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• AppZapper allows you to completely remove all program files when uninstalling a program. This programs boasts being the "Uninstaller Apple Forgot". Read this article for more information. Price: US$12.95 with free upgrades for life.
•  Coda is a website coding program with WYSIWYG also built in. One-clickpublishing, one-window web development. Read this article for more information. Price: US$79.
• Pixelmator for quick and easy photo editing, and boasts a much cheaper price "for the rest of us" (compared to Photoshop). Read this article for more information. Price: US$59.
• Office:Mac 2008. Whilst Apple’s native Pages and NeoOffice do the trick, nothing compares to the compatibility and world-wide use of Microsoft Office: Price: AU$229+.
• Adobe Photoshop. For those who are serious in design. Price: US$649, upgrade US$199.
• Speed Download is a download manager for OS X with amazing speeds. Price: US$29.38.
  
• Awaken brightens your morning with the music of your choice - straight from your iTunes. Support for your Apple Remote. Price: US$12.95.
• Candybar allows you to change your Dock and Icons on Mac OS X. Price: US$29.
• Ecto is a desktop blog publishing client for Windows and Mac. Price: US$17.95.
• Transmit is a useful FTP client with support for iDisk and SSL. Price: US$29.95.

Part one with the freeware apps can be found here.

Please leave comments on these programs, and also your own suggestions.

Love your Mac? Every user has their own way of using a Mac due to it’s ability to offer features for a very diverse community. Whether you’re a student, web designer or using one for the sake of "using a Mac"; there are a bunch of useful applications that you can use. 

This article will be split into freeware and shareware programs, and is brought to you by Have Another Apple and Another Pointless Blog. Part one will contain the freeware apps.

Here’s the freeware list, in no particular order.

• iMovie HD 6. This is a much better video editor than iMovie 08 (which has received much criticism over it’s lack of functionality). Freeware for iLife ‘08 users.
• Skitch! allows you to create quick and easy screenshots and post them to the web. Although this is a native Mac app, it is soon to be released on Windows. Read this article for more information.
• InsomniaX is a useful application that allows you to close your Macbook lid without letting it go to sleep. Read this article for more information.
• NeoOffice is a great alternative for those not wishing to fork out the hard earned cash for Microsoft Office. Read this article for more information.
• Firefox and Thunderbird are very commonly used on Windows, and this statistic is no different on Mac OS X. Great alternative to those who have trouble adapting to Safari and Mail.
• Bootcamp allows you to run Windows on an Intel Mac. Built into leopard or an additional install for Tiger. Whilst you love your Mac, you just never know when you may need Windows. Price: free for Bootcamp, Windows cost extra.
• Skype allows you to make the most of your iSight camera to keep in touch with your loved ones. How do you hello?
• Vienna is a RSS reader for Mac OS X, with the ability for you to set how often you wish to be informed of new posts, with a number count in your dock.
• Transmission is a BitTorrent application for Mac OS X. Lightweight and OpenSource.**
• Handbrake is a DVD to MPEG4 converter for Mac OS X. Like Transmission, this is OpenSource.**

Check back soon for Part Two of this article, with the Top 10 Shareware programs for Mac OS X.

Please leave comments on these programs, and also your own suggestions.

** Please note that neither Have Another Apple or Another Pointless Blog support the use of these programs for illegal activity. Keep it legal

I’m sure that I am not alone when I say that I was a huge fan of Ctrl-Alt-Del, then Lock Computer on Windows. It is a simple way to secure your computer, without setting the computer to sleep, and giving you the piece of mind to know your computer isn’t about to be meddled with. So, when I switched to Mac, I looked hard for the same feature, and found that Leopard (Tiger has the some of the same features) has multiple ways to do this. We’ll start from least convenient and make our way down. To ensure these work, you will need a password for your account.

Sleep
On a Macbook, this can be achieved by pressing the power button and pressing sleep, or closing the lid. On a desktop Mac, the option is to press the Apple logo and selecting sleep (this works on a Macbook also). Why is this the least convenient? As when your computer goes to sleep, your applications stop running and it takes time for your computer to wake from sleep, which isn’t convenient if you are after something fast.

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There are three types of people in the world. Those who love Apple, those who hate Apple, and those who are too scared to switch. Why are such users scared to switch? The real answer is program compatibility. What the majority of switches are not aware of is that Apple now supports many of your favourite programs - and if not, a very useful supplement. If you are using Windows at the moment (as 19% of Have Another Apple’s visitors are), then you need to compile a list of your favourite programs and see if they are compatible with Mac OS X and if not, a substitute. We will combine a list of popular programs here for your convenience.

Graphics design
Chances are that you are using Photoshop. As you are no doubt aware, there is a Mac version of Photoshop aswell, and you can download a trial straight from Adobe’s site here. However, if you are not appealed towards paying for an upgrade or a brand new version of CS3, then there is a cheaper alternative called Pixelmator. As mentioned in a previous post, Pixelmator has an interface similar to Photoshop’s format, yet with much more ‘jazz’. This program is only US$59, and I prefer it’s interface over Photoshop’s, plus it has most (and more) features. For more details, view their site.

Website editing/coding
Some of you may use simple editing programs as basic as Notepad on Windows or a WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) editor such as Microsoft Frontpage or Adobe Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver also has a 30 day trial, yet a program recommended to me by Matt of Another Pointless Blog has a great interface, built in FTP and is easy to adapt to from either Notepad or Dreamweaver. This program, titled Coda, is priced at a very reasonable US$79 and will suit all of your needs.

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