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houltmac · 05-03-2008

DiskWarrior. The single best application ever written for any platform. Keeps all my clients alive, and by extension it keeps me alive.

philbowell · 05-03-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yuiichi

This comes with OS X though

Do you have another app that doesn't come with OS X?

That'll teach me not to read the question properly!

I think I'm going to have to go for Photoshop CS3. As a designer I use the app daily, and without any of the other apps I thing I could get by with just Photoshop. I've also started using my camera a lot more recently, so I need something to process the photos in that has a little more power than iPhoto.

zeropur · 05-03-2008

Wait.. Is the question what App, that doesn't come pre installed by Apple, can I not live without?

If so then my answer is simple, and I'm surprised that no one else has mentioned it.

Adobe Photoshop CS3.

Does no one else use the CS3 suite here? I surely can't live without it.

**baseballboy828** · 05-03-2008

philbowell said Photoshop right above your post!

I considered saying Photoshop, but the new localized corrections in the Lightroom 2 Beta allow me to use Photoshop even less than before. I still use Photoshop for advanced editing, panoramas, and HDR's (with the Photomatix plugin), but Lightroom is a much more integral part of my workflow than PS.

lonnie · 05-03-2008

Adobe Creative Suite CS3

philbowell · 05-03-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by lonnie

Adobe Creative Suite CS3

That's cheating! Only 1 app allowed, which of the suite will it be?

iPodmanTim · 05-03-2008

Hmmm...this is a toughy...for me, it's between two:
World of Warcraft (w/ Expansion Pack)
or
Instant Handbrake to turn my DVDs into MP4s for my iPod and iPod Touch...
Hmmm...
Well I spend most of my time on WoW I guess...:/

**Shpigford** · 05-03-2008

I'd say...TextMate.

I'd really say Photoshop CS3 AND TextMate (since I really use them hand-in-hand. But that's not the rules.

notabadname · 05-03-2008

With only one, it would have to be Photoshop CS3 for me too. I lot of apps I would have trouble doing without, but this is the only one that seems to truly have no equals for me personnally. And I can't think of any work-around with other embedded software to even come close to replacing its capabilities.

houltmac · 05-04-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by notabadname

And I can't think of any work-around with other embedded software to even come close to replacing its capabilities.

Which is truly sad, since it's such a poor app (suite) in every way except the insane number of features. I wish I could get my clients onto something else but there just isn't anything else out there.

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houltmac Mac Genius Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 982	DiskWarrior. The single best application ever written for any platform. Keeps all my clients alive, and by extension it keeps me alive. __________________ MacBook Pro 15" Glossy, 2.6GHz, 4GB RAM, 320B HD \| iPhone 8GB

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zeropur Inventory Control Specialist Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: at the moment... Santiago, Chile... born in UK Posts: 78	Wait.. Is the question what App, that doesn't come pre installed by Apple, can I not live without? If so then my answer is simple, and I'm surprised that no one else has mentioned it. Adobe Photoshop CS3. Does no one else use the CS3 suite here? I surely can't live without it. Last edited by Yuiichi; 05-03-2008 at 09:10 AM.

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baseballboy828 Assistant Store Manager Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,969	philbowell said Photoshop right above your post! I considered saying Photoshop, but the new localized corrections in the Lightroom 2 Beta allow me to use Photoshop even less than before. I still use Photoshop for advanced editing, panoramas, and HDR's (with the Photomatix plugin), but Lightroom is a much more integral part of my workflow than PS. __________________ iMac Intel Core Duo 17" 1.83Ghz, 2GB Crucial RAM ::Twitter : Ben Drucker Photography :: Interested in a free trial Smugmug account?

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lonnie Personal Shopping Specialist Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: -TeXaS- Posts: 278	Adobe Creative Suite CS3 __________________ 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 20" new slim black back iMac with 4 GB RAM \| McKinleyBrown

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iPodmanTim Inventory Control Specialist Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: iTune's Forgetten Land (The UK) Posts: 51	Hmmm...this is a toughy...for me, it's between two: World of Warcraft (w/ Expansion Pack) or Instant Handbrake to turn my DVDs into MP4s for my iPod and iPod Touch... Hmmm... Well I spend most of my time on WoW I guess...:/ __________________ My Mac: 2GHz MacBook, 1GB RAM, 60GB HD My Site \| My dA \| MySpace \| e-mail

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Shpigford Store Manager Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 403	I'd say...TextMate. I'd really say Photoshop CS3 AND TextMate (since I really use them hand-in-hand. But that's not the rules. __________________ Josh Pigford The Apple Blog 17" 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro - 3GB RAM SpottedWalrus - TrackThePack - PugSpot - Fugitive Toys

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notabadname Business Consultant Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 179	With only one, it would have to be Photoshop CS3 for me too. I lot of apps I would have trouble doing without, but this is the only one that seems to truly have no equals for me personnally. And I can't think of any work-around with other embedded software to even come close to replacing its capabilities. __________________ Dual 2 GHz G5, 20" ACD, iPhone, 40 Gb iPod, Shuffle Last edited by notabadname; 05-03-2008 at 03:24 PM. Reason: typo

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