I made the switch from Windows to an amazing Apple MacBook Pro. Gone is the "blue screen of death" and constant support to the entire family when Windows, Outlook or a favorite game misbehaves due to an updated "patch" from Microsoft. Below are the tools I added during the transition to a Mac: - Office
- OpenOffice
- Can read and write those old MS Office Word, PowerPoint and Excel files
- Easily create read only PDF files for email etc.
- Multimedia
- ReduxEncoder
- Excellent tool for batch converting Videos to MP4 (H.264) format
- I converted those old MiniDV AVI files to MP4
- My Settings:
- For Standard Definition AVI files:
- For Widescreen AVI files:
- Printer Drivers
- Download Canon Printer Drivers
- To access a remote Windows Printer:
- Open System Preferences -> Print & Fax -> Click on "+"
- Right Click on Menu bar and select "Customize Toolbar"
- Drag the "Advanced" icon onto the menu bar
- Select Done
- Click on "Advanced"
- Type: "Windows"
- Device: "Another Device"
- URL: "smb://servername/printername"
- Replace servername and printername as applicable
- Name: Enter a local name for the printer
- Location: Suggest entering the servername
- Also checkout the Gutenberg Printer Drivers, they really do work
- Utilities
- Virtualization
- VirtualBox
- In case you still need an old Windows app
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