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USEFUL MACINTOSH SOFTWARE

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All the programs I have listed below are for OSX.

 


Nvu is a WSIWYG and HTML web-page creator: it has a few minor quirks (including not understanding frames) but is powerful and easy to use. It's also free. The page also gives a link to Kompozer, which is based closely on Nvu and has some bugfixes - again, free.


PageSpinner is a purely HTML editor: if you need to do hand-coding it is easier to work in than Nvu, and it displays the results of your coding immediately in a separate window. $29.95.

GraphicConverter by Thorsten Lemke will convert pictures to and from a huge number of formats, as well as making animated GIFs and allowing painting and text functions. Shareware, $39.95.


Meteorologist is a menubar application which shows weather conditions, not and predicted, for your chosen locations. It's free.


Yummy FTP has a silly name but is a good FTP program: particularly in allowing syncing between computer and server, so you can automatically uploaded just the web-pages you've changed. $28.

File Buddy by Skytag Software enables you to make adjustments to hidden flags in a file, search on a wide range of parameters, clear out broken aliases, and perform many advanced housekeeping functions. $39.95. 

icWord and icExcel from Panergy Software allow you to open Word and Excel documents respectively. $19.95 each or 29.95 for the two.


Amadeus Pro ($40 - requires OSX 10.4 or higher, Snow Leopard compatible) from HairerSoft is an audio recorder and editor which can handle various formats including AIFF, MP3 and Ogg Vorbis. It will also handle VST plug-ins. Amadeus Lite is a simpler version ($24.99 from the Apple App Store only - requires OSX 10.5.5).

USB Overdrive by Alessandro Levi Montalcini gives you extended control over multi-button mice and trackballs: you can define different behaviours in different applications. £14.

Film Running Times is a small Applescript I have written which someone might find useful: you input film footage in feet or metres and the speed in frames per second, and it tells you the running time. Free: download. I have left it editable so that you can check its authenticity.



     I should also like to draw your attention to two useful online facilities (both of which work with Mac or Windows):
 
Freefind places a search and sitemap facility in your web page
Statcounter provides a page-hit counter (visible or invisble) on your chosen web pages and provides a log and analysis.

Both are available free in a basic version, or paid-for with extra facilities.

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