diogo Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 I wonder if your day-to-day computer is like mine Not that much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onjegolders Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 You using Atom yet on your new machine Diogo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogo Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 André is teasing me to tell that the Linux freak here just bought a Mac (my last mac was this one, by the way http://km.support.apple.com/library/APPLE/APPLECARE_ALLGEOS/HT1772/88039_9.gif). Yep that's true, couldn't convince my team to drop all the Adobe rubbish and the collaboration was becoming far from ideal So, if anyone has some advices for the newbie, bring them in! And yes, I installed Atom as soon as the wireless connected But also TextMate 2.0, nice surprise! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Here's a few things to play with - I am a relatively new Mac guy too and the first few keep me sane http://binarynights.com/forklift/ and/or http://www.trankynam.com/xtrafinder/ if you can't stand folders mixed in with files alphabetically) http://hyperdock.bahoom.de/ http://stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/ http://www.alfredapp.com/ http://justgetflux.com/ http://jumpcut.sourceforge.net/ (might be a newer alternative, but I use this all day long) http://www.mirovideoconverter.com/ (not Mac specific, but so convenient and easy) http://www.boastr.net/ http://www.vienna-rss.org/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Walker Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Great list Adrian. I use some of these but I've not heard of others. In xtrafinder how do you get the dual-pane tab? For the life of me I can't seem to do it. I just get two windows. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Walker Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Never mind. Double-click on the second tab and they merge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Hey Marty, I don't actually like the dual pane functionality in XtraFinder, which I why I use Forklift. XtraFinder is really just on my list as a free alternative to deal with Mac's stupid (IMHO) folder/file ordering. I actually think I would literally go insane without Forklift. But if you do want the quasi dual pane thingy in XtraFinder, you have to click on the new face icon in your menu bar and choose vertical or horizontal from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Walker Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Forklift is very snappy compared to both the Finder and PathFinder (which is really clunky for me). It might be a keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogo Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 Thanks guys! Here are some things that I found already: https://www.foundapp.com/ (wow! looks for files in the disk, gmail, evernote, dropbox, just name it...) http://evernote.com/skitch/ http://www.clipmenu.com/ (seems to be better than jumpcut) https://skyfonts.com/ http://lifehacker.com/182657/how-to-turn-mac-os-x-dashboard-off (great!! ) https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/download/ (srsly, the only from the "big ones" that lets you choose the folders to sync) http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver http://kapeli.com/dash (lots of documentation for languages) http://koala-app.com/ ( gui compiler for preprocessing languages) http://www.allvu.com/index.php/products/startninja.html (very important!!) http://gimp.lisanet.de/Website/Download.html (try to make "color to alpha" in photoshop ) http://www.ampps.com/ http://www.vagrantup.com/ Ok, enough! By the way, Atom is looking pretty nice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogo Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 One more trick I learned: ctrl+f3 (or ctrl+fn+f3) to use the dock with the keyboard and the same with f2 for the top bar. I must say that Gnome is much more intuitive and faster to learn for keyboard freaks than macOS. I'm making an honest effort here, since this will be my production machine for a long time (hopefully), but I keep thinking that the Gnome team is doing a hell of a job in Gnome 3. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Hey diogo - thanks for the clipmenu link - that looks pretty cool - I might be able to retire jumpcut finally An alternative to unarchiver that you might find worth a look is keka (http://www.kekaosx.com/) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totoff Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 srsly, the only from the "big ones" that lets you choose the folders to sync) Gdrive does it and Dropbox AS well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogo Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 You're right, just found that option on dropbox. Didn't find it on gdrive though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstevensjr Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Thanks for all the Mac Software tips. I finally broke down and purchased my first Mac (iMac) today. Your suggestions are greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martijn Geerts Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 @cstevensjr, congrats. - The most used app on my mac: Quicksilver. (I mainly use it as app loader/switcher) - I love this web environment. - AppTrap (Remove useless settings & stuff from apps you trash) - Sip (Pick & bookmark your colors to use it everywhere ) - Hex Color Picker (Add a hex color picker to every application. ) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totoff Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 @diogo on windows go to the task bar, right click the gdrive icon, choose seetings and tick the box for selective sync. on mac i don't know but assume once you found settings it's the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totoff Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I bought a Macbook Pro last winter and would love to love it. Unfortunately I can only report ambivalent experiences. The device is fancy, no doubt, but wrapping you head around keybindings for window management is a long way to go. In addition, I have frequent annoyances: Sometimes the lock screen doesn't kick in and upon opening the lid the Mac doesn't ask for a password (spent hours with Apple care but it still isn't completely fixed). Furthermore from time to time I'm unable to load paid software from the app store because my ID doesn't work. I than have to contact support and they unlock it somehow, but it never lasts forever. I must say, in matters of productivity my desktop Win 8.1 machine makes a superior impression ... But maybe I'm not yet skilled enough with a Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onjegolders Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Hi Totoff, I personally prefer not to download content from the AppStore where possible. I nearly always do so from the developer's website though I agree the AppStore ID system can be annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joss Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Wow, out of the blue I got an invite for Atom! Unfortunately, I do not run Mac..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martijn Geerts Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I don't see that color at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joss Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 You need to have been brought up in th sixties with a festival loving older brother - any colour becomes visible 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogo Posted April 11, 2014 Author Share Posted April 11, 2014 One of the things I miss from Linux is the ability to browse compressed files and even edit files inside them. Not the ideal. but at least with this tool I can look inside them http://macitbetter.com/BetterZip-Quick-Look-Generator/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I didn't even realize this wasn't built in because it works (the browsing, not the editing) in ForkLift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogo Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 Good news! http://blog.atom.io/2014/05/06/atom-is-now-open-source.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kongondo Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Patiently waiting for Windows version .. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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