For Apple Mac osx users - your best IM products

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****THIS IS NOT A MAC vs PC THREAD****
Please don't hijack it with mac vs pc comments

Looking for tools that run on osx which people think highly of and would recommend.

Also be interested to hear of tools which mac users still use on PC (& if they have tried any mac alternatives).

Much as I know I'll probably always have to dip into the PC, I hate having to do it...

MAC TOOLS

Market Samurai (love it!)
Best Wonder Wheel Scraper (tbh I haven't used this much - found google keyword tool with MS a better combination)
Tweet Deck
I show u - screen capture
Paparazzi - great for full screen capture (of non-login sites)

Great free mac tool:
CherryPicker - The World's Best Market Selection Software
I don't use this much now as MS does the job but it's great if you're tight for cash - it's also pretty handy as it loads fast

PC TOOLS

These tools I still turn on my PC for

The Best Spinner
Bookmarking Demon
Article Marketing Robot
+ a few social media bits

Any recommendations for more osx software?

I'm looking for another keyword tool for micro-niche product searches and local search terms (a keyword tool that can add prefix / suffix modifiers).

Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author Haoting Chow
    Market Samurai works on Windows too. So it's a draw for that. I am a Mac user too and I must say we are greatly disadvantaged.
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    • Profile picture of the author Marty S
      Screenflow
      Skitch
      GarageBand
      Keynote (iWork)
      Pages (iWork)

      and

      Parallels 5.0 - I leave this running all day long on my iMac so I never have to worry about incompatibility. Runs ALL PC programs if I ever need them.
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    • Profile picture of the author Seth Stewart
      Originally Posted by jokers_inc View Post

      Market Samurai works on Windows too. So it's a draw for that. I am a Mac user too and I must say we are greatly disadvantaged.
      Like Marty, I use Parallels 5 and can run any "pee-cee-only" IM program...UAW, SENuke, Micro Niche Finder, you name it. And my IM income is fabulous as a result. So I would disagree w/jokers that we are "greatly disadvantaged."
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      • Profile picture of the author rawoo
        Pixelmator. Great for graphics creation. Each update takes advantages of the improvements in OSX.
        Jing. Well, it's on both windose and OSX. Works well. Great communication tool between you and your outsourcer. Upgrade to the paid version. Can't beat the price.
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  • Profile picture of the author emigre
    Originally Posted by spiderhouse View Post

    ****THIS IS NOT A MAC vs PC THREAD****


    I show u - screen capture
    Paparazzi - great for full screen capture (of non-login sites)


    Thanks!
    Not sure why you need software to screen capture.

    Just do shift+command+4 and you get crosshairs to select the area you want to capture.
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    • Profile picture of the author Frankie B Frank
      Originally Posted by emigre View Post

      Not sure why you need software to screen capture.

      Just do shift+command+4 and you get crosshairs to select the area you want to capture.
      I like the paparazzi (free) as it's really simple; paste in the url & it captures the whole screen, gives size/crop options and lets you save as a jpeg at whatever size/quality you like - ready for immediate upload.

      Thinking of giving SEnuke or Bruteforce a go in the next month or so.

      Does anyone have a tool for adding modifiers for to keywords?
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  • Profile picture of the author bevasllanaj
    As well as many that have already been mentioned:

    Simplenoteapp

    Smile on My Mac Disklabel

    Also, iwork has literally just added the ability to create epub eBooks in pages.

    One thing I cannot find is eBook rebranding software for mac.
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    • I passed to a Mac 21.5" after 18 years of PC.
      For all the rest Mac is ok, except for my favorite Internet Marketing software.
      But you can solve this problem installing a Windows Emulator by VmWare.

      On this way I can use my favorite Keyword Research Pro and all the other software I need.

      Anyway, if I need to get a software, I try to get an AIR one compatible with Mac or an online version.
      The thing I want to show is that you can do everything you want just from your Mac.

      See you !
      Alessandro Zamboni
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      • Profile picture of the author kmg
        Mindnode Pro is a great little mindmapping app that's worth every penny to encourage it's further development although there is also a good free version MindNode

        Screenflow to record and edit your screencasts Screenflow

        1Password so you don't go crazy trying to remember all your passwords 1Password

        ImageWell is a quick and easy image editor Imagewell

        MacSpeech Dictate so you can dictate instead of typing MacSpeech - MacSpeech

        Plus there are lots of things built in to the Apple system that I can't imagine being without - like Time Machine for when I accidentally delete something or forget to save something or the Migration Assistant for when I buy a new computer - and more.

        Hope that helps!
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        • Profile picture of the author Bryan V
          I use VMWare to run all of my IM products. I could not stand how slow Market Samurai was for Mac.. is it that slow on Windows too?

          So the only thing I want to add to the list is TextMate for color coded text editing. Its also neat how it auto inserts the close brackets: " ] ) }" when you type the open bracket.
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          • Profile picture of the author Frankie B Frank
            Has anyone used SEO Powersuite or recommend SEO software / browser based software?

            I just downloaded the SEO Powersite trial/free version & not sure about it as yet.

            I'm looking for a good piece of kit which works well with local search and produces nice, simple reports.

            Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author Doug Taylor
    i just recently became a Mac user and Scrivener is a program that is a must have if you do any writing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Frankie B Frank
    any social networking software out there for mac? Been looking for youtube software for a while since tubethumper stopped working

    thanks!
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    • Profile picture of the author Kevin AKA Hubcap
      Camtasia or Screenflow for screencasts.

      Keynote for presentations.

      Pages for documents.

      Adobe Acrobat for adding rich media to PDF documents.

      Market Samurai for keyword research.
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  • Profile picture of the author garyk1968
    Market Samurai
    Transmission - torrent client
    Filezilla - ftp
    seashore - graphics
    komodo edit - html/script editing
    adwords editor
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    • Profile picture of the author bmcgoff
      Is there any decent backlinking or article marketing software for OS X? I haven't found any...
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  • Profile picture of the author benbro
    I like Crossover, Rapid Rewriter (a really decent spinner/rewriter), and screen cast o matic. And who can forget my all time fav-Market Samurai.
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