[Mac] The Mac Software Thread (Free and Alternative Stuff)

[barsoomcore]

Kids, you gotta get this baby:

VoodooPad

Simply the coolest organizational tool a DM EVER frickin' had. Man.

 

[DM]

Better late than never...

kLoOge.Werks - The Digital Gaming Table ($15-$40)

For gaming over a LAN or internet connection.

http://www.kloogeinc.com/werks/screen_shots.htm

 

[GuardianLurker]

I'm surprised no-ones mentioned BB-Edit (www.barebones.com) - although that might not be considered alternative here on the Mac. It's still awesome.

DesktopManager is also a great little freeware program; available through SourceForge, IIRC.(http://wsmanager.sourceforge.net/index.php)

 

[barsoomcore]

BBEdit is so NOT alternative. Heck, I know people who switched to the Mac for BBEdit.

That said, it's a thing of beauty. Still the best plain text editor created by man.

I don't use it lots since very little of my work is plain text editing -- and for me being able to navigate between files is REALLY important -- but it's a beautiful thing and deserves mention.

 

[GuardianLurker]

BBEdit is so NOT alternative. Heck, I know people who switched to the Mac for BBEdit.

That said, it's a thing of beauty. Still the best plain text editor created by man.

I don't use it lots since very little of my work is plain text editing -- and for me being able to navigate between files is REALLY important -- but it's a beautiful thing and deserves mention.

Heh. I use it mainly for HTML-editting. And I still think of it as "alternative" since I'm forced to use the Gates of Borg products at work.

And speaking of HTML, just a reminder to the gadget-glazed that your little web-browsers, used intelligently, can be powerful GM tools - you just have to be willing to write the webpages first.

 

[drnuncheon]

Kids, you gotta get this baby:

VoodooPad

Simply the coolest organizational tool a DM EVER frickin' had. Man.

Seconded. I kept looking for something like this, and I was thinking I was going to have to write the damn thing myself.

J

 

[Mirth]

Since I updated the main thread, I thought I would bump this as well.

 

[Dimwhit]

I finally updated this list with all the latest suggestions.

 

[dreaded_beast]

Any Unix/Linux apps that can be compiled on a Mac?

 

[XCorvis]

Any Unix/Linux apps that can be compiled on a Mac?

Jreepad is a cross-platform, heirarchical (tree-based) notepad. Great for personal organization and GMing notes. Cost is free.