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ChurchCat
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:57 am
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_________________A Mac user 
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm
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<sweary noises>
I was just off to buy a copy of snow leopard and I've actually for once got time this weekend to install it. However I've found that one app I regularly use (RapidWeaver) isn't compatible with it yet. Won't open saved files under SL.
What the hell? What were they doing that an OS update broke their file loading code? Eejits.
Jon
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veato
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:17 am
Posts: 5550
Location: Nottingham
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Applications for Mac? You mean there are some?  Seriously though guys (and girls) good thread. I posted somewhere else that I've got one eye on a Mac - will hopefully soon be both eyes - and I think this thread will be very useful when that day arrives. _________________Twitter Blogflickr
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wolfie2
Has a life
Joined: Sun May 10, 2009 1:43 pm
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Location: Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
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Rather nice twitter client for those that do KiwiNot free sadly.
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gavomatic57
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Location: Cardiff, Wales
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Not really software, but a site for choosing software http://alternativeto.net/ gives you alternatives to most applications on most formats. Blog post here Clicky
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I find macupdate.com a great source of software, a mixture of free, shareware and commercial. Something for everyone.
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isofa
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:52 am
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Location: England
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I don't think this link has been mentioned before, it's a nice collection of open source Mac software, with direct links. http://opensourcemac.org/
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
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http://roaringapps.com/apps:tableList of apps and their present Lion compatibility. Might be useful before putting your hand in your pocket for Lion.
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lacloss
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Location: Marbella Spain
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I take it Mac keeper is not something I need 
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ProfessorF
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Oh good lord no. Use something like Onyx if you want to run any maintenance scripts.
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lacloss
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Location: Marbella Spain
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Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming...
Damn, What a ride!!
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lacloss
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Location: Marbella Spain
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What about Defragging does one do this on a mac ,is it automatic,
or do we have any programs ..
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davrosG5
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:37 am
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Location: Peebo
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The vast majority of users don't bother with defragging. OS X does several things in the background to mitigate the need to defrag files in the first place (it's recommended that you try to keep at least 10% of a volumes capacity free to allow it to do so).
Utilities are available - TechTool Pro, DriveGenius and iDefrag can all defrag a drive.
An alternative is to use something like SuperDuper! or CarbonCopyCloner to clone your drive onto a different one then clone it back as that achieves the same effect, is normally significantly faster and less likely to run into problems.
If you do video production with big projects (multi GB files) it might be worth the effort but for general use I wouldn't bother (and if I did I'd go for the clone - clone back route).
And finally, if you do decide to defrag anything make damn sure you have a working backup (or 2) in place before you proceed just in case things go south.
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lacloss
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Location: Marbella Spain
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Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming...
Damn, What a ride!!
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