<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/963f8e22-3fb8-4953-8db3-19b9c942650b/3E411D20-B468-4707-818A-146F0EB41ABA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://lifedev.net/2007/12/12-programs-to-put-on-your-brand-new-christmas-mac/" href="http://lifedev.net/2007/12/12-programs-to-put-on-your-brand-new-christmas-mac/" style="font-size: 11px;">lifedev.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2007/12/12-programs-to-put-on-your-brand-new-christmas-mac/"><P><A href="http://flickr.com/photos/tree/2105865067/" linkindex="17" set="yes"><IMG width="240" height="180" align="right" alt="mac programs new mac" title="mac programs new mac" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2272/2105865067_85258dc01e_m.jpg" /></A>It’s Christmas day and you’ve just unwrapped your shiny new piece of Apple goodness from your new favorite family member. You’ve installed the beautiful Leopard operating system, and are ready to conquer the world.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2007/12/12-programs-to-put-on-your-brand-new-christmas-mac/"><P>Here are 12 must-have applications for your new mac. Trust me, you’ll be glad you installed these first.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2007/12/12-programs-to-put-on-your-brand-new-christmas-mac/"><STRONG>1. <A title="quicksilver mac" href="http://docs.blacktree.com/quicksilver/what_is_quicksilver" linkindex="18" set="yes">Quicksilver</A></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2007/12/12-programs-to-put-on-your-brand-new-christmas-mac/"><STRONG>2. <A href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/" linkindex="19">Firefox</A></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2007/12/12-programs-to-put-on-your-brand-new-christmas-mac/"><STRONG>3. <A href="http://www.adiumx.com/" linkindex="21">Adium</A></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2007/12/12-programs-to-put-on-your-brand-new-christmas-mac/"><STRONG>4. <A href="http://bargiel.home.pl/iGTD/quickjumpin/index.html" linkindex="23">iGTD</A></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2007/12/12-programs-to-put-on-your-brand-new-christmas-mac/">(You can read more about iGTD + Quicksilver <A href="http://bargiel.home.pl/iGTD/help/quicksilver/" linkindex="24">here</A> and <A title="michael buffington" href="http://www.43folders.com/2007/06/19/buffington-igtd-01" linkindex="25">here</A>)</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2007/12/12-programs-to-put-on-your-brand-new-christmas-mac/"><STRONG>5. <A href="http://cyberduck.ch/" linkindex="26" set="yes">Cyberduck</A></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2007/12/12-programs-to-put-on-your-brand-new-christmas-mac/"><STRONG>6. <A href="http://tech.inhelsinki.nl/antirsi/" linkindex="27">Anti RSI</A></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2007/12/12-programs-to-put-on-your-brand-new-christmas-mac/"><STRONG>7. <A href="http://desklickr.isnot.tv/" linkindex="28">DeskLickr</A></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2007/12/12-programs-to-put-on-your-brand-new-christmas-mac/"><STRONG>8. <A href="http://www.gimp.org/" linkindex="29">Gimp</A></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2007/12/12-programs-to-put-on-your-brand-new-christmas-mac/"><STRONG>9. <A href="http://www.openoffice.org/" linkindex="30">Open Office</A></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2007/12/12-programs-to-put-on-your-brand-new-christmas-mac/"><STRONG>10. <A href="http://www.skype.com" linkindex="32">Skype</A></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2007/12/12-programs-to-put-on-your-brand-new-christmas-mac/"><STRONG>11. <A href="http://www.mozy.com" linkindex="33">Mozy</A></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2007/12/12-programs-to-put-on-your-brand-new-christmas-mac/"><STRONG>12. <A href="http://www.smileonmymac.com/textexpander/" linkindex="34">Text Expander</A></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2007/12/12-programs-to-put-on-your-brand-new-christmas-mac/"><P>Text Expander allows you to program in shortcuts that you use when typing all of the time. For example, you could configure a shortcut for your email signature. Instead of typing out my signature every single time I write an email, I could just punch “sigg” and up pops</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifedev.net/2007/12/12-programs-to-put-on-your-brand-new-christmas-mac/"><P>So there you have it. Install these 12 programs on your brand new mac, and you’ll have the ability to be a power user in no time, without breaking the bank.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3E411D20-B468-4707-818A-146F0EB41ABA/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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