
I've tried with Numbers but it doesn't have 3d histograms.
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Parental filter which blocks Tarot and other Black magic
I am searching for a closed source or open source (MacPorts) internet filtering which blocks Black magic (for example Tarot) web sites.
Very important that this also works with Russian language ...
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Is there an app such as GoodReads for movies?
I like the app GoodReads, and I'm looking for something similar for movies.
Is there any app you can suggest me?
It should be able to make a collection of the movies I saw/own and to share lists, ...
