# Good MAC portal?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/good-mac-portal/65734>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [September 29, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/good-mac-portal/65734 "2004-09-29T03:43:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kristopher](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kristopher/32/501_2.png) [@Kristopher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kristopher)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/good-mac-portal/65734/1 "2004-09-29T03:43:43Z")

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Now that I’m all decked out with my new PowerBook, where’s a good place to download some cool Mac programs and/or anyone have any suggestioins for programs?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/good-mac-portal/65734/2 "2004-09-29T03:52:40Z")

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you cant get any programs for Mac because it’s not compatible with anything 🐇

lol jk. [http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/](http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/) seems to be the best place. categories are on the right hand side :thumb:

edit: btw, you spelled MAC in capitals. wrong. it’s not an acronym, it’s an abbreviation for Macintosh. so, spell it ‘Mac’ :mu:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 4:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/good-mac-portal/65734/3 "2004-09-29T04:04:32Z")

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I just wanted to emphasize that it was an apple product i guess…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/good-mac-portal/65734/4 "2004-09-29T04:40:03Z")

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Hmm… A lot of good programs on there, Ya3, but they are all demos/shareware… I’m a poor college kid that just spent all his money on a powerbook. I need some free stuff!! lol

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 9:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/good-mac-portal/65734/5 "2004-09-29T09:08:21Z")

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but there are some freewares on there…

anyway, i found this:

> **[CNET Download.com](http://download.cnet.com/mac/?tag=dir)**
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> CNET is the premier destination for tech product reviews, news, price comparisons, free software downloads, videos, and podcasts.

  
click a category, then scroll to the bottom of the page where it says ‘All Licenses’ and change it to ‘Free’. That’ll filter out all non-freeware.

oh, and get VLC (VideoLan Player) if you dont already. it plays almost all video formats - including DivX, XviD, etc, etc…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/good-mac-portal/65734/6 "2004-09-29T11:54:12Z")

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All-free … try this:

[http://fink.sourceforge.net/](http://fink.sourceforge.net/)

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**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/good-mac-portal/65734/7 "2004-09-29T20:02:18Z")

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A good place for download both mac and windows: [http://www.versiontracker.com/](http://www.versiontracker.com/)