Comments on: 11 Must-Have Free Apps for New Macs http://osxdaily.com/2012/12/26/11-must-have-free-mac-apps/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Wed, 22 May 2013 19:52:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Arun http://osxdaily.com/2012/12/26/11-must-have-free-mac-apps/#comment-525935 Arun Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:45:23 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=35129#comment-525935 Total Finder Xee CleanMyMac The Unarchiver Avast Firefox Vlc Total Finder
Xee
CleanMyMac
The Unarchiver
Avast
Firefox
Vlc

]]> By: Ado http://osxdaily.com/2012/12/26/11-must-have-free-mac-apps/#comment-474264 Ado Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:08:07 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=35129#comment-474264 Transmission for torrents. VLC for playing any video file. Punto Switcher for Ctrl+Shift language switching. I use Finder and Terminal for all system maintenance. It's free and it's most native way. All who use crap like AppCleaner and AppZapper for uninstalling apps better read this post — http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=11171082&postcount=16 Cheers from heaven! Transmission for torrents.

VLC for playing any video file.

Punto Switcher for Ctrl+Shift language switching.

I use Finder and Terminal for all system maintenance. It’s free and it’s most native way. All who use crap like AppCleaner and AppZapper for uninstalling apps better read this post — http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=11171082&postcount=16

Cheers from heaven!

]]> By: jch http://osxdaily.com/2012/12/26/11-must-have-free-mac-apps/#comment-472275 jch Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:53:37 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=35129#comment-472275 Have you actually measured the difference between purge and non-purge for starting up such an app? What if you use sync instead of purge? The time taken to retrieve a (memory) page from the free list compared to retrieving it from the inactive list should be immeasurably small. Have you actually measured the difference between purge and non-purge for starting up such an app? What if you use sync instead of purge?

The time taken to retrieve a (memory) page from the free list compared to retrieving it from the inactive list should be immeasurably small.

]]> By: Igor http://osxdaily.com/2012/12/26/11-must-have-free-mac-apps/#comment-472049 Igor Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:27:35 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=35129#comment-472049 If this information is not using against you now, it does not mean that it will not be used against you in the future. So simple. If this information is not using against you now, it does not mean that it will not be used against you in the future. So simple.

]]> By: Igor http://osxdaily.com/2012/12/26/11-must-have-free-mac-apps/#comment-472046 Igor Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:20:43 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=35129#comment-472046 uTorrent for torrents, VLC for video, Xee for image viewing, Reeder for RSS. uTorrent for torrents, VLC for video, Xee for image viewing, Reeder for RSS.

]]> By: Igor http://osxdaily.com/2012/12/26/11-must-have-free-mac-apps/#comment-472044 Igor Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:16:06 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=35129#comment-472044 AppTrap is better — you don't even need to run an app and drag&drop icons. AppTrap is better — you don’t even need to run an app and drag&drop icons.

]]> By: Kevin http://osxdaily.com/2012/12/26/11-must-have-free-mac-apps/#comment-471975 Kevin Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:52:37 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=35129#comment-471975 +1 for Alfred! +1 for Alfred!

]]> By: Daniel http://osxdaily.com/2012/12/26/11-must-have-free-mac-apps/#comment-471919 Daniel Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:56:10 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=35129#comment-471919 Im sorry, I thought you, an Apple Mac OS-user, wrote something about privacy issues with Google. I must be mistaken surely... Im sorry, I thought you, an Apple Mac OS-user, wrote something about privacy issues with Google. I must be mistaken surely…

]]> By: Xavier http://osxdaily.com/2012/12/26/11-must-have-free-mac-apps/#comment-471909 Xavier Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:33:37 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=35129#comment-471909 MplayerX left the app store, the new versions are published in http://mplayerx.org MplayerX left the app store, the new versions are published in http://mplayerx.org

]]> By: jyoseph http://osxdaily.com/2012/12/26/11-must-have-free-mac-apps/#comment-471903 jyoseph Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:06:07 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=35129#comment-471903 Alfred Droplr Alfred
Droplr

]]> By: Mike http://osxdaily.com/2012/12/26/11-must-have-free-mac-apps/#comment-471820 Mike Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:40:06 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=35129#comment-471820 Right on! I'm a huge Alfred fan too! Right on!
I’m a huge Alfred fan too!

]]> By: Mike http://osxdaily.com/2012/12/26/11-must-have-free-mac-apps/#comment-471818 Mike Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:38:58 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=35129#comment-471818 Alfred! Alfred!

]]> By: James P Dehnert Sr http://osxdaily.com/2012/12/26/11-must-have-free-mac-apps/#comment-471650 James P Dehnert Sr Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:25:58 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=35129#comment-471650 I use purge and memory cleaner, but only when I decide to close down most of what I am running and switch to a new app that takes up lots of ram. This seems to be the best time to purge and free up loose ram, but as jch points out, just running purge when your low on ram and leaving all your apps up is going to leave you frustrated. I've done that (before I taught myself what was really going on when I purged) and frustrating barely describes what happens when you purge the wrong way. I use purge and memory cleaner, but only when I decide to close down most of what I am running and switch to a new app that takes up lots of ram. This seems to be the best time to purge and free up loose ram, but as jch points out, just running purge when your low on ram and leaving all your apps up is going to leave you frustrated. I’ve done that (before I taught myself what was really going on when I purged) and frustrating barely describes what happens when you purge the wrong way.

]]> By: travmik http://osxdaily.com/2012/12/26/11-must-have-free-mac-apps/#comment-470763 travmik Sun, 30 Dec 2012 10:05:33 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=35129#comment-470763 My choice is http://www.menulet.me?mId=31 . But there is a lot of app with similar functionality - http://www.menulet.me/?filter=screenshot. My choice is http://www.menulet.me?mId=31 . But there is a lot of app with similar functionality – http://www.menulet.me/?filter=screenshot.

]]> By: Travmik http://osxdaily.com/2012/12/26/11-must-have-free-mac-apps/#comment-470760 Travmik Sun, 30 Dec 2012 09:45:08 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=35129#comment-470760 You can use sublime absolutely free. And it is not goo, it is the best text editor ever. You can use sublime absolutely free. And it is not goo, it is the best text editor ever.

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