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pandorajam - lets you download music from all your pandora stations while streaming it
bumptop - 3d desktop, has multi touch support
iwork/ms word/open office - whatever you prefer
littlesnitch - mainly if u pirate software, but allows you to prevent programs from accessing the internet
teleport lets you like use two macs at once with one mouse and keyboard
facebook notifications puts an icon in your taskbar that turns blue whenever someone write on your wall
forget the name but there another one that puts ram and cpu data in taskbar
and lastly get growl, its really cool, it give you notificaitons that say like the name of the song that is playing if you run pandorajam or itunes in the backround, works with others too
utorrent/frostwire if you do that
that should be good to get started, ill see if i can remember more
i find they are.. its all about preference im guessing you are one of those windows users that stand by windows may i ask if you have ever used a mac for a year or more?
all of cs5-photoshop/ect
FCP-final cut pro(video editor)
transmission-torrent downloader
microsoft office-obvious
vlc-media player for most formats(avi/mkv/ect)
candybar-change system icons
steam-you should know
handbrake-dvd ripper
skype-you should know
- Plex - Free TV optimized Home Theater program that
- Things - Very clean Task manager
- LaunchBar - lets you launch applications with just a shortcut
- 1 Password - Stores all of your passwords and can come up with extremely complex ones for you if necessary.
- FCP - video editing
- After Effects - powerful tool for editing/making special effects
- Cinema 4d - very powerful 3d software.
- SixtyForce - allows you to play n64 games on your mac (just need to download roms)
- Candybar - lets you change your icons effectively
- Transmission - best torrenting software
- Hulu Desktop - nice desktop version of Hulu
- Bodega - A cool application that acts as a "store front" for mac apps, by listing hundreds of cool ones.
- Grand Perspective - shows you what is taking up the most space on your HD by visualizing each file as a square, and their size is represented by the size of the square.
Pro Tools is kind of useless as a standalone software, especially if you are planning on using it without prior experience or instruction. It is more of a true Professional post production and mastering program, using it for production isn't a great idea, you could use anything from logic to ableton to cubase or FL to produce, then outsource your post production/mastering to someone else who knows how to mix down in Pro Tools.