Here is our recommended suite of applications for small business Mac
OS X users. Most applications are also available for Windows.
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Basic
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Intermediate
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Advanced
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Word Processing
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TextEdit
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Pages
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Word
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Spreadsheet
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Excel
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Excel
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Excel
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Database
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FileMaker Pro
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FileMaker Pro
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FileMaker Pro
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Contact Manager
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Address Book
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Entourage
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Now Contact or DayLite
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Calendar
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iCal
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Entourage
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Now Up-to-Date or DayLite
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| Sales |
DayLite |
DayLite |
DayLite |
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Draw
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PowerPoint
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Keynote
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OmniGraffle
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Presentations
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PowerPoint
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Keynote
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Keynote
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World Wide Web
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Safari
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Safari
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Firefox
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Web Page Design
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iWeb
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Dreamweaver
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Dreamweaver / Fireworks
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E-mail
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Mail
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Entourage
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Entourage
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FTP
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Mac OS X
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Mac OS X
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Mac OS X
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Accounting
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QuickBooks Pro for Mac
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AccountEdge
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Intacct (online)
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| Page Layout |
Pages |
OmniGraffle |
InDesign or QuarkXPress |
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Portable Documents
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Preview or Adobe Reader
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Acrobat Standard
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Acrobat Professional
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| Project Scheduling |
Entourage |
DayLite |
FastTrack Schedule |
| Digital Music |
iTunes |
iTunes |
iTunes |
| Digital Photography |
iPhoto |
Photoshop Elements
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Photoshop
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Digital Video authoring
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iMovie and iDVD
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Final Cut Studio
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Final Cut Studio
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Windows
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Parallels Desktop for Mac
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Parallels Desktop for Mac
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Parallels Desktop for Mac
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Fax
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Mac OS X
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Mac OS X
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Mac OS X
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| Intranet Web Server |
Personal Web Sharing |
Mac OS X Server |
Mac OS X Server |
| Intranet File Server |
Personal File Sharing |
Mac OS X Server |
Mac OS X Server |
The Basic category features the minimum applications needed to accomplish
the listed tasks.
The Intermediate category features the mainstream set of applications
for most business users. These could also be considered specialty alternatives
to the functions in the Basic suite.
The Advanced category features high-end applications that offer extra
features for use in specialty business applications.
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