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Originally Posted by TheStout
Anyone have any of these for Mac? Are they worth it? Alternatives?
Final Cut Pro 2
Adobe Creative Suite Premium
Aperture
Roxio Toast 9 Titainum
Microsoft Office
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It depends on what you need, not what's available.
If you need video editing, then yes, Final Cut.
Adobe Suite is very expensive? Are you a designer? Do you need it?
Aperture is an ok image cataloging tool, but be aware that the databases will consume as much space as the actual photos, unless you specifically keep them external, then maybe only half, so again, do you need it? Can you get by with the Finder?
Toast is only useful to me for audio conversions from AIFF & FLAC to Apple Lossless. Not sure what anyone else uses it for.
MS Office is also expensive. I don't have it for two reasons: 1. I hate all things MS. 2. I have no use for anything in the office suite anyway.
I recommend:
Little Snitch for rock solid firewall security, both in & out
Transmit for FTP
Quickbooks for business accounting
Suitcase Fusion 2 for font management
GraphicConverter X for fast image browsing
A Better Finder Rename for batch file renaming
Carbon Copy Cloner for disk duplication
VueScan for scanning
WebSnapper (safari plugin) for screencaps
Glims (safari plugin) to make Safari less painful
and of course, the Adobe Suite CS4
everything else is pretty much built in, unless you have a specific need for something.
