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jamiemurai (dot) com » Blog Archive » What Apps Did You Buy This Year? — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 03:39:05 +0000

[...] There’s a couple discussions going on over at paulstamatiou.com and lifehacker.com about what apps people purchased this year. I actually just purchased my first Mac app a few days ago. It is the amazing text editor, TextMate. To fully understand how great it is, you have to use it yourself. It comes with a 30 days free trial, so there’s no reason not to give it a shot. But back to the topic at hand, TextMate is the first purchase of many, I hope. There are so many great Mac apps out there. Events such as MacHeist and MyDreamApp are really doing a good job of bringing much deserved attention to the independent Mac developer community. Following suit with the discussions at those two great sites, I wanted to list some of the apps I hope to purchase in 2007. [...]

By: What Apps Did I Buy in 2006 | Isaak’s World

What Apps Did I Buy in 2006 | Isaak’s World — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:55:40 +0000

[...] It started with this post on Lifehacker and it has make quite a number of other bloggers put up their own posts on what apps they bought in the past year and what they plan to buy in 2007. So, I decided that I should join in the fun and list down some of the apps I bought this year. [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:15:56 +0000

2006 was the year I made the switch so I’ve purchased quite a bit:

Max OS 10.4
iLife 06
iWork06
iShowU
AppZapper
Textmate
Transmit
SuperDuper
Omni Outliner Pro
Wiretap Pro
Audio Hijack Pro
BIAS Peak LE 5
Soundtrack Pro
other I can’t remember right now

Plan to Purchase:
Leopard
iLife 07
iZotope Ozone
Newsfire

By: What Apps Did You Buy This Year? at dekay.org

What Apps Did You Buy This Year? at dekay.org — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 13:47:20 +0000

[...] At the end of 2006 (doesn’t this sound cheesy? It has been just a few hoursâ€¦) lifehacker started the discussion about which shareware apps were purchased by their readers in 2006. This question has been spreading thorugh many mac blogs (such as this and that), and since I always wanted to post a list of cool shareware apps I use myself: here it is. Note: also included are some freebies and free softwareâ€¦ and some stuff I have bought pre-2006. [...]

By: the8thsign » Year End: What software did you buy this year?

the8thsign » Year End: What software did you buy this year? — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:13:51 +0000

[...] Lifehacker has a nice post of software that there readers have bought this year and has turned into somewhat of a Meme with Marcus Vorwaller, Paul Stamatiou, Glenn Wolseyand, and Ronald Heft, Jr all jumping in too. Since this was my first year with a Mac, I thought it was a great idea to post mine. I think I bought more software for my Macbook this year than I’ve ever bought for the PC combined. [...]

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:30:56 +0000

Cool idea,

As i’m a Win & Mac user here goes:

Purchased 2006
- Corel Draw X3 (PC)
- Opus Pro XE 5.5 (PC) Best Multimedia Dev App for Win
- QuickTime Pro (Mac)
- Delicious Library (Mac)
- TextMate (Mac)
- 3D Weather Globe & Atlas (Mac)
- DivX 6 (PC)
- Axialis IconWorkshop (PC) Great Icon Creator

Plan to purchase 2007
- Mac OS 10.5 Leopard
- Office 2007
- Opus Pro XE 6.0 (PC)
- Vista at some point
- Google Earth Pro (PC)

Also looking forward to any cool little apps which come out for the Mac over the coming year. And I’m sure that I’ll hold off Vista until all my apps work with it which could result in a lot of mini apps I purchased over the years needing updating $$$.

By: jamiemurai (dot) com

jamiemurai (dot) com — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:35:45 +0000

What Apps Did You Buy This Year?…

There’s a couple discussions going on over at paulstamatiou.com and lifehacker.com about what apps people purchased this year. I actually just purchased my first Mac app a few days ago. It is the amazing text editor, TextMate. To fully understand…

By: Astorg

Astorg — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:57:29 +0000

Delicious Library is painfully slow once your book collection goes beyond a certain size. Also, more crucially for those with books in several languages, it does really manage to find books in languages other than English, despite claims to the contrary.

These are the two reasons why I switched from DL to Booxter

http://www.deepprose.com/

Both quick and reliable on French books with its link to the BibliothÃ¨que nationale de France guaranteeing that every single French book will be recognised.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:25:41 +0000

Bought in 2006:

Microsoft Office 2004 (had to even though I didn’t want to lay out the cash)
TextMate
CandyBar
Wallet
Disco (Really lacking features, I really hope they do something about it…in this state it just won’t do)
AppZapper
Quicktime Pro

Planning to buy in 2007:

Leopard
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Transmit
NetNewsWire or Newsfire

By: gary

gary — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:25:55 +0000

“read http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/02/18/review-transmit-35/ for more about the best. ftp. app. ever.”

Ahh, thanks Paul. My apologies.

By: Damien

Damien — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 14:24:54 +0000

I got skEdit, Transmit, EasyCrop and EasyBatchPhoto. I’m really kicking myself I missed the MacHeist bundle and I really should have gotten the full suite from the folks who did EasyCrop et al – I didn’t think I’d need the Batch app but five minutes after buying EasyCrop I regretted my decision.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:11:11 +0000

Oh yeah, Newsfire too. :)

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:10:43 +0000

I think CSS Edit is good for newbies, but I find it to be bloated and cumbersome to a more advanced user. Textmate FTW.

Bought this year:
* Textmate
* Transmit
* AppZapper
* Awaken
* Pixadex
* CandyBar
* Disco (Biggest. Waste. Of. Money. Ever. Well actually, it didn’t work for beans on my macbook but works great on the G5, so w/e)

Textmate is hands down the best app ever. I use it for everything (CSS, XHTML, Blog Posts, Apache Config files, EVERYTHING!!! IT RULES!!!)

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 06:51:57 +0000

Ohh yeah, I bought Disco too. Waste of money. I think I bought NNW in 2005. I definitely bought Newsfire in 2006 though.

By: josue salazar

josue salazar — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 06:49:30 +0000

You bought NetNewsWire, and you probably forgot. ;)

I can’t remember all the apps I bought, but I know I really regret paying for Disco.

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 06:20:36 +0000

@gary:

read http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/02/18/review-transmit-35/ for more about the best. ftp. app. ever.

“I use Photoshop almost everyday for cropping images to be posted on the blog or making graphics for other projects.”

Emphasis on “making graphics for other projects” =)

By: gary

gary — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 06:16:36 +0000

“Transmit – Best. FTP. App. Ever.”

I bought transmit also, and don’t regret it. However, more than any other piece of software on the mac transmit gets unsupported praise. How exactly is transmit the best. ftp. app. ever? What does it do that others don’t? The world may never know.

“I use Photoshop almost everyday for cropping images to be posted on the blog or making graphics for other projects.”

Seriously? To crop photos? That’s like using a ferrari to drive to the corner store and buy milk. You could save hundreds of bucks by using something like image well.

By: What Apps Did You Buy This Year? · cavemonkey50.com

What Apps Did You Buy This Year? · cavemonkey50.com — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:08:38 +0000

[...] Over at Lifehacker there is an interesting conversation going on regarding what software readers have purchased this year. Paul Stamatiou and Glenn Wolsey have responded in a blog post, and I feel like that’s the best way also. [...]

By: Dimitry

Dimitry — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:05:39 +0000

Since getting my Mac, I’m an avid software purchaser. This is something that PC always failed to persuade me to do. Weird. Mac apps just scream to buy them. Theyre all so useful, beautiful and lightweight. ’nuff said. Purchased many, but most favorite and daily used: NewsFire and TextMate (Twilight skin)

Dimitry

By: Oskar Syahbana

Oskar Syahbana — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:53:12 +0000

Will definitely bougth Leopard and CS3 next year but Office 2007? They turned off the support for VBA scripting! And for Office 2004 running slow, are you sure? It’s running quite fine on my MacBook.

Bought in 2006: NetNewsWire (although I think I never used this… prefer online reader), CleanApp (way better than AppZapper), Transmit (although Fugu done just fine for me), TextEdit (got TextMate too but not going to move any time soon), Parallel (hell yeah! Now I can run all of my previous Windows program…)

And as for iShowU, it’s pretty interesting since I’m going to offer alot of screencast next year (you know… for trading stuffs and the likes)

By: Glenn Wolsey

Glenn Wolsey — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:31:02 +0000

I turned my purchases into a blog post(thanks for the idea Paul!)

By: Glenn Wolsey | What Apps Did You Buy This Year?

Glenn Wolsey | What Apps Did You Buy This Year? — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:30:18 +0000

[...] At the moment thereâ€™s a lengthy discussion going on at Lifehacker about software that their readers have purchased this year, technology blogger Paul Stamatiou decided he would turn his purchases into a blog post, so I’m doing the same. [...]

By: Dillon K.

Dillon K. — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:54:39 +0000

Everything below is for Mac but the ones specified otherwise:

Bought/Acquired in 2006 (* means ‘acquired’):
-NetNewsWire
-FlickrExport for iPhoto
-Parallels Desktop for Mac
-Audio Hijack Pro
-Missing Sync for Windows Mobile
-Adobe Photoshop CS* (faster than CS2 when running in Rosetta)
-Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac* (for when TextEdit just won’t cut it)

Planning to Buy/Acquire in 2007 (* means ‘will acquire’)
-Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
-Adobe Photoshop CS3* (Universal, baby!)
-iShowU (the demo version leaves ugly watermarks!)
-Transmit (I’ve been using Cyberduck ’cause I couldn’t get Transmit)
-TextMate (I really want to try this one out
-Newsgator Go! (for my Windows Mobile phone)

I’m also planning on upgrading to a Flickr Pro account, but that’s not really an app… So, that’s it. :).

By: Justin Knowles

Justin Knowles — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:43:01 +0000

I have purchased a huge number of applications this year including:

- MenuCalendarClock
- AppZapper
- Delicious Library
- Menuet
- NetNewsWire (using NewsFire now)
- SuperDuper!
- Transmit
- OmniOutliner Professional (for kGTD)
- Yojimbo
- VoodooPad (no longer in use)
- Acquisition
- OmniWeb
- Color Schemer Studio
- skEdit
- Quicken 2007

+ all the apps included in the MacHeist bundle

Like you, I plan on purchasing Office 2007 and Photoshop CS3 next year. OS X Leopard, however, is a definite as-soon-as-it-ships purchase.