Hi Again Everyone, Here are the programs I absolutely love in Windows and hopefully there are equivalents for me on the Mac. If so, I'd appreciate hearing about them. Quickmix - a program to save your soundcard settings. Soundforge and Studio Recorder - sound editors, (I know of Sound Studio and Fusion). MP3Tag Studio - a suite of mp3 tools and utilities to tag mp3 files. Mp3Gain - to keep consistent volume levels of mp3 files. Winamp media player, (I know of MacAmp and VLC player which I love along with of course IToons). Recall Pro and Replay AV - sound recording software, (I know of Audio Hijack which I've already bought). CDEX or Easy CDDA Extractor - programs to rip cds, perform audio file conversions and create audio cds etc. Nero burning Rom - to create data and audio cds / dvds. DVD Audio Extractor - a program to rip audio from DVDS. AnyDVD - a program to aid in the removal of copyright protection on CDS and DVDS. FTP Voyager or Cute FTP - ftp transfer programs, (I know about Transmit). Serv-U - FTP server. NoteTabPro and Boxer Text editor, (I know of text edit). WordWebPro - A dictionary and thesaurus program. PowerQuest PartitionMagic 8.0 - a disk partitioning program. Winzip - an archiving program. Openbook scanning program or K1000. I have more programs I use such as mail programs etc but I think that's enough for now. Of course it goes without saying I'll be researching Mac equivalents of the above programs for myself but if any of you have programs you love as I mentioned, I'd appreciate hearing about them. Thanks in advance for any suggestions or help on the above, David Truong EMail and Messenger: davidtruong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype: blindboxer1967 -----Original Message----- From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Truong Sent: Wednesday, 23 April 2008 10:30 AM To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [macvoiceover] My Macintosh trial. Hi Everyone, Ok, you guys have convinced me to give the Mac and voice-over more of a go. So for the next few months I will try and use nothing but my Mac mini. This means I shall abandon my VM Windows for the time being in order to see what the Mac with Voice over can really offer me which Windows doesn't besides reliability of course which I've already touched on. With this in mind and I don't mean to start a flame or anything, is the Mac free from virus and spyware attacks and if not, what are the best programs to use to combat these pests? Also, is there a way to have the Mac start a program automatically at bootup in the same way Windows would start up a system service? For the person who wanted to know about nav keys in the Mac browser I understand these can be performed with the Vo+Command+DesiredKey E.G. Headings would be Vo+Command+h. Correct me if I'm wrong on this. Thanks guys again for your help on the above David Truong EMail and Messenger: davidtruong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype: blindboxer1967 > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >