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My Stuff: Software & hardware I can't live without
I am not sure why anyone would be interested but I have been asked what I use on my system. There are things I have installed and use that I would not want to be without. The software and hardware make my job easier and I use them daily or often.
- Adobe Acrobat lets you convert any document to an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file. Anyone can open your document across a broad range of hardware and software, and it will look exactly as you intended with layout, fonts, links, and images intact. With Acrobat 5.0, you and your team can increase productivity by approving and commenting on documents from within a Web browser.
- BBEdit is a high-performance HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. It is designed and crafted for the editing, searching, transformation, and manipulation of text. BBEdit provides an array of general-purpose features which are useful for a wide variety of tasks, and includes many features which have been specifically developed in response to the needs of Web authors and software developers.
- Dantz Retrospect Backup properly backs up and restores all Mac OS X files and information, including both the data and resource forks of multi-part files, HFS+ metadata, UNIX-style permissions and group ownership, and hard-linked files.
- disclabel With disclabel you can create, print, & share CD labels, jewel case inserts, and DVD covers that look truly professional.
- Dreamweaver MX is the best W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G. web page creation tool out there. It writes very efficient code and has a spell checker. Great for doing heavy lifting like tables.
- Fetch is a Macintosh program for transferring files over networks, such as the Internet, using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). Fetch 5 includes all the standard features of a modern FTP/SFTP client, presented in a user interface that is simple and easy to use.
- GraphicConverter lets you view, edit, convert most graphic file formats.
- HP Scanjet 8250 Digital Flatbed Scanner - Up to 4800 dpi optical resolution and 48-bit color, HP Instant-on technology, dual CCD, 15 pages per minute automatic document feeder, ISIS and TWAIN drivers included.
- iSight is a state-of-the-art video camera that's the easiest way to video conference with your colleagues, friends and family over broadband. Featuring an autofocusing autoexposure F/2.8 lens which captures high-quality pictures even in low lighting, iSight also includes a dual-element microphone in its stylish compact aluminum body.
- Macally iKey is a full sized USB keyboard for the Mac with a life time warranty. I have very large hands and I use one at work and at home. Only $40 from the UT Computer Store.
- MenuMeters is a set of CPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring tools for Mac OS X. Although there are numerous other programs which do the same thing, none had quite the feature set I was looking for. Most were windows that sat in a corner or on the desktop, which are inevitably obscured by document windows on a PowerBook's small screen. Those monitors which used the menubar mostly used the NSStatusItem API, which has the annoying tendency to totally reorder my menubar on every login.
- Mouse Locator by 2point5fish is a highly visible locator instantly reveals your Mouse position.
- Oracle SQL Developer is a free and fully supported graphical tool for database development. With SQL Developer, you can browse database objects, run SQL statements and SQL scripts, and edit and debug PL/SQL statements. You can also run any number of provided reports, as well as create and save your own. SQL Developer enhances productivity and simplifies your database development tasks.
- RBrowser provides access to files on the local host as well as remote Unix systems with an easy-to-use graphical interface. RBrowser provides a uniform interface to distributed file transfer and file related operations, greatly simplifying access and use of files on remote systems scattered across the Internet. RBrowser uses FTP and SSH as transport.
- Readiris is OCR software for OS X. I have been using it quite a bit. The interface is a little different but it works well and has a good accuracy rate. You scan your files into TIFFs with your scanner and then read the TIFFs with Readiris.
- The RSL Digital Fidelity One speaker system will amaze you in a couple of ways. First is the sound. Finally, your computer will reproduce music with clarity rivaling expensive stereo systems! Secondly, the low price will surprise you! The entire system is only $59.95 + shipping & handling.
- Safari is Apple's web browser.
- SQL4X Manager J makes it easy to manage any database server with Mac OS X. Automatically recognizes your database server and displays server specific dialogs, assistants and generators to do your daily administrative work.
- StuffIt is the best compression format available today. And the StuffIt Family of products is designed to meet any level of compression needs; from basic expansion, to advanced archive manipulation, to automating routine compression tasks, and even building compression into a software application.
- Temperature Monitor is a Mac OS X application that displays the current processor temperature of selected Macintosh computers
