Saturday 26 November 2011

Great apps and Tips for Artists Using a Mac!

Here are a List of really useful apps for the Mac-

  1. Wunderlist (free) - help with task management, to do lists. A MUST
  2. Things - help with task management, to do lists.
  3. Monolingual (free) - delete all those unwanted language files hidden away. (DO NOT DELETE  AppleKeyboardLayouts.bundle!!! - I DID and my keyboard stopped working- very frightening because everything asks for a admin password! - Ended up re-installing Mac OSX, Still a useful program tho just make sure you know what your doing!! 
  4. Onyx (free) - incredibly good cleaning tool.
  5. AppCleaner (free) - Deleting apps the proper way.
  6. 1password- great app for keeping all your personal information safe.
  7. Tinyalarm - Make sure you take breaks, a little alarm clock can be very helpful
  8. VLC (free) - Best Movie player out there.
  9. Bulkr Pro - Great for building up a huge source of photo reference from flickr. Worth Paying for!
  10. Openoffice (free) - for writing up documents, power-points, spreadsheets.
  11. JumpCut - Advanced copy & paste program, stores them.
  12. Skitch - for screen captures.
And of course the Main Ones for Digital Artists.
  1. Adobe Photoshop CS5
  2. Adobe InDesign CS5
  3. Adobe Illustrator CS5
  4. Corel Painter ( I prefer Photoshop but this is still good)

BIG TIP! - Is it time to update your RAM? Ram is getting cheaper these days and programs are getting more advanced and needing more ram to run well. - 

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