I got a couple of emails about all the programs in my OSX Dock that appeared in the Mac MediaCast episode 3 during the Final Cut Pro “Apple Reflection” tutorial. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to the order (that’s how my brain works). Consider this my flavor-of-the-month “must have” software list (for now), with some exceptions (see the notes on each one).

Here they are:

1. Finder (duh)
2. Pathfinder
The most awesome Finder replacement anywhere.

3. Quicksilver
I’m not the only one raving about this must-have program. I’m realizing that I use Quicksilver so much that I really don’t need all this crap on my dock.

4. Dashboard (duh)
5. AdiumX
Chat program of choice - a little buggy, but integrates different chat engines into the same program.

6. Firefox
My lifeline to the Great Interweb.

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7. Mail
I don’t even use it . . . I get my mail online in Gmail.

8. iTunes
9. iPhoto
10. QuickTime
11. XTorrent
Best BitTorrent program ever.

12. DVD Studio Pro
13. Shake
14. Final Cut Pro 6
15. LIveType
16. Roxio Toast
My burning program of choice . . . I’ve been using Toast as long as it’s been out.

17. Adobe After Effects 7
18. MOTU Digital Performer 5
My audio program of choice, works well with my MOTU Traveler interface. Though the new Soundtrack Pro is looking nice . . .

19. Motion 3
20. NeoOffice
I refuse to have Microsoft programs on my machine; this was my Word / Excel replacement until I made the jump to Google Documents.

21. Transmit
Best FTP Program ever.

22. Compressor
23. Sorenson Squeeze
I use Squeeze to make Flash videos for delivery on the web and in Brightcove players.

24. World of Warcraft
If you make fun of me, my level 71 Warrior will slice you.

25. EyeTV
For when my wife is hogging the TiVo

26. Disk Utility
27. Contribute
Easy WYSIWYG web design.

28. MediaCentral
29. Brightcove Publishpod
30. CoRD
Remote desktop to connect to the various Windows (!) machines in my home network.

31. Pages
I use Apple’s word processor in lieu of Google Documents when I need to make something pretty.

32. Adobe Photoshop CS2
and
33. Adobe Photoshop CS3
Huh? Still haven’t bought CS3 yet, so an unworking demo sits in my dock taunting me.

34. Think
Cool GTD program that puts up a black screen and helps you focus on one thing at a time.

35. Roxio Disc Catalog Maker
Used in conjunction with Toast to keep a spotlight-searchable record of what I’ve archived.

36. MOTU CueMix Console
Virtual mixing console interface for the Traveler for tracking in audio programs

37. System Preferences
38. VisualHub
Swiss army knife of video encoding programs. And it has a sense of humor . . . that goes a long way with me.

39. SuperDuper
Backup now!

40. Twitterific
Yes, I Twitter. Add me as a friend.

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