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Where to Find the 5 Best Mac Apps Available

Where to Find the 5 Best Mac Apps Available
The apps that will let you get the best out of your Apple Mac computer.
 
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Step 1VLC Media Player

VLC Media Player
The definitive freeware media player. This app fills all the holes where Quicktime's lack of essential codecs limits its compatibilty with some audio and video files. Supports DivX, MP3, AVI and most other formats. To download copy and paste the URL below into your address bar:

URL: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
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18 comments
Jul 16, 2010. 9:24 AMgorgo333 says:
Or you could skip this part, pay for your music, and NOT get a plethora of viruses.
Jul 24, 2010. 10:31 AMbumper44 says:
I agree with you about the legal part, but Macs are virus-proof.
Jul 9, 2010. 3:00 AMtstirler says:
Nice list. I would add Quicksilver though. http://www.blacktree.com/ Now I no longer have any apps on the Dock. :)
Oct 23, 2009. 10:53 AMqballcat says:
does vmware come with windows pre installed or do you have to install it?
Jul 11, 2009. 4:53 PMMarcusAvery says:
Firefox does not come with Macs. Safari is the resident browser.
May 3, 2009. 5:45 PMultrauber says:
I'd say that VLC is waaaaaay better on windows - the UI just makes more sense. Also, Firefox comes with Mac nowadays, so you can hardly recommend downloading it. Otherwise, nice!
Mar 20, 2009. 6:07 PMcybersurfer24 says:
You would be better with frostwire... No ads and full speed for free
Dec 7, 2008. 10:28 AMCartermarquis says:
I used to use Limewire on my Windows box at home, but when i got my Macbook I downloaded Frostwire. Its the open source version of Limewire, and has the "turbocharged" connection automatically. Has the exact same UI, except it's built on open source goodness. www.Frostwire.com . For a free virtual machine, Try Virtualbox (www.virtulabox.org). It runs on Linux, Windows, and OS X hosts, and is free of charge. I use it to run XP and Ubuntu Linux, and it works great, except some USB functionality is left to be desired. Overall, good choice of apps.
Aug 18, 2008. 6:36 PMTheScientist says:
camino is a better browser than firefox. it's made by mozilla, and uses bugger all system resources compared to firefox, while having more or less the same UI as firefox. only downside is that you can't have all the addons (it has adblock etc built in though) also check out opensourcemac.org (i think) for lots of other neat programs
Aug 19, 2008. 4:40 PMTheScientist says:
ok, camino comes into its own if your mac doesn't have much memory, and you like to use firefox. firefox will make your mac start to chug pretty fast with multiple tabs, but camino doesn't :-) if you have lots of memory, it doesn't matter!
Aug 19, 2008. 2:44 PMfiftydotsix says:
While im a big Opera fanboy i'll leave aside the browser wars and recommend a few more programs. Adium is a great chat client that will handle most types of IM. The only other thing thats missing is the wonderful Quicksilver, an app launcer that can do almost anything.
Aug 18, 2008. 10:04 AMlucidn says:
I would add Handbrake to this list. It's the best free DVD ripper.
Aug 18, 2008. 7:23 PM=SMART= says:
agreed
Aug 18, 2008. 9:42 AMac1D says:
N own!

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