Lock Me Now(Free) – Says what it does, does what it says.Because there is no Visio application for the Mac, and frankly no equivalent (I mean that in both the good and bad sense of it), I use “Physical Desktop Infrastructure”, and RDP to my Samsung Slate in order to edit Visio documents, which I sync using SkyDrive. (Disclaimer: I won a free copy of Jump Desktop – but already owned it for iOS, so I would have surely bought for OS X in time.) Very full-featured client, supports Microsoft’s latest operating systems as well as features like Remote Desktop gateways and folder sharing. Jump Desktop ($US29.99) – In my opinion, the best tool to RDP to a Windows PC or VNC to a Mac (or other system).A configurable shortcut enables you to turn it off when you actually do want formatting to stay applied when you paste. FormatMatch effectively strips out formatting when you cut so it receives destination formatting when you paste. There was a better way to configure this in earlier versions of Word, but in 2011, the so-called “smart cut and paste” is more annoying than smart. FormatMatch (Free) – One of the most annoying things in Word is its insistence on asking you how you want to paste in text.Though I have found a few small glitches – especially with SharePoint – ForkLift lets me move files through our workflow with little special hoop jumping necessary for any given step. Our workflow has me working with local files, an SMB server, and a hosted SharePoint 2007 server. ![]() For this, I’ve turned to ForkLift, which provides a multi-pane file browser. ![]() Just try it.) Regardless, Finder doesn’t flex very far to meet the needs of power users. (Try to get to the root of a Mac’s HDD on Mountain Lion. It works fine for the limited needs of most users, and honestly it really seems that Apple is keen to largely kill off the Finder in due time. ![]() ForkLift(US$19.99) – Okay, OS X’s Finder kind of stinks.(BetterSnapTool does not interact with OS X’s full-screen model, unfortunately, but that’s a minor thing.) This is an incredibly well done app, and I would have paid far more than US$1.99 for it. BetterSnapTool (US$1.99) – Elegantly snaps windows to a quarter, half, or maximized screen on the desktop (or custom sizes/layouts, using the cursor, keyboard shortcuts, or by overloading OS X’s native window control buttons.But most are things I’ve purchased since I bought my 13″ Retina MBP. Some of these (Pages, and Office for Mac 2011) I’ve owned for a while. I’ve found quite a few tools over the past few weeks that have made working on the Mac an enjoyable experience. For this, full-screen doesn’t work, but something like Windows 7 Snap is ideal. More importantly, when working on a project, I often need two or more windows open at once. ![]() Meaning if you shift to Focus mode, gestures don’t work as well as they could, since Word is on the desktop. Word has Focus mode (its own full-screen model) and now supports OS X’s full-screen mode – but not together. It isn’t always easy, as certain apps (looking at you, Word 2011), don’t optimally use full-screen. By and large, I’ve shifted to using my Mac with most apps in full-screen, and really making the most of the gestures included in OS X 10.8. A few weeks ago I wrote about gestures on the Mac vs.
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