The fact that I am woefully talentless when it comes to the world of graphic design renders a lot of its more advanced features redundant to me. I’m not going to lie to you - I use GIMP to achieve just one effect - the blurring of elements in screenshots that I do not want to show, as you saw in the Gmail screenshot earlier on: Names blurred to protect the innocent. If you don’t have the budget to purchase a fully-fledged graphic design application like Photoshop, GIMP is the next best thing (not to mention completely free). Having said that, Skitch is still a great tool to have in your box. In fact, I am considering switching back to the old version (if that is possible). I use Skitch to take screenshots and add arrows and boxes, just like this:Ī new version of Skitch was released recently, and I must say that I have not immediately fallen in love with it. Its colorful and casual exterior belies its functionality. I have been a huge fan of Skitch ever since I started using it. If I want to to start adding boxes and arrows to screenshots for use in a blog post, I’ll move onto the second image editing app that I use… Skitch It also has a bunch of basic editing tools, but to be honest, I’ve never really touched them. This is the first of three image editing tools I use - it offers the quickest way I have found to resize and crop images with ease: That’s right - Preview - the basic image editing app that comes bundled with Macs as standard. ![]() For instance, I like to always have my emails open, and it makes more sense to have it as a standalone app than a browser tab.įluid can suffer from the occasional crash, but the issue is not great enough to stop me from using it. It’s perfect for any web app that you use regularly and want access to at the click of a button. Here’s my Gmail account running in Fluid: You can use Fluid to create standalone apps for websites like Gmail, Facebook, Google Calendar, and so on. The tagline says it all - “Turn Your Favorite Web Apps into Real Mac Apps”. There are a truly astonishing number of extensions to choose from, and browsing through them can be quite addictive - you have been warned. That’s right - ManageWP has its own little Google Chrome app, for easy access to your account from your browser’s homepage! ![]() ![]() Chrome is quick, easy to use, and syncs with everything and anything.īut what I really love about Chrome is the extensions available via their web store - most notably: I would like to love Safari, but in my opinion, it just doesn’t stack up. I welcome Mac owners to make their own suggestions in the comments section, and I’d also love to see PC users compare notes too!Īlright, let’s get to it. What I would like to do is take you through the Mac applications that I use on a daily basis as part of my WordPress blogging. Far from it - I have nothing against PCs. However, it is not the purpose of this article to hate on Windows and praise Apple. It is fair to say that I haven’t looked back. After two decades of Microsoft Windows (and a bit of DOS) I made the switch. I had used PCs for my entire life before switching late last year.
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