HI all Thanks for the hints tips and brilliant suggestions, I've taken up quiet a few of them. I have also found POCKET which is a really useful tool for me as when researching I see something on the web and mark it in pocket for reading later, its brilliant and really useful when as stated researching enabling me to revisit webpages for referencing purposes. All it does is install a little bookmark in Safari and it adds the page to a list that can be reviewed later.
A stupid observation that tickled me and kept me amused One of the most useful things Ive noted on the is new MacBook Pro is the illuminated keyboard , I've never had one before and as Ia m somewhat dense at times (no comments please) I've just noticed that if i turn the bedside light off it comes on and when i turn the bedside light on well what do you know it goes off.. (simple things occupy simple minds) and Jen my wife has just asked why the bedside light has gone on and off ! I'm signalling to the woman next door i told her ! I didn't get a response i can publish! Anyhow thought i'd give you all something too laugh about, now where is the bedside light switch again? Regards All Ray On 5 Sep 2013, at 21:21, Darren Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: > Lemme see... > > Quicksilver. It's a custom launcher. I use it mostly to open programs from > keyboard shortcuts. I haven't seen the Dock for months. > > Lightroom (with a load of plugins) for photos. > > Caffeine to stop my display from going to sleep > > Little Snitch to monitor internet traffic. > > VLC for playing video files. > > And Whatsapp to find out why I have so little hard drive space left. > > Darren > > > On 5 Sep 2013, at 20:53, Deborah Molwuka <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Agreed on Evernote, DEFINITELY Evernote. You can use it for GTD very >> efficiently too! Useful to buy more space for just a month when the need >> arises! Along with it, Skitch. Nifty little screen capture tool which you >> can add text and arrows etc too as well. >> >> Spotify for musos. >> >> Kindle / Desktop Kobo etc (whichever reading device you have. Along with >> the Ultimate Converter from ePub to convert all items to ePub - very useful >> if you collect all the free books out there. >> >> Label Printer Pro is clunky but very useful for printing all your avery >> labels very accurately. >> >> Deborah >> On 5 Sep 2013, at 11:00, Graham Street <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Top of my list of recommendations (and don't think its been mentioned yet) >>> is Evernote and its free. If you need a great 'back up to the Cloud' >>> service, we use BackBlaze. Unlimited space for $40 a year. An finally an >>> old one, but still valid for us is Himmelbar. It provides a drop-down menu >>> of all applications installed. Basically a more manageable (and >>> considerably smaller!!) version of Launchpad. >>> Graham >>> >>>> Rob Beattie 5 September 2013 10:02 >>>> I'll play. >>>> >>>> 1. ByWord - fantastic, clean text editor with Markdown support. Really >>>> good for producing all manner of documents, opens Word docs, saves as >>>> PDFs. I use it in conjunction with Marked which shows a live preview of >>>> the document. >>>> >>>> 2. Rapidweaver. Great web design program for Macs with a vibrant, lively >>>> community of users and developers. >>>> >>>> 3. GarageBand - after using Logic I came back to this and Band In A Box >>>> for Mac which has some amazing sounds, instruments and soloists that will >>>> create songs for you - just type in the chords. >>>> >>>> 4. Pocket - may favourite read this web page later app >>>> >>>> 5. FileZilla - free FTP software >>>> >>>> 6. MiniPicker - grab the hex colour from any web page >>>> >>>> 7. Pixelmator - Adobe, Schmadobe... >>>> >>>> 8. Web Elements - web-ready graphics for a few quid. >>>> >>>> 9. MacPaw Gemini - find and remove duplicates >>>> >>>> 10. Picturesque - only does a few image editing chores (shadows, frames, >>>> reflections etc.) but does them brilliantly. >>>> >>>> Rob >>>> >>>> ----------------- >>>> Rob Beattie >>>> Freelance writer and book author >>>> www.robbeattie.com >>>> 07769 902820 >>>> Twitter: @robbeattie >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> joanna howard 5 September 2013 09:41 >>>> Useful info, Adam. >>>> >>>> From: mac98aop <[email protected]> >>>> Reply-To: <[email protected]> >>>> Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 01:03:48 -0700 (PDT) >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: [sussex_mug] Re: Well It has arrived ..Mew MacBook Pro >>>> >>>> Always love sharing apps, nice to see what others are using and several >>>> I've not seen before but now need to try! >>>> >>>> From me: >>>> >>>> Alfred - supercharged Spotlight that I am anticipating Apple buying >>>> (remember Konfabulator before Dashboard anyone?)! It is absolutely >>>> wonderful and the PowerPack is a must. >>>> Koku - simple but helpful financial software to just keep a simple log of >>>> things with tagging - hopefully with direct support to UK bank statement >>>> download on the way. >>>> 1Password - I don't think Mavericks iCloud Keychain will match it. It's an >>>> essential for me for password management and online security. >>>> Bean - no longer supported but a brilliant little .rtf text editor with >>>> great features, lovely interface and inview word count for ease - I write >>>> a lot of talks (church leader) and this app is a must. >>>> Things - quite pricey but it's simple interface and iCloud integration >>>> with the iOS app means I'm yet to find a better app for applying the GTD >>>> process into my working week. >>>> DaisyDisk - helpful for system scans to see where any housekeeping needs >>>> to happen with large files clogging up pipes! >>>> DragonDrop - lovely little background app where you don't have to click >>>> and drag files to folders anymore. Just click, wiggle and then navigate to >>>> the folder and it'll bung files in there! >>>> Dropbox - Guess you know this - but I find it invaluable and just >>>> manageable with 2.25GB for essential files to be available wherever I am! >>>> >>>> Enjoy! >>>> >>>> Adam >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, September 3, 2013 11:01:43 AM UTC+1, Ray Packham wrote: >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> mac98aop 5 September 2013 09:03 >>>> Always love sharing apps, nice to see what others are using and several >>>> I've not seen before but now need to try! >>>> >>>> >From me: >>>> >>>> Alfred - supercharged Spotlight that I am anticipating Apple buying >>>> (remember Konfabulator before Dashboard anyone?)! It is absolutely >>>> wonderful and the PowerPack is a must. >>>> Koku - simple but helpful financial software to just keep a simple log of >>>> things with tagging - hopefully with direct support to UK bank statement >>>> download on the way. >>>> 1Password - I don't think Mavericks iCloud Keychain will match it. It's an >>>> essential for me for password management and online security. >>>> Bean - no longer supported but a brilliant little .rtf text editor with >>>> great features, lovely interface and inview word count for ease - I write >>>> a lot of talks (church leader) and this app is a must. >>>> Things - quite pricey but it's simple interface and iCloud integration >>>> with the iOS app means I'm yet to find a better app for applying the GTD >>>> process into my working week. >>>> DaisyDisk - helpful for system scans to see where any housekeeping needs >>>> to happen with large files clogging up pipes! >>>> DragonDrop - lovely little background app where you don't have to click >>>> and drag files to folders anymore. Just click, wiggle and then navigate to >>>> the folder and it'll bung files in there! >>>> Dropbox - Guess you know this - but I find it invaluable and just >>>> manageable with 2.25GB for essential files to be available wherever I am! >>>> >>>> Enjoy! >>>> >>>> Adam >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, September 3, 2013 11:01:43 AM UTC+1, Ray Packham wrote: >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. 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