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Poll: Favorite Macintosh Free Programs - Beam Me Up Scotty - 12-31-2008

Did a Google, found this:

http://www.opensourcemac.org/

Being the cheapskate I am, please add anything you prefer and perhaps a brief review or description.

Thanks & Happy New Year To All,

D & C


Re: Poll: Favorite Macintosh Free Programs - GGD - 12-31-2008

Those are Open Source, there are still free Mac Apps that are not Open Source.

Text Wrangler is an example of one that I use quite a bit.

http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/


Just found my bookmark of this site that someone on the forum provided a while back. Lots of free stuff for the Mac.

http://www.thefreemac.com/simon_elliott%40mac.com/Software.html


Re: Poll: Favorite Macintosh Free Programs - D & C @ Work - 12-31-2008

Thanks for the FreeMac link, cool.

What program would you (or anyone reading this thread) use as an Illustrator replacement?

D & C @ Work


Re: Poll: Favorite Macintosh Free Programs - Article Accelerator - 12-31-2008

D & C @ Work wrote: What program would you (or anyone reading this thread) use as an Illustrator replacement?

Free?

DrawIt Lite:

http://getdrawit.com/


Re: Poll: Favorite Macintosh Free Programs - Blankity Blank - 12-31-2008

Technically it's not "free", but the demo of GraphicConverter never really expires (I don't think), the nag screen when you launch it just takes longer and longer to end. So given that, I'd say GraphicConverter is the best program you never have to pay for.


Re: Poll: Favorite Macintosh Free Programs - D & C @ Work - 12-31-2008

Will DrawIt open Illustrator files?


Re: Poll: Favorite Macintosh Free Programs - LyleH - 12-31-2008

The first one that popped into my head is MenuMeters. It's free and it's here - http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17713

Lots of valuable system information is easily accessible/seen in the menu bar, and takes very little memory, and is very flexible in the configuration possibilities. Works with OSX 10.2 through Leopard. Go to the link for much more information.

LyleH


Re: Poll: Favorite Macintosh Free Programs - mhale62 - 01-01-2009

iStat Menus; indispensable if you've got an Intel Mac.


Re: Poll: Favorite Macintosh Free Programs - Beam Me Up Scotty - 01-01-2009

Thanks for posting everyone and Happy New Year. Smile

D & C