Power user replacements for OS X default apps

Re:Power user replacements for OS X default apps by eddieplan9 on Thursday January 27, 2011 @10:38AM (#2148168)

I guess the point of this article is to show that you can uses these alternatives in addition to the system default, but you don't have to. I don't see any item of these better than what it is replacing (CrashPlan vs Time Machine, any one? And Preview is the fastest PDF viewer I have ever used). You cannot say this for many other platforms. Hell, there is not even any built-in KeyChain or Time Machine counterpart in many systems.

I took a quick look at the list, and found myself only using a TextEdit replacement (MacVim) and a QuickTime replacement (VLC). Even these two are not really replacements but more like complements.

A Mac is the only machine that I can start hacking after installing one application - MacVim. Even easy_install is built in.

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Re:Power user replacements for OS X default apps by subelsky on Thursday January 27, 2011 @10:42AM (#2148182)

That is precisely what I was trying to say. Over time I found myself wanting and liking these replacements, but out of the box these machines work very well. CrashPlan is better because it integrates off-site and local backup and lets you manage backup for a bunch of machines (I'm responsible for backing up family computers).

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Re:Power user replacements for OS X default apps by sabat on Thursday January 27, 2011 @11:20AM (#2148359)

Time Machine: replaced with CrashPlan

Why not use both (as I do)? Local backup is faster; remote backup is ostensibly safer from disaster. Oh, and Time Machine is invaluable if you're upgrading your boot drive or are surrendering your Mac to AppleCare.

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Re:Power user replacements for OS X default apps by loewenskind on Friday January 28, 2011 @10:40AM (#2152183)

Or you can time machine to a linux machine that does remote backups. That's my strategy.

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