For ftp/sftp, would you use Fetch, Transmit, or something else?

For opening Word and Excel docs, Office 2008, Office 2011, Open Office, or something else?

That's it for now. More as I load up the new computer someone sent me.

Thanks.

ftp, I don't use heavily, so command line usually does it. for me Cyberduck is worth a look in the free category. Though Transmit looks to be the way to go for a great app if you use FTP a lot.

Word and Excel, I use iWork from Apple. Again my use here isn't heavy, if you need absolute 100% compatibility, Office 2011. If you are just opening, I think the OS handles both to some extent.

Beyond that, my general list is:

Adium (IM application)
http://adiumx.com

Unarchiver (Unzips rar, 7z and other less commonly found archives, and stuffit. Works like the built in OS X unzipper):
http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html

Perian (Quicktime codec to play most videos):
http://perian.org/

Flip4Mac, (plays WMVs in Quicktime)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx

Burn (Handy disc burning app for when disk utility/finder don't do what you need):
http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/

Handbrake: (DVD to MP4 video ripper, and general transcoding app)
http://handbrake.m0k.org/

I tend to use the command line for file transfers. ISTR having a preference for one of the GUI apps, but I use it so infrequently that I forget which it was.

I use NeoOffice. It's pretty much the same codebase as OpenOffice, but it was ported to native Mac APIs way before the official OpenOffice was. There's probably not a lot of difference either way. I hear that if you donate to the NeoOffice guy, his support is incredible. Also, I have a problem where OpenOffice freaks out, apparently because of Zooom/2.

FTP: Transmit ($)
Archives: BetterZip ($)
Movie Playback: MPlayer OSX Extended (Free)
Secure Items (passwords, CC, banking, etc.): 1Password ($)
Text Editing: Text Wrangler (Free)

Those are some of the programs I use the most in fact.

Plus what Tom said.

FireFTP?


I'm with Bitt on this one: NeoOffice

And, of course, MacPorts.