OS X Apps I Use & Love
I use my iPhone and iPad everyday but I still love sitting down at my Mac and finding and learning about cool apps and utilities. It’s also the place where I immediatley go for when I need to get some serious work done (school essays, photo/movie editing and large brain dumps into Omnifocus) Here’s a list of Mac OS X programs I love and depend on:
Dropbox - seamless sync & backup that actually works….I still have no idea why Apple hasn’t bought these guys.
TextExpander - great little utility for expanding small text snippets into large ones.
1Password - the first thing I open up when I need to fill in or create a password somewhere. Also a great secure place to store other confidential information.
Chrome - my default webbrowser. I love the simple design, quick speed and the omni-bar as the one place for both searches and web addresses.
Omnifocus - I would be lost without this amazing task managment software.
Notional Velocity - quick and simple text editor for notes I want synced across all my devices.
Reeder *beta - my default RSS reader, very Mac/iOS like.
iTunes - yes its bloated and a little slow but it still runs pretty good for being the kitchen sink. I love how simple it is to use but has so many power features under the hood when you need them.
Scrivner - I’m not the best writer (as you can tell from this blog) but when I need to write a 10 page essay for school, this software makes the task tollerable.
Carbon Copy Cloner - my default backup app that I use to get my data off my iMac and on to my drobo.
Evernote - good program for keeping items that I might forget but want to buy at a later date. Example: I try a really good new beer at a friends house and want to remember the name of it for buying at a later date.
Aperture - iPhoto is good but I like the greater options I have for organizing photos in Aperture.
QuickSilver - keyboard launcher … that fortunetly is back from the dead.
