Mac Applications

[WhiteWizard20]

Hi, if I buy a Mac I was wondering what programs would I use to do the following because right now I have a PC but I would like to get a Mac laptop for my birthday.

1. The Best Nero for Mac? (to burn cds/dvds)
2. The best WinRar for Mac? (to extract rar files)
3. Remote Desktop for Mac? (to login to my seedbox)
4. FlashFXP for Mac? (to transfer files from seedbox to mac)
5. Watching TV Wirelessly? (watch tv without cables connected to mac)
6. Best torrent client for Mac?

Thanks for your help.

[kaffeine]

Hi, if I buy a Mac I was wondering what programs would I use to do the following because right now I have a PC but I would like to get a Mac laptop for my birthday.

1. The Best Nero for Mac? (to burn cds/dvds)
2. The best WinRar for Mac? (to extract rar files)
3. Remote Desktop for Mac? (to login to my seedbox)
4. FlashFXP for Mac? (to transfer files from seedbox to mac)
5. Watching TV Wirelessly? (watch tv without cables connected to mac)
6. Best torrent client for Mac?

Thanks for your help.
I would recommend the following:
1. TOAST
2. Stuffit
3. VNCviewer / Chicker of VNC
4. Transmit
5. Don't know :P
6. Azureus (or you can install crossover to run some win apps like utorrent)

And I also recommend VLC media player.

[WhiteWizard20]

OK, thanks for the reply. I am using Hava Wireless HD Monsoon Multimedia to watch tv on my WinXP PC wirelessly and it works great. Here's a link to learn more.

http://www.monsoonmultimedia.com/

Just wondering if there are any like this for Macs. I use VLC media player all the time.

[phaster]

agree except for #2, checkout unrarx, simple and does its job well

[nsap]

1. The Best Nero for Mac? (to burn cds/dvds)
Burn.app - free, as opposed to Toast.

2. The best WinRar for Mac? (to extract rar files)
Unrarx - not a piece of shit like Stuffit.

3. Remote Desktop for Mac? (to login to my seedbox)
CORD. Microsoft releases their RDP client for OS X, too. Unless you need VNC, then you can use Leopard's built-in VNC viewer.

4. FlashFXP for Mac? (to transfer files from seedbox to mac)
Transmit or Cyberduck (Transmit is shareware, Cyberduck is free, both are good).

5. Watching TV Wirelessly? (watch tv without cables connected to mac)
Good question... Perhaps something at elgato.com fits your need?

6. Best torrent client for Mac?
Transmission is actually pretty good for OS X now, it's not the same piece of shit it used to be.

[broomhead]

Top 100 Mac apps:
http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/11/06/top-100-mac-apps/

[batelray]

transmission= torrent
stuffit expander= .rar
apple tv=tv to mac
burner=toast titanium from roxio
other good apps
mac the ripper
handbrake
cocktail

[nsap]

apple tv=tv to mac

You do realize that the Apple TV has absolutely nothing to do with bringing TV to a Mac, right?

[mrboarderman]

Check out Slingbox for watching Home TV anywhere. Works great.

[wai2k]

I use transmission for torrents and I find it it works quite well - a lot more lightweight than azureus in my opinion.

For archives betterzip is great as you can view files in the archive without actually extracting them - as is the case with stuffit.

[chip19]

I agree with all except there is no reason to get a separate app to unrar files. Mac OSX has built-in Stuff-it Expander which works on RAR files. The expander has low footprint so you can't say it's crap -- it's practically built into the OS.

Also, I think any Mac user who has used Windows before is going to want Parallels. Especially for Torrents, as no Mac client out there cuts it. It is very easy to setup and use, and might be able to *cough*magically obtain it*cough* on your usual torrent sites...

[art2rugrace]

quick silver program comes in handy specially for its command+L option to copy a lot in clipboard. :D

[thegoof]

You can run utorrent with wine and it works well if you have a macbook on a macbook.

check out winehq.org