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#26 2007-02-19 3:54 pm
- barrfid_od
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Re: your fav free application
Adium is quite handy
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#27 2007-02-19 3:56 pm
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Re: your fav free application
I thank my lucky stars for Startup Sound and Detour.
And Azureus and Camino.
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#28 2007-02-19 4:50 pm
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Applejack and Onyx
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#29 2007-02-19 5:02 pm
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Re: your fav free application
mtpalms wrote:
Audacity. Easy recording and editing.
One of those apps you can't believe is free.
Yeah, but the real fun is with Soundhack.
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#30 2007-02-21 1:04 am
- 333imacman
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Re: your fav free application
MacTheRipper
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#31 2007-02-21 11:45 am
- knobtwirler
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Re: your fav free application
lord funk wrote:
mtpalms wrote:
Audacity. Easy recording and editing.
One of those apps you can't believe is free.Yeah, but the real fun is with Soundhack.
I just tried soundhack, I only have 3 out of 5 working, RTAS Pro Tools, but interesting nonetheless.
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#32 2007-02-21 1:43 pm
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#33 2007-02-21 1:44 pm
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Re: your fav free application
Photoshop CS2
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#34 2007-02-21 4:20 pm
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Re: your fav free application
Kurto2021 wrote:
Photoshop CS2
Wow, that's free now? Adobe really does have a giving heart!
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#36 2007-02-22 10:38 am
- anton55x55
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Re: your fav free application
papadopolis wrote:
coconut battery is an app that tells how much charge your battery is holding (in percent) and how much charge it is holding (also in percent)
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nice one.
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#37 2007-02-22 10:58 am
Re: your fav free application
GIMP. I also like OpenOffice and Text Wrangler.
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#38 2007-02-22 2:10 pm
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Question to all Blender users...what are the specs on the your Blender machine, and how is it performing? I ask because I downloaded it after seeing this thread, but found it very slow and unresponsive on my 24" iMac, even with the 2 gigs of RAM. I made sure I downloaded the Universal Binary version of the software, so I was surprised that even menus seemed slow.
Is this an issue of an immature Intel build of the app, or is Blender just slow? Any ideas on how I can improve performance?
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#39 2007-02-23 9:48 am
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Re: your fav free application
I've read about quicksilver several times now and checked out the website.
is it really as convenient as everyone says?
I willl download it, just wondering how people use it and how useful it is to them.
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#40 2007-02-23 9:51 am
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Re: your fav free application
It's not convenient, it's that your install of Mac OS X is currently broken.
Join the MAF AudioScrobbler group.
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#41 2007-02-23 1:13 pm
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Re: your fav free application
new fav app iTunes (i have had it for a while but i just thought) i still love coconut battery
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#42 2007-02-23 2:47 pm
Re: your fav free application
volk wrote:
Question to all Blender users...what are the specs on the your Blender machine, and how is it performing? I ask because I downloaded it after seeing this thread, but found it very slow and unresponsive on my 24" iMac, even with the 2 gigs of RAM. I made sure I downloaded the Universal Binary version of the software, so I was surprised that even menus seemed slow.
Is this an issue of an immature Intel build of the app, or is Blender just slow? Any ideas on how I can improve performance?
I am running version 2.42 on a power PC mac mini with 512 MB. It is very responsive, more so than most apple applications. I think it must a problem with the universal binary/intel version, because the Radeon 9200 is a much weaker graphics card than what your imac has.
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#43 2007-02-23 4:02 pm
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Re: your fav free application
I really like Drop Copy
Version Tracker describes it well: DropCopy uses Bonjour (Rendezvous) technology to help you to easily and quickly share files and folders between multiple Macs across your LAN. You simply drag your files in the Finder to a hot-zone containing a list of destinations (see screenshot). This list conveniently dissapears when one is not dragging things over it. Also supports clipboard sharing and short text messages.
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#44 2007-02-23 5:08 pm
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Re: your fav free application
jomophoto wrote:
I've read about quicksilver several times now and checked out the website.
is it really as convenient as everyone says?
Yes. =]
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#45 2007-02-23 5:32 pm
- macforme
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Re: your fav free application
Volk, Blender has a pretty good community, you can try these forums and see if anybody has an answer for you (try the News and Discussion forum).
http://blenderartists.org/forum/
There is a thread about a free hardware based renderer from NVida that you may be able to use (once you solve your problem).
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=66308
This is the official developer's forum, you can try there is you don't get an answer at BlenderArtists.
http://www.blender.org/forum/
I run on a Dual 533Mh G4 and it's pretty snappy for me, although I'm still on ver. 2.42, I haven't downloaded 2.43 yet.
Oh, and by the way, 24" iMac 
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#46 2007-02-23 10:37 pm
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Re: your fav free application
justG wrote:
jomophoto wrote:
I've read about quicksilver several times now and checked out the website.
is it really as convenient as everyone says?Yes. =]
Any examples of the amazing usability improvements from Quicksilver? So far I'm finding that anything it offers I can replicate with Spotlight or just having a clean file hierarchy.
Plus, it's currently using over 100 MB of RAM =/.
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#47 2007-02-23 11:04 pm
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Re: your fav free application
At its most basic, Quicksilver is a file/folder/application launcher that, on my computer, far surpasses Spotlight in speed and efficiency. Again on my computer (Mac Pro), it uses a paltry 30ish MB of real memory. It is beyond its functionality as a launcher where it truly shines, with its plethora of plugins and modules. Unfortunately, I can't really comment on that from experience yet, because I haven't had time to rtfm. And with Quicksilver, r'ing tfm is very strongly advised. There are also a few quality screencasts available that would give you some idea of how to use it. Let me see if I can find 'em, I know I've got 'em saved somewhere...
Ah, here we go, the Quicksilver tutorials page has links to some screencasts you may find helpful:
http://docs.blacktree.com/quicksilver/tutorials
[Edit] Typo.
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#48 2007-02-23 11:06 pm
Re: your fav free application
I talk about several of my faves here.
http://www.dogstar.org/drupal/node/28
and my absolute FAVORITE content management tool.
http://www.dogstar.org/drupal/node/1
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#49 2007-02-24 9:19 am
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#50 2007-02-24 10:16 am
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anton55x55 wrote:
papadopolis wrote:
coconut battery is an app that tells how much charge your battery is holding (in percent) and how much charge it is holding (also in percent)
...
nice one.
Comedy gold.
Referring to Photoshop, there was the demo we could download for the CS3 Beta that had a nifty exploit, unlocking the whole program for free.
But in actuality, my favourite free program would be Darwiin Remote.
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