Kommentarer til: The essential Mac OS X freeware list http://fuzzy76.net/146/the-essential-mac-os-x-freeware-list/ En blogg om vår digitale hverdag og andre pretensiøse temaer :) Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:16:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Av: Håvard Pedersen http://fuzzy76.net/146/the-essential-mac-os-x-freeware-list/comment-page-1/#comment-443 Håvard Pedersen Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:34:06 +0000 http://fuzzy76.net/?p=146#comment-443 Actually, I've considered NeoOffice myself. It's a fork of OpenOffice, so most of the codebase is the same. But NeoOffice behaves more Mac "native" by the looks of it. http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice_Feature_Comparison lists some of the more important (and some unimportant) differences. The only downside is that it lags behind in version numbering, because new releases of OpenOffice has to be re-imported into the NeoOffice project. There is also a new fork called LibreOffice ( http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/ ) which looks promising. When it comes to various "cleaners", I don't believe they have any noticeable effect on system performance. The Windows registry becomes slower and slower as it grows in size, but since OS X doesn't have anything that behaves in a smiliar way, there is no real performance gain there. The same applies to defragmentation. Individual files does not get fragmented on HFS, as long as the drive isn't full. I have used Onyx from time to time for these kind of maintenance tasks, but more for troubleshooting than actual cleaning. I should also mention that I'm trying out Apptivate ( http://www.cocoabeans.se/apptivate ) as an alternative to Spark. It is much nicer on the eye, and Spark seems partly abandoned. Actually, I’ve considered NeoOffice myself. It’s a fork of OpenOffice, so most of the codebase is the same. But NeoOffice behaves more Mac «native» by the looks of it. http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice_Feature_Comparison lists some of the more important (and some unimportant) differences. The only downside is that it lags behind in version numbering, because new releases of OpenOffice has to be re-imported into the NeoOffice project. There is also a new fork called LibreOffice ( http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/ ) which looks promising.

When it comes to various «cleaners», I don’t believe they have any noticeable effect on system performance. The Windows registry becomes slower and slower as it grows in size, but since OS X doesn’t have anything that behaves in a smiliar way, there is no real performance gain there. The same applies to defragmentation. Individual files does not get fragmented on HFS, as long as the drive isn’t full. I have used Onyx from time to time for these kind of maintenance tasks, but more for troubleshooting than actual cleaning.

I should also mention that I’m trying out Apptivate ( http://www.cocoabeans.se/apptivate ) as an alternative to Spark. It is much nicer on the eye, and Spark seems partly abandoned.

]]> Av: Craig http://fuzzy76.net/146/the-essential-mac-os-x-freeware-list/comment-page-1/#comment-440 Craig Wed, 06 Oct 2010 02:36:07 +0000 http://fuzzy76.net/?p=146#comment-440 Thanks for the great list! I use NeoOffice instead of OpenOffice. What's the difference? Agree on AirFoil--awesome app worth the $$. PodtoMac is a pay application that I had to buy to transfer all my music from my iPod to my new mac after my old one died. Saved a lot of time not having to reload all the music manually from CDs! Any experience with Clean My Mac or Snow Leopard Cache Cleaner? Thanks again. Thanks for the great list!

I use NeoOffice instead of OpenOffice. What’s the difference?

Agree on AirFoil–awesome app worth the $$.

PodtoMac is a pay application that I had to buy to transfer all my music from my iPod to my new mac after my old one died. Saved a lot of time not having to reload all the music manually from CDs!

Any experience with Clean My Mac or Snow Leopard Cache Cleaner?

Thanks again.

]]> Av: Mario http://fuzzy76.net/146/the-essential-mac-os-x-freeware-list/comment-page-1/#comment-434 Mario Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:29:32 +0000 http://fuzzy76.net/?p=146#comment-434 I just switched from quicksilver to Alfred to start my application, open folders etc. It has never been easier to open folders on my Mac. I they are still developing even more features. I just switched from quicksilver to Alfred to start my application, open folders etc. It has never been easier to open folders on my Mac. I they are still developing even more features.

]]> Av: Mine Chrome-utvidelser | Håvard Pedersen http://fuzzy76.net/146/the-essential-mac-os-x-freeware-list/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Mine Chrome-utvidelser | Håvard Pedersen Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:53:50 +0000 http://fuzzy76.net/?p=146#comment-425 [...] IdeasSupport ForumThemesWordPress PlanetMine Chrome-utvidelserI tråd med mitt tidligere innlegg om gratis programvare for Mac presenterer jeg her en liste over mine favoritt-utvidelser for Chrome. Vanlige [...] [...] IdeasSupport ForumThemesWordPress PlanetMine Chrome-utvidelserI tråd med mitt tidligere innlegg om gratis programvare for Mac presenterer jeg her en liste over mine favoritt-utvidelser for Chrome. Vanlige [...]

]]> Av: Håvard Pedersen http://fuzzy76.net/146/the-essential-mac-os-x-freeware-list/comment-page-1/#comment-422 Håvard Pedersen Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:55:05 +0000 http://fuzzy76.net/?p=146#comment-422 I never used quicksilver for much more than app launching, and Spotlight does that for me just fine. :) I never used quicksilver for much more than app launching, and Spotlight does that for me just fine. :)

]]> Av: faby http://fuzzy76.net/146/the-essential-mac-os-x-freeware-list/comment-page-1/#comment-419 faby Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:51:49 +0000 http://fuzzy76.net/?p=146#comment-419 what about quicksilver? what about quicksilver?

]]> Av: Tormod http://fuzzy76.net/146/the-essential-mac-os-x-freeware-list/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Tormod Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:12:20 +0000 http://fuzzy76.net/?p=146#comment-110 Et tu, Håvard...? Et tu? ;-) Et tu, Håvard…? Et tu? ;-)

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