Newbie to Mac - which must-have apps do I need?

I just switched from PC to MacBook Pro. What are the must have apps that I have to have? Do I need virus protection? Antispyware? I want an app to help me keep my Mac cleaned up. Is MacKeeper worth it? Should I stick with Safari or use something else? Is iPhoto all I need for my photos? Should I store my recorded videos in iPhoto videos or in Movies? Do I uninstall programs simply by dragging them to trash? Can you overcharge the battery? Should I unplug it after it's fully charged? Open to any and all advice! Loving my Mac!!!
Cassandra in Gulfport, MS

Browsers should set their own history number of days and quota for size, but they don't , and they can get 'carried away' with web caches, temp files, history. Safari even takes bookmarks and 'caches' it into individual files (so that Spotlight can find bookmarksj!)
So yes I do. I don't like having to do so manually and think there are better ways.
Chrome has and can get huge caches. Safari as well. Mozilla has "auto" and seems to try or you can manually set it to what you want.
Any of the "cache" cleaners can be abused or over-used.
I also like to "intelligently" remove ad-cookies and those that are not needed by me for web sites and that is another vote for using one and no OS X isn't smart enough to be totally self-sufficient.
And all of that will fragment free space. Mac only deals with large files and works pretty well as long as there is "enough" free space to not be an issue. But then I find even cloning the system to a new drive - which also skips copyiing temp files and consolidates free space, works great and I do it regularly (the old drive becomes backup and use the clone as new boot drive).

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MUST HAVE APPS FOR N9

Here is a list of Some Must Have apps for our N9:
Use the links to Download The apps. (I take no responsibility if it bricks your phone or void warranty, but i have personally downloaded these apps and had no problem)(codes from 7-15 attached here) 1-6 are attached at second post
What I have done is there is download link for the applications and also thr QR CODES. So if you download MeeScan and open the application and scan the codes, it will directly take you to the app and you can download straightaway on your phone. (The number opposite to QR Code represents the app number Below)
1. MeeScan from Nokia (Safe) MeeScan is the N9 application for scanning 1-d and 2-d barcodes
Link: http://n9-apps.com/meescan or from Nokia Store
2.Scientific Calculator : Advanced calculator application with options for simple and scientific views
Link: http://n9-apps.com/scicalc
3. Calender Feed :Calendar events at Feed screen as one topmost item. Controls are integrated into Settings. No applications or daemons in background required. All work is done by your phone.
Link: http://n9-apps.com/calendar-feed
4. Talk Box: ( This): Talkbox is an application dedicated to saving you the trouble of typing and to getting your messages across FAST!
Link: http://n9-apps.com/talkbox or from Nokia Store
5. Currency: This application provides real time exchange rates for over 140 currencies.
Link: http://n9-apps.com/currency or Nokia Store
6. Shake Picture: Send your images to your friends with just a shake of the phone!
Link: http://n9-apps.com/shakepicpro or Nokia Store
7. Sports Tracker: Turn your mobile into a social sports computer with Sports Tracker! Track and analyze your performance, share workout data and photos with your friends, and most of all – get fit and stay healthier.
Link: http://n9-apps.com/sports-tracker or Nokia Store
8. Cute Tube (You Tube Client): cuteTube is a fully featured YouTube and Dailymotion client that allows you to browse, search, play, share, upload and download videos. You can also manage your uploads, favourites, playlists and subscriptions
Link: http://n9-apps.com/cutetube or Nokia Store
9. Reboot:  Reboot is a MTF small tool to help you Reboot or PowerOff your N9/N950 easily and quickly.
Link: http://n9-apps.com/reboot or Nokia Store
10. Call recorder:  The small stuff to help you to recording your phone calls (incoming/outgoing from Cellular network)
link: http://n9-apps.com/call-recorder
11. Mee Birthdays: Create Events in Calendar for Contact's Birtdays
Link: http://n9-apps.com/meebirthdays
12. Toggle Bluetooth: Switch to turn Bluetooth on in one touch.
(Scan Barcode # 12 For Download)
13. Widgets Canvas: which offers a sort of platform to run widgets - WidgetCanvas.
(Scan Barcode # 13 For Download)
14. FM Radio:  This is the first unofficial FM radio app for the Nokia N9 / N950
(Scan Barcode # 14 For Download)
15. Trippo: Translator . Download from NOKIA STORE
Owned Nokia 5110, Nokia 8210, Nokia 8250, Nokia 6610, Nokia 6820, Nokia 9500, Nokia E50, Nokia 8800 , Nokia E71, Nokia N91 4 GB, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N97, iPhone 3GS & finally Nokia N900,Nokia X6, Nokia E55, BB BOLD 9700, iphone 4, Nokia N8; BB Pearl 9100, HTC Legend, & Now Nokia N9. (N900 is the Best)
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QR Codes For Apps 1 to 6
Enjoy
Owned Nokia 5110, Nokia 8210, Nokia 8250, Nokia 6610, Nokia 6820, Nokia 9500, Nokia E50, Nokia 8800 , Nokia E71, Nokia N91 4 GB, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N97, iPhone 3GS & finally Nokia N900,Nokia X6, Nokia E55, BB BOLD 9700, iphone 4, Nokia N8; BB Pearl 9100, HTC Legend, & Now Nokia N9. (N900 is the Best)
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What are the must have apps for Snow Leopard

Just downgraded from Mavericks to Snow Leopard 10.6.8. Just can't stand the frequent beach balls. Was wondering what are the must have apps that are still being updated by the developers?

Most of the apps that comes with OSX 10.6 are not being updated anymore. It would be great if you could recommend apps that are still being updated for security, stability etc for the following:
1. Email
2. Browsing
3. Office Suite (like iWork)
4. To do List
5. Photo Editor
6. P2P / File Sharing
I am aware that there are reviews in the net for best apps, but I am interested to learn what people in this community have used personally and suggest.
Cheers

Hi, I have purchased design standard CS6 creative suite for a mac I dont have dvd though and need a link to download this product so i can enter my serial number

Hi, I have purchased design standard CS6 creative suite for a mac I dont have dvd though and need a link to download this product so i can enter my serial number

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Must Have Apps & Utilities for first time mac user?

Hello Everyone,
This is my first mac and I was just wondering if the are any must have system utilities out there. I already have techtool deluxe which came with the apple care cd. I hear a lot of people talking about disk warrior and other programs...so I'm just wondering if there's some sort of a consensus on any must have utilities .
Do macs even really need system utilities like PCs?
Any advice would be very much appreciated,
Thanks

My two cents:
There are no "must have" applications or utilities. Anything you must have is already built into the system.
If you run your Mac 24/7 the periodic scripts will take care of themselves. If not, run them once a month with MacJanitor or Onyx or Cocktail or just in Terminal by entering :
sudo periodic daily weekly monthly
Enter your admin password and press Return. (You will not see your password.)
I'm always very skeptical about getting freeware.This is an unfounded fear. You should fear both equally Actually, there are some excellent freeware apps and some are better than their shareware or even commercial counterparts.
DiskWarrior is an excellent app to have and hopefully never have to use.(EDIT: TechTool Deluxe will also rebuild your directory if needed) I do very little to my Macs, unless I experience some problem which is seldom.
Enjoy your Mac:)
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Must Have Apps on Lion

Hi,
I am a new Mac user ....Please suggest a few ' must have' free apps from the app store..
Thanks

A backup tool*:
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Must have apps. Anyone?

Can you please suggest me some 'must have' free apps. There are thousands and I don't know which should I choose.

If you are looking to download free music and movies here are two apps that might work for you.
I have never,ever tried these, though.
Free Video Download
Free Music Download
Both of these have their own players to watch,listen and manage music and video.
By advised that downloading and storing videos on iOS devices will eat up memory fast.
Especially if the videos are not compressed versions.
If you like to watch free streaming videos, movies and music, here are some apps as an option.
Crackle TV
Pandora Radio
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Movies and TV shows I find too pricey to regularly rent/purchase from the iTunes Store all of the time.
I only have a couple of shows I purchase by season from iTunes and that's it! And purchase/rent movies from iTunes only every once and awhile if I REALLY want to watch a fairly recent released movie.
If you like regularly watching movies, for $7.99 a month, you can stream and watch Netflix movies and TV to your iDevice ( using Netflix free IOS app) and with an optional/apprpriate purchased audio/video cable from Apple, actually connect the iPad to your TV and watch on whatever TV you own.
You need to have a paying monthly subscription to be able to do this, though.
If you live in the States or Canada, I think this is a very cheap/reasonable option.
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Must have apps for Ipod Touch?

Hi there fellow ipod Touch users.
Just ordered my Ipod Touch 32 gig thru apple.es and since its my first Ipod Touch i come here to gain some knowledge about my new toy hehe.
Was just wondering what apps are a must have for Ipod Touch?
Apart from music i would like to watch a movie once in a while and apart from that use the Wifi conection aswell.
Would apreciate any input from the vets,thanks in advance for the replies.
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Spanish Apple wrote:
Was just wondering what apps are a must have for Ipod Touch?
ask 100 people and you get 100 opinions.
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Newbie with Mac iWeb, but have used Dreamweaver in Windose ......

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I have had a quick look at what is can be done with iWeb, it seems to have a few Templates built in, but i don't see any facilities to use Templates from anywhere else or any possibility of Editing any Web Sites i have previously created.
Have i missed something significant, i guess to have the same facilities given me by Dreamweaver i have to spend some more money !, or Dual Boot with Boot Camp.
Any suggestions would be appreciated
tim

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Is there a way to query which machines have App V 5.0 installed?

Hi,
We have some machines that were imaged and the Appv 5.0 client was not installed so I would like to query these machines so that I can deploy the package. Is there a query available for SCCM 2012 that will get the computer that don't have App v 5.0 installed?
TIA

Have a look at this post:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/jchalfant/archive/2014/05/09/collection-of-computers-missing-an-application-software-title-in-configuration-manager.aspx
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I just bought a new macair laptop and it doens't have idvd and I want to make a DVD slideshow with music. I have an external CD drive. Is there an applicaation that apple has to do this? IF I buy a used mac, which ones have idvd?

I have a new macair laptop and it does not have idvd. It has a flashdirve instead, so no internal CD drive though I bought an external one. I'm wanted to make a DVD slide show with music and I was told I can't do that in order to play it on a dvd player. Does Mac have an appication to buy that can do the same thing? I thought I saw one for $39.95 but not sure if it will do this. The apple store did not know for sure. Also, if I bought a used mac laptop, which ones will have the idvd installed on it?
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Phyllis

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iWeb will still continue to work but without the following:
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◼ Blog and photo comments
◼ Blog search
◼ Hit counter
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I found that if I published my site to a folder on my hard drive and then uploaded with a 3rd party FTP client subscriptions to slideshows and the RSS feed were broken. If I published directly from iWeb to the FPT server those two features continued to work correctly.
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Apple has announced that iLife is now an unsupported product and those iApps will only be available thru the App Store from now on. However, the boxed iLife 11 at the online Apple Store (Store button at the top of the page) and those still on the shelves of retailers will include iWeb and iDVD. Those two apps were listed in small, gray text on the iLife 11 box that I bought. Personally, if I already didn't have a copy I would purchase one to have it for reinstallation purposes if ever needed.
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And what Operating Sysytem should i use if i am on Safari .
And how can i access icloud and using which operating system and how do i install Adobe Flash Player and Adobe CS5 or lightroom for editiing pictures.
Hope someone will be able to guide me .

so first of all go to the mac app store ( the blue icon with an 'A') and update everything .... once you do this if there is a software update then your computer will restart.
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.http://http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
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after it installs it will ask you to drag the icon to applications folder in a pop up window.
do that and it will be done
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Must have apps

I have a new iPad 2 16GB.
I also have iPhone so have alot of apps. What other apps must I have? I'm into photography, games and social networking!
Thanks

There's several Angry Birds apps. Get GarageBand and Scrabble.
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To Extend a Device’s Battery Life, Get to Know It Better
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Must have apps for travelling

Taking a driving trip from NY to FL. Any suggestions for apps that I'll need for finding hotels, gas, food, gps, etc? I'd like to get these loaded and familiarize myself with them before we leave. I will have 3G while on the road.

Unless you're travelling the backroads, you should be able to find gas pretty easily, unless you are looking for a specific brand. For hotels, I use Marriott's app, but usually make my reservations in advance. I'd use the app only to change a current reservation. In terms of food, Open Table is good for finding restaurants. The app will use your "current location" to find restaurants in your vicinity, and you can make a reservation on the go.
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