For newbies in MAC

This blog is very very sincerely dedicated to all the guys who are new to the world of MAC, so some useful crap for newbies :)

Well i think the first thing you would face as enter the world of MAC is that where the F*** is the right click (in case you are using track pad.)

Enabling right click

1. Go to the "System Preferences..."
2. Click on "Keyboard and Mouse"
3. Go to the Trackpad tab
4. Check on the box "Tap trackpad using two fingers for secondary click"

So this will make life much more easier just put 2 fingers on the trackpad simultaneously and you get the right click. Prettly cool !!!
You can also look at the options available on the Trackpad tab and customize accordingly.

Well another small problem is how to lock the screen. Well here we go:

Lock Screen

1. Go to the "System Preferences..."
2. Then click on "Accounts"
3. Then on the left panel you will see "Login Options". Click on that.
   
4. Then click "Enabling fast user switching" check box
   
5. This will result in an icon in the Apple menu bar.
   
6. Clicking on that icon will give you the option of "Login Window..." which in result will lock your screeen

Now we come to making your life a little easier.

QuickSilver
Download Link: http://quicksilver.en.softonic.com/mac
Well u must install this. Lets you open an application or even help you navigate through folders.
Some people though prefer to use Spotlight of Mac but I personally prefer this. The reason is quite simple that i get to see a big icon of the application i want to open which makes things faster. Also if u have a software like "x-lite" and you "xlite", then QuickSilver will help you but not Spotlight. But then SpotLight has its own advantages, so upto you guys :)

Well then so we are ready for open applications so what do we need next a good mail client and a good browser. Well again it depends on prefernce of people but I am most comfortable with Firefox and Thunderbird.

Firefox
Download Link: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Thunderbird
Download Link: http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

Caffeine
Dowload Link: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/31941
Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers.

iTerm
Download Link: http://iterm.sourceforge.net/download.shtml
Are you continously working on different tabs in a terminal often sending the same command to all the terminals. Well if yes then this software might turn out to be pretty useful. Have a look very similar to Terminal of Mac with some good features like "Sending input to all tabs", "Fullscreen", etc. Very useful for Tiger users (Mac 10.4) since the Terminal is not tabbed in that version of Mac.

Well now we move to moving stuffs :) i mean downloading and uploading:

FTP - Cyberduck
Download Link: http://cyberduck.ch/
Very simple interface and easy to use

Torrents - Vuze (Previously Azureus)
Download Link: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/download.php
Searches through some a fixed torrent sites. Pretty good interface.

Download Manager - Folx
Download Link: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/29767
Again very easy to use with a very simple interface

Chatting - Yeah !!!!!
Adium is quite a good option for this yahoo, gtalk, etc works with this and easy to use.
Download Link: http://adiumx.com/

So once you guys are free from chatting, we can move ahead with other stuff :)

Now don't you want to always know what up with your MAC, when the CPU is high, who is hogging all the memory and whats the download and upload happening from your system. You can get all this in a single click. Sounds sensational right :)

iStat menus
Download Link: http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatmenus/
Well this will add everything to your menu bar and you can continuously monitor CPU, memory, etc. Very useful.

PresButan
Download Link: http://alum.hampshire.edu/~bjk02/presButan/index.htm
Do you feel that "Enter" should open a file and not start renaming the file. Well no shortcuts for this and you need to install this.

Bwana
Download Link: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/25078
Do you read manual pages very often? Then why not read it in a browser. Download this then type "man:" on the browser and enjoy. Gives a colored view to make reading man pages much simpler.

Media Player
VLC - what else. A very stable player for all platforms.
Download Link: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/5758

Show Desktop
Download: http://www.instructables.com/id/Show-desktop-in-mac-osx-aka-hide-all/
F11 doesn't satisfy me. Download this to get satisfied ;)

DeskLickr
Download: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/icons_screensavers/desklickr.html
Keeps changing your Desktop by downloading pics from facebook. Keeps me happy :)

PDF Veiwer - Skim
Download: http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Word-Processing/Skim.shtml

NeoOffice
Download: http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/download.php
Free office utilities

Parallels
Download: http://www.parallels.com/download/desktop/
Run windows on mac