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the basic, "free", QT client doesn't even support full screen mode

The free client also doesn't support file conversion and export...barbaric, I know, but that's just the method Apple use to encourage some to pay for it.

You could of course try one of the free alternative players that do give you full screen:

Echidna Movie Viewer (296KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6068
Fullscreen Movie Player (926KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11670
LittleView (208KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20230
Movie Time (176KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14774
Nice Player (672KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15136
Playlist Player (202KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9442
PresentMovie: (14KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7534
QT Full Screen (92KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19158
QTAmateur (77K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18278
QuikTime FS (17K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16959
Xinema (1MB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10767

And that's just the search results from one site, I'm sure there are more out there. You could trash the QuickTime Player and relace it with any of those, because unlike Real and WMV, QuickTime codecs are available to any software that uses the relevant APIs (which is why these programs are so small: the codecs are already in the OS, so they just contain interface components. They'll even play WMVs if you have the third-party codec installed).

WMV on Mac is better than QuickTime on Mac. It shouldn't be, but it is. It does what it's supposed to do. Performance is excellent.

I don't know about you, but for me "performance" means being able to jump forwards and backwards on the timeline and see more than black screen (the third party WMV codecs for QuickTime can do this, why can't Microsoft manage it?); even my old VHS has a functional "fast forward" button. I'd take that over the minor inconvenience of a tiny fraction of my screen being taken up by window edges any day (not that its really an issue for me, since I do use the export features of QTPro its worth paying for it). And I can't say I'm impressed by WMP's audio at any data rate.

the basic, "free", QT client doesn't even support full screen mode

The free client also doesn't support file conversion and export...barbaric, I know, but that's just the method Apple use to encourage some to pay for it.

You could of course try one of the free alternative players that do give you full screen:

Echidna Movie Viewer (296KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6068
Fullscreen Movie Player (926KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11670
LittleView (208KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20230
Movie Time (176KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14774
Nice Player (672KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15136
Playlist Player (202KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9442
PresentMovie: (14KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7534
QT Full Screen (92KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19158
QTAmateur (77K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18278
QuikTime FS (17K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16959
Xinema (1MB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10767

And that's just the search results from one site, I'm sure there are more out there. You could trash the QuickTime Player and relace it with any of those, because unlike Real and WMV, QuickTime codecs are available to any software that uses the relevant APIs (which is why these programs are so small: the codecs are already in the OS, so they just contain interface components. They'll even play WMVs if you have the third-party codec installed).

WMV on Mac is better than QuickTime on Mac. It shouldn't be, but it is. It does what it's supposed to do. Performance is excellent.

I don't know about you, but for me "performance" means being able to jump forwards and backwards on the timeline and see more than black screen (the third party WMV codecs for QuickTime can do this, why can't Microsoft manage it?); even my old VHS has a functional "fast forward" button. I'd take that over the minor inconvenience of a tiny fraction of my screen being taken up by window edges any day (not that its really an issue for me, since I do use the export features of QTPro its worth paying for it). And I can't say I'm impressed by WMP's audio at any data rate.

the basic, "free", QT client doesn't even support full screen mode

The free client also doesn't support file conversion and export...barbaric, I know, but that's just the method Apple use to encourage some to pay for it.

You could of course try one of the free alternative players that do give you full screen:

Echidna Movie Viewer (296KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6068
Fullscreen Movie Player (926KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11670
LittleView (208KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20230
Movie Time (176KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14774
Nice Player (672KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15136
Playlist Player (202KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9442
PresentMovie: (14KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7534
QT Full Screen (92KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19158
QTAmateur (77K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18278
QuikTime FS (17K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16959
Xinema (1MB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10767

And that's just the search results from one site, I'm sure there are more out there. You could trash the QuickTime Player and relace it with any of those, because unlike Real and WMV, QuickTime codecs are available to any software that uses the relevant APIs (which is why these programs are so small: the codecs are already in the OS, so they just contain interface components. They'll even play WMVs if you have the third-party codec installed).

WMV on Mac is better than QuickTime on Mac. It shouldn't be, but it is. It does what it's supposed to do. Performance is excellent.

I don't know about you, but for me "performance" means being able to jump forwards and backwards on the timeline and see more than black screen (the third party WMV codecs for QuickTime can do this, why can't Microsoft manage it?); even my old VHS has a functional "fast forward" button. I'd take that over the minor inconvenience of a tiny fraction of my screen being taken up by window edges any day (not that its really an issue for me, since I do use the export features of QTPro its worth paying for it). And I can't say I'm impressed by WMP's audio at any data rate.

the basic, "free", QT client doesn't even support full screen mode

The free client also doesn't support file conversion and export...barbaric, I know, but that's just the method Apple use to encourage some to pay for it.

You could of course try one of the free alternative players that do give you full screen:

Echidna Movie Viewer (296KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6068
Fullscreen Movie Player (926KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11670
LittleView (208KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20230
Movie Time (176KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14774
Nice Player (672KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15136
Playlist Player (202KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9442
PresentMovie: (14KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7534
QT Full Screen (92KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19158
QTAmateur (77K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18278
QuikTime FS (17K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16959
Xinema (1MB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10767

And that's just the search results from one site, I'm sure there are more out there. You could trash the QuickTime Player and relace it with any of those, because unlike Real and WMV, QuickTime codecs are available to any software that uses the relevant APIs (which is why these programs are so small: the codecs are already in the OS, so they just contain interface components. They'll even play WMVs if you have the third-party codec installed).

WMV on Mac is better than QuickTime on Mac. It shouldn't be, but it is. It does what it's supposed to do. Performance is excellent.

I don't know about you, but for me "performance" means being able to jump forwards and backwards on the timeline and see more than black screen (the third party WMV codecs for QuickTime can do this, why can't Microsoft manage it?); even my old VHS has a functional "fast forward" button. I'd take that over the minor inconvenience of a tiny fraction of my screen being taken up by window edges any day (not that its really an issue for me, since I do use the export features of QTPro its worth paying for it). And I can't say I'm impressed by WMP's audio at any data rate.

the basic, "free", QT client doesn't even support full screen mode

The free client also doesn't support file conversion and export...barbaric, I know, but that's just the method Apple use to encourage some to pay for it.

You could of course try one of the free alternative players that do give you full screen:

Echidna Movie Viewer (296KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6068
Fullscreen Movie Player (926KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11670
LittleView (208KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20230
Movie Time (176KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14774
Nice Player (672KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15136
Playlist Player (202KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9442
PresentMovie: (14KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7534
QT Full Screen (92KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19158
QTAmateur (77K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18278
QuikTime FS (17K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16959
Xinema (1MB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10767

And that's just the search results from one site, I'm sure there are more out there. You could trash the QuickTime Player and relace it with any of those, because unlike Real and WMV, QuickTime codecs are available to any software that uses the relevant APIs (which is why these programs are so small: the codecs are already in the OS, so they just contain interface components. They'll even play WMVs if you have the third-party codec installed).

WMV on Mac is better than QuickTime on Mac. It shouldn't be, but it is. It does what it's supposed to do. Performance is excellent.

I don't know about you, but for me "performance" means being able to jump forwards and backwards on the timeline and see more than black screen (the third party WMV codecs for QuickTime can do this, why can't Microsoft manage it?); even my old VHS has a functional "fast forward" button. I'd take that over the minor inconvenience of a tiny fraction of my screen being taken up by window edges any day (not that its really an issue for me, since I do use the export features of QTPro its worth paying for it). And I can't say I'm impressed by WMP's audio at any data rate.

the basic, "free", QT client doesn't even support full screen mode

The free client also doesn't support file conversion and export...barbaric, I know, but that's just the method Apple use to encourage some to pay for it.

You could of course try one of the free alternative players that do give you full screen:

Echidna Movie Viewer (296KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6068
Fullscreen Movie Player (926KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11670
LittleView (208KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20230
Movie Time (176KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14774
Nice Player (672KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15136
Playlist Player (202KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9442
PresentMovie: (14KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7534
QT Full Screen (92KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19158
QTAmateur (77K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18278
QuikTime FS (17K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16959
Xinema (1MB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10767

And that's just the search results from one site, I'm sure there are more out there. You could trash the QuickTime Player and relace it with any of those, because unlike Real and WMV, QuickTime codecs are available to any software that uses the relevant APIs (which is why these programs are so small: the codecs are already in the OS, so they just contain interface components. They'll even play WMVs if you have the third-party codec installed).

WMV on Mac is better than QuickTime on Mac. It shouldn't be, but it is. It does what it's supposed to do. Performance is excellent.

I don't know about you, but for me "performance" means being able to jump forwards and backwards on the timeline and see more than black screen (the third party WMV codecs for QuickTime can do this, why can't Microsoft manage it?); even my old VHS has a functional "fast forward" button. I'd take that over the minor inconvenience of a tiny fraction of my screen being taken up by window edges any day (not that its really an issue for me, since I do use the export features of QTPro its worth paying for it). And I can't say I'm impressed by WMP's audio at any data rate.

the basic, "free", QT client doesn't even support full screen mode

The free client also doesn't support file conversion and export...barbaric, I know, but that's just the method Apple use to encourage some to pay for it.

You could of course try one of the free alternative players that do give you full screen:

Echidna Movie Viewer (296KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6068
Fullscreen Movie Player (926KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11670
LittleView (208KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20230
Movie Time (176KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14774
Nice Player (672KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15136
Playlist Player (202KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9442
PresentMovie: (14KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7534
QT Full Screen (92KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19158
QTAmateur (77K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18278
QuikTime FS (17K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16959
Xinema (1MB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10767

And that's just the search results from one site, I'm sure there are more out there. You could trash the QuickTime Player and relace it with any of those, because unlike Real and WMV, QuickTime codecs are available to any software that uses the relevant APIs (which is why these programs are so small: the codecs are already in the OS, so they just contain interface components. They'll even play WMVs if you have the third-party codec installed).

WMV on Mac is better than QuickTime on Mac. It shouldn't be, but it is. It does what it's supposed to do. Performance is excellent.

I don't know about you, but for me "performance" means being able to jump forwards and backwards on the timeline and see more than black screen (the third party WMV codecs for QuickTime can do this, why can't Microsoft manage it?); even my old VHS has a functional "fast forward" button. I'd take that over the minor inconvenience of a tiny fraction of my screen being taken up by window edges any day (not that its really an issue for me, since I do use the export features of QTPro its worth paying for it). And I can't say I'm impressed by WMP's audio at any data rate.

the basic, "free", QT client doesn't even support full screen mode

The free client also doesn't support file conversion and export...barbaric, I know, but that's just the method Apple use to encourage some to pay for it.

You could of course try one of the free alternative players that do give you full screen:

Echidna Movie Viewer (296KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6068
Fullscreen Movie Player (926KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11670
LittleView (208KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20230
Movie Time (176KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14774
Nice Player (672KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15136
Playlist Player (202KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9442
PresentMovie: (14KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7534
QT Full Screen (92KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19158
QTAmateur (77K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18278
QuikTime FS (17K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16959
Xinema (1MB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10767

And that's just the search results from one site, I'm sure there are more out there. You could trash the QuickTime Player and relace it with any of those, because unlike Real and WMV, QuickTime codecs are available to any software that uses the relevant APIs (which is why these programs are so small: the codecs are already in the OS, so they just contain interface components. They'll even play WMVs if you have the third-party codec installed).

WMV on Mac is better than QuickTime on Mac. It shouldn't be, but it is. It does what it's supposed to do. Performance is excellent.

I don't know about you, but for me "performance" means being able to jump forwards and backwards on the timeline and see more than black screen (the third party WMV codecs for QuickTime can do this, why can't Microsoft manage it?); even my old VHS has a functional "fast forward" button. I'd take that over the minor inconvenience of a tiny fraction of my screen being taken up by window edges any day (not that its really an issue for me, since I do use the export features of QTPro its worth paying for it). And I can't say I'm impressed by WMP's audio at any data rate.

the basic, "free", QT client doesn't even support full screen mode

The free client also doesn't support file conversion and export...barbaric, I know, but that's just the method Apple use to encourage some to pay for it.

You could of course try one of the free alternative players that do give you full screen:

Echidna Movie Viewer (296KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6068
Fullscreen Movie Player (926KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11670
LittleView (208KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20230
Movie Time (176KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14774
Nice Player (672KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15136
Playlist Player (202KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9442
PresentMovie: (14KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7534
QT Full Screen (92KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19158
QTAmateur (77K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18278
QuikTime FS (17K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16959
Xinema (1MB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10767

And that's just the search results from one site, I'm sure there are more out there. You could trash the QuickTime Player and relace it with any of those, because unlike Real and WMV, QuickTime codecs are available to any software that uses the relevant APIs (which is why these programs are so small: the codecs are already in the OS, so they just contain interface components. They'll even play WMVs if you have the third-party codec installed).

WMV on Mac is better than QuickTime on Mac. It shouldn't be, but it is. It does what it's supposed to do. Performance is excellent.

I don't know about you, but for me "performance" means being able to jump forwards and backwards on the timeline and see more than black screen (the third party WMV codecs for QuickTime can do this, why can't Microsoft manage it?); even my old VHS has a functional "fast forward" button. I'd take that over the minor inconvenience of a tiny fraction of my screen being taken up by window edges any day (not that its really an issue for me, since I do use the export features of QTPro its worth paying for it). And I can't say I'm impressed by WMP's audio at any data rate.

the basic, "free", QT client doesn't even support full screen mode

The free client also doesn't support file conversion and export...barbaric, I know, but that's just the method Apple use to encourage some to pay for it.

You could of course try one of the free alternative players that do give you full screen:

Echidna Movie Viewer (296KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6068
Fullscreen Movie Player (926KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11670
LittleView (208KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20230
Movie Time (176KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14774
Nice Player (672KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15136
Playlist Player (202KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9442
PresentMovie: (14KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7534
QT Full Screen (92KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19158
QTAmateur (77K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18278
QuikTime FS (17K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16959
Xinema (1MB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10767

And that's just the search results from one site, I'm sure there are more out there. You could trash the QuickTime Player and relace it with any of those, because unlike Real and WMV, QuickTime codecs are available to any software that uses the relevant APIs (which is why these programs are so small: the codecs are already in the OS, so they just contain interface components. They'll even play WMVs if you have the third-party codec installed).

WMV on Mac is better than QuickTime on Mac. It shouldn't be, but it is. It does what it's supposed to do. Performance is excellent.

I don't know about you, but for me "performance" means being able to jump forwards and backwards on the timeline and see more than black screen (the third party WMV codecs for QuickTime can do this, why can't Microsoft manage it?); even my old VHS has a functional "fast forward" button. I'd take that over the minor inconvenience of a tiny fraction of my screen being taken up by window edges any day (not that its really an issue for me, since I do use the export features of QTPro its worth paying for it). And I can't say I'm impressed by WMP's audio at any data rate.

the basic, "free", QT client doesn't even support full screen mode

The free client also doesn't support file conversion and export...barbaric, I know, but that's just the method Apple use to encourage some to pay for it.

You could of course try one of the free alternative players that do give you full screen:

Echidna Movie Viewer (296KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6068
Fullscreen Movie Player (926KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11670
LittleView (208KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20230
Movie Time (176KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14774
Nice Player (672KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15136
Playlist Player (202KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9442
PresentMovie: (14KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7534
QT Full Screen (92KB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19158
QTAmateur (77K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18278
QuikTime FS (17K) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16959
Xinema (1MB) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10767

And that's just the search results from one site, I'm sure there are more out there. You could trash the QuickTime Player and relace it with any of those, because unlike Real and WMV, QuickTime codecs are available to any software that uses the relevant APIs (which is why these programs are so small: the codecs are already in the OS, so they just contain interface components. They'll even play WMVs if you have the third-party codec installed).

WMV on Mac is better than QuickTime on Mac. It shouldn't be, but it is. It does what it's supposed to do. Performance is excellent.

I don't know about you, but for me "performance" means being able to jump forwards and backwards on the timeline and see more than black screen (the third party WMV codecs for QuickTime can do this, why can't Microsoft manage it?); even my old VHS has a functional "fast forward" button. I'd take that over the minor inconvenience of a tiny fraction of my screen being taken up by window edges any day (not that its really an issue for me, since I do use the export features of QTPro its worth paying for it). And I can't say I'm impressed by WMP's audio at any data rate.

And there's at least two freewares to defeat this Euro volume limiter.

Go figure.

And there's at least two freewares to defeat this Euro volume limiter.

Go figure.

Broderbund and Software MacKiev have quite a bit of fairly good quality children's software for the Mac. (KidPix 3X is a gem.) You can occasionally turn up something else on Amazon as well. As a last resort, choose "Mac OS X Software" from the Apple menu; Apple's own database is sometimes out of date and doesn't distinguish marketing hype froom reality.

Someone else mentioned Versiontracker and MacUpdate, the major Mac shareware sites. Shareware was never unique to DOS or Windows. CompuServe and many BBS's had Mac shareware areas, too.

And it never hurts to Google for "mac WindowsSoftwareTitle"; you may not find an actual Mac version, but you just might find an equivalent.

No, the quantity will never match that of The Dominant Platform, but the quality is often as good or better than anything for Windows. The developers that do target the Mac are usually more established players with offerings that have proven themselves in the marketplace. Mac users aren't tolerant of low-quality ports; Microsoft learned this the hard way a few years back. I'm not sure I'd want hordes of Visual Basic programmers rushing into the Mac marketplace; it would probably result in a lot of disappointed users and almost as many disappointed developers. Writing Mac software that is successful requires a lot of attention; many popular Windows titles (WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3 in the early '90s, CorelDraw more recently) flopped on the Mac.

Some group of thiefs stole iTunes interface and GUI. Making it opensource does not matter.

Apple actually bought the iTunes interface. Full details at http://www.panic.com/extras/audionstory/ . Good read for all developers.

Here is what Apple PAID FOR http://www.macupdate.com/screenshot.php?id=3714

SHIT! I waited half a day for someone to list the download site - and noone did!

If you want to download it, here it is.

There's a utility called "Frontrow Enabler" that will allow you to install FrontRow on any Mac, not just the iMac G5. The utility and instructions are here. You need Pacifist and the latest FrontRow Update from Apple.

I use PithHelmet, which nukes ads quite nicely.

Last I knew IE hadn't been updated in several years.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/5888

It's seriously out of date with regards to web standards and security patches. Hence, I wouldn't mention it as a crossplatform option.

to disable spotlight try spotless

and instructions on disabling dashboard.

This is old news. Everyone on OSX has moved on to using Seashore which is the GIMP is a nice slick OSX package, native Aqua/OSX windows, and overall just a better program. Check it out.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19074/ The Iridium theme for MacOSX 10.4 can make all of those different kinds of windows (including the ones from the new iTunes) match each other. Wouldn't it be nice if Apple would provide us with a unified GUI! (BTW: This is a shameless plug. I wrote Iridium.)

If this program contains bad code and you can prove it, by all means do so.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/ 26899

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18182

Since you haven't posted here very much it's hard to just take your word for it.

Unless you really want to write it... then nevermind.

iscroll2 is a wonderful freeware program that allows the user to specify an easy way to right click on a Apple laptop (in addition to scrolling). It's great I've been using it for about 6 months and have NO problems with it on my powerbook. http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/17240

actually, the latest Powerbooks have this capability. There are already a few apps that use this "input device" for things like moving a ball or triggering an alarm. I'm not sure that it would be much good as a pointing device, but it might be fun to try.

actually, the latest Powerbooks have this capability. There are already a few apps that use this "input device" for things like moving a ball or triggering an alarm. I'm not sure that it would be much good as a pointing device, but it might be fun to try.

So why not use vlc and mplayer? If you want to use the feature, pay the licensing fee. If you respect the GPL, as most Slashdotters do, and companies' right to publish their source code as open source and expect others' modifications to also be published, then you also need to respect payware. No one is forcing you to pay the fee; no one's stopping alternate players from working.

This MacUpdate: Search for full-screen players also reveals a variety of full-screen players, some free and some not.

VLC's pretty good. I use it. If you're aware of VLC, then I assume you have too? I don't see a problem ...

And it's not just a movie player. It's a movie editor as well. We have a license for it (we're an imaging-based research lab) and we use it quite a bit for movie editing. It may not be as powerful as some other editors out there, but indeed $30 is a good deal for what you get.

USB Overdrive is a replacement USB driver and from the website, it still looks like it's supported (just not as active as before since family comes first). If you have a Logitech mouse, you can also tweak it to do something similar.

You know I used to totally agree with this... but I think I have changed my mind. The logic is sound insofar as the Palm-style versions have been very lacking, both in acquisition of content and final experience (i.e. long tall screen on those devices for widescreen content).

However - I got a PSP for my birthday, and it works much better. I think the trick is, long-form content is only suitable for long-form travel (planes, trains, long car trips). Short-form content is much easier.

I'll give you an example - and I'll say up front, the elbow-grease part is about the same for PSP as it is for a PocketPC (i.e. you have to know what you are doing to get good results, currently... but hey this is Slashdot).

Right now I have a system whereby my computer (Mac) downloads highlight clips of the Daily Show each night into a folder. This folder has been fitted with a folder script made with Automator that compresses the clip into PSP-friendly format, then puts it in a PSPWare drop box (sync folder for the PSPWare application). So when I sync my PSP in the morning I have around 20 minutes of fresh content, which is perfect for my Toronto streetcar commute.

I've only watched one full-length movie on the thing so far and it was a pretty good experience once I found a way to prop the thing up (Logitech case). Don't write off all 'passive' content as being unsuitable for portable purposes. It's just heavily time-dependant. Television fits this bill pretty well as your typical 30-minute show, with commercials removed (is that treason yet?), is about 22 minutes. Episodic stuff would work fantastically well.

Personally I am holding out hope for a PSP Flash Player that lets me throw a few dozen Strong Bads on the memory card. :)

Install SharePoints.

As one user mentioned, VersionTracker is kind of the Freshmeat of Mac OS X. So is Macupdate.

Also, while Fink is pain at times (partly because of its Linux roots, and OS X is more BSDish), Mac OS X has DarwinPorts, which actually works pretty well.

Here. Though it looks like it justs modifies the /etc/hostconfig file, if that's all it takes(?)

"...you sure can't use any of their downloadable software without a good dose of fairly recent Microsoft product."

But since there's other downloadable software for Google (http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/17944) isn't it likely that there will be downloadable software from Google that doesn't rely on any Microsoft product?

Also might want to check out:

http://www.pangeasoft.net/index2.html
http://www.udevgames.com/
http://www.apple.com/games/
http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/cat/games
http://www.macupdate.com/games.php

As a side note, the Mac platform has never been known for a wide range of shrink-wrapped software; the main place to find software has always been "online", even before the internet was popular, and people got their software from BBSes.

powerpoint replacement: keynote (much nicer)

word replacement: document or whatever they called it.. i haven't actually used it yet.

excel replacement: uhhh.. idunno, openoffice?

office 2k4 for osx is much better than the previous version, although it's still kind of a hog. there's also a TON of free/cheap apps to replace the functionality of virtually anything. check out http://www.macupdate.com/

But in need of more desktop space, I've installed Desktop Manager, which allows me to use multiple virtual desktops (a la x-windows).
I setup my extra mouse buttons to switch forward and backward between the virtual screens, which is very fast and very handy. (with the help of gamepad companion, which is not free).
If you haven't tried free programs like Desktop Manager (or simular programs like Virtue), then I'd really recommend them to you.

The player may be purposely crippled, but the functions are still available. A quick search on MacUpdate gives me some free fullscreen movie players.

• Movie Time
• NicePlayer
• QuikTime FS

No need to spend that extra $30.

The player may be purposely crippled, but the functions are still available. A quick search on MacUpdate gives me some free fullscreen movie players.

• Movie Time
• NicePlayer
• QuikTime FS

No need to spend that extra $30.

The player may be purposely crippled, but the functions are still available. A quick search on MacUpdate gives me some free fullscreen movie players.

• Movie Time
• NicePlayer
• QuikTime FS

No need to spend that extra $30.

The player may be purposely crippled, but the functions are still available. A quick search on MacUpdate gives me some free fullscreen movie players.

• Movie Time
• NicePlayer
• QuikTime FS

No need to spend that extra $30.

just displays all "XXXXXXXXXXX" for me.

using OSX with nightly builds auto-downloaded with FireFix (which is a really neat app)

One site has over 12,000 OSX software titles listed.

Take a look at HyperJeff

Check out FINK for easy installation and managing UNIX software.

This is my favorite Mac software site, MacUpdate

You can download CHUD thru MacUpdate. Well, at least you could. It seems the ftp link may have been pulled now.

CHUD 4.1

(1) Once you've downloaded and uncompressed the file, you'll see two items in the plugin folder. One is a copy of the open source license, and the other is the FLAC_Decoder.component quicktime plugin.

(2) Move the FLAC_Decoder.component file into

/Library/Quicktime or if you don't have root access ~/Library/Quicktime

if you don't have either of these folders, feel free to create them, either with the Finder (Command-Shift-N) or with Terminal (mkdir /Library/Quicktime)

(3) Restart Quicktime if it's open--otherwise, open Quicktime (if you've deleted the link in your Dock, look in the /Applications folder).

(4) Find a .flac file that you want to open--it should have no icon. Make sure it ends in the .flac extension--this will be important later. Using the Finder, select the file by left clicking on the file icon, and hit Apple-I (or select "Get Info" from the File menu).

(5) In the file's info window, you'll see the heading "Open With:" Click the triangle next to the heading, and pull down the "Open With:" menu--select "Other..." from the "Open With:" menu.

(6) You should now see a dialog box asking you to choose an application to open the unknown.flac file with--from the "Enable" menu, choose "All Applications" (the default setting is "Recommended Applications"). Navigate to /Applications and select Quicktime Player. If you didn't change the enabled applications to "All," then Quicktime Player will be grayed out and you will not be able to select it.

(7) Once you've successfully changed the file binding so that it opens with Quicktime Player, go back to the Info menu on your .flac file. Under "Open With:" you should now see "Quicktime Player" as the selected choice. If this is not the case, retreat to Step 6 and try again. Otherwise, click on "Change All..." to instruct your computer to "Use this Application to open all documents like this." There should be a brief pause, and a dialog box box will appear asking you if you really want to open all your .flac files with Quicktime Player. Click continue at the dialog.

(8) You now have installed the FLAC component and successfully bound quicktime to the .flac file extension. If you own Quicktime Pro, you can also convert and export .flac files into other formats.

(9) You can play the flac files in iTunes if you rename them to .mov and drop them on the iTunes icon. You should be able to convert them to mp3/aac via iTunes. Most of iTunes' functions, however, won't work... and it will hog CPU and memory. I'd recommend converting them via quicktime or a similar application.

SamBeckett (96685): You've just been posted.

Apples Application listing, Version Tracker and Macupdate are all great sites to find new software.
Of course the best resource are all of the mac websties and forums, my home is Macnn. Two useful threads from there: What application do I use if I need to....? and Your top 5 [share|free]where (lots here).

Macs are fine. OSX is nice. But there are no games.

Apparently this site didn't get the memo about no games:

On Windows, there is tons of free software to do anything you can think of. There are a million websites dedicated to NOTHING but freeware. In Mac-land, everything costs money.

Would you please explain how are these sites able to offer so many free utilities then? I use many of them.

macupdate.com

versiontracker.com

Geez, where do you get your information? Microsoft?

Even nicer than extra buttons!

SideTrack

SideTrack is a replacement driver for the Apple PowerBook and iBook trackpads. With SideTrack installed your standard trackpad becomes a powerful multi-button scrolling mouse.

Leave your external mouse at home and take full control over your trackpad:

Vertical scrolling at left or right edge of pad.

Horizontal scrolling at top or bottom edge of pad.

Map hardware button to left or right click.

Map trackpad taps to no action, left click, left click drag (with or without drag lock), or right click.

Map trackpad corner taps to mouse buttons 1-6 or simulated keystrokes.

Extensive control over accidental input filtering.