Free Mac Applications - What do you use? - Page 2 - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

lgplasma · 2009-07-01, 12:32 AM

VirtualBox running Windows 7

mac2crack · 2011-03-30, 09:50 AM

Plex - XBMC For OS X

Preen - Download and install skins for Plex

Cyberduck - Open source FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Cloud Files,Google Docs & Amazon S3 Browser for Mac & Windows

FileZilla - Open source FTP solution.

Burn - Disc burning (included in OS X)

Skype - Voice and video call conferencing.

iTunes - media player (included in OS X)

VLC - media player

UnRarX - Mac OS X RAR Extraction Utility

MacTheRipper - DVD Ripper

HandBrake - Video conversion

Firefox - Web Browser

FLACer - Rip Music CD's into Flac format

Caffeine - Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers. Click it again to go back. Hold down the Command key while clicking to show the menu. The menu now has a sub-menu for deactivating Caffeine automatically after a number of minutes.

:)

Pinza · 2011-03-30, 12:06 PM

Could you please follow the format on the previous page and list what each does as well, that way it is actually helpful.

Mach2billy · 2011-03-31, 11:18 AM

VirusBarrier Express - antivirus program for Intel systems running 10.6 or later. Viruses still aren't much of an issue on Macs, but it's nice to be able to check files that you've received from or are sending to pc users, in the interest of their safety, if not yours.

Pinza · 2011-03-31, 11:47 AM

@mac2crack, Thank You, appreciate it.

bucketo · 2011-03-31, 01:49 PM

Cronnix - nice Cron (scheduling) GUI
Freecell - Wife can't live w/o it

Neild · 2011-03-31, 04:01 PM

Mac2Crack - what would you recommend for this:

I have ripped about 15 favorite songs from my favorite concert DVD's. I want to burn a compliation DVD with 1 song per chapter, keeping the original video and audio tracks intact. I assumed it would be trivial to do this on a Mac.

But I soon noticed that the Burning and iMovie apps seem to want to reprocess these. I think it's trying to unify the video and audio to some common denominator, but that's not what I want.

I only want to make one or two of these 'best of' discs, so a free and easy app is the preference.

mac2crack · 2011-03-31, 05:53 PM

Try "Burn" it should do the trick. Link > h**p://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html

Cheers

Just tested it out and you can make a very basic but functional Title Screen and Chapter Screen. A looping option is also available, perfect for your compilation DVD.

Have fun.

Biggles · 2012-07-19, 09:54 PM

Just added PS3 media server after reading this thread. Nice !

Reality Of Tech · 2012-07-21, 01:56 PM

AppCleaner - Great Free Application Uninstaller For OS X
Read Later - Great Pocket & Instapaper Client

mac2crack · 2012-08-26, 12:25 PM

XBMC - Complete media center solution for Windows, OSX, Linux, and more!

Mountain Tweaks - Brand new tweaking tool to deal with the annoying changes in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.

Cheers

2011-03-30, 09:50 AM	#17
mac2crack Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St.Vital Posts: 31	Plex - XBMC For OS X Preen - Download and install skins for Plex Cyberduck - Open source FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Cloud Files,Google Docs & Amazon S3 Browser for Mac & Windows FileZilla - Open source FTP solution. Burn - Disc burning (included in OS X) Skype - Voice and video call conferencing. iTunes - media player (included in OS X) VLC - media player UnRarX - Mac OS X RAR Extraction Utility MacTheRipper - DVD Ripper HandBrake - Video conversion Firefox - Web Browser FLACer - Rip Music CD's into Flac format Caffeine - Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers. Click it again to go back. Hold down the Command key while clicking to show the menu. The menu now has a sub-menu for deactivating Caffeine automatically after a number of minutes. :) Last edited by mac2crack; 2011-03-30 at 05:39 PM. Reason: as per request

2011-03-31, 01:49 PM	#21
bucketo Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kanata, HDhomeRun Duel, EyeTV 3.0, macMini (2011) Posts: 358	Cronnix - nice Cron (scheduling) GUI Freecell - Wife can't live w/o it __________________ bucketo.ca

2011-03-31, 05:53 PM	#23
mac2crack Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St.Vital Posts: 31	Try "Burn" it should do the trick. Link > h*p://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html Cheers Just tested it out and you can make a very basic but functional Title Screen and Chapter Screen. A looping option is also available, perfect for your compilation DVD. Have fun. Last edited by mac2crack; 2011-03-31 at 06:42 PM.*

2012-07-19, 09:54 PM	#24
Biggles Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Calgary,AB Posts: 577	Just added PS3 media server after reading this thread. Nice ! __________________ KDLW4100,BDP-S550,Wii,PS3,Shaw DCT 3416 HDPVR with 1TB exHDD,ATV2,Mission M2V 5.1 ,Klipsch RW-10D sub,HTR4063)

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2009-07-01, 12:32 AM	#16
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2011-03-30, 12:06 PM	#18
Pinza Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: GTA Posts: 8,575	Could you please follow the format on the previous page and list what each does as well, that way it is actually helpful.

2011-03-31, 11:18 AM	#19
Mach2billy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Toronto, Rogers SA3250HD, Sony MFMHT75W Posts: 173	VirusBarrier Express - antivirus program for Intel systems running 10.6 or later. Viruses still aren't much of an issue on Macs, but it's nice to be able to check files that you've received from or are sending to pc users, in the interest of their safety, if not yours.

2011-03-31, 11:47 AM	#20
Pinza Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: GTA Posts: 8,575	@mac2crack, Thank You, appreciate it.

2011-03-31, 04:01 PM	#22
Neild Veteran Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,013	Mac2Crack - what would you recommend for this: I have ripped about 15 favorite songs from my favorite concert DVD's. I want to burn a compliation DVD with 1 song per chapter, keeping the original video and audio tracks intact. I assumed it would be trivial to do this on a Mac. But I soon noticed that the Burning and iMovie apps seem to want to reprocess these. I think it's trying to unify the video and audio to some common denominator, but that's not what I want. I only want to make one or two of these 'best of' discs, so a free and easy app is the preference.

2012-07-21, 01:56 PM	#25
Reality Of Tech Rookie Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Etobicoke Posts: 5	AppCleaner - Great Free Application Uninstaller For OS X Read Later - Great Pocket & Instapaper Client

2012-08-26, 12:25 PM	#26
mac2crack Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St.Vital Posts: 31	XBMC - Complete media center solution for Windows, OSX, Linux, and more! Mountain Tweaks - Brand new tweaking tool to deal with the annoying changes in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Cheers