Some years ago we migrated the internal IT to Apple. It was not mainly for security reasons. Macs do have vulnerabilities as any other computer. But it was for comfort. We have the advantage of the command line in Terminal and we have the advantage of the support of commercial software and hardware. Now we constantly look for Microsoft free solutions.

Even if we got Apple dealer status, we recommend you to buy Apple products directly in the Apple Shop, at a Premium Reseller or online at the Apple Store.

When ever possible we try to avoid Microsoft software on a Mac.

The following programs help us to do our job:

• Numbers instead of Excel
• Pages instead of Word
• Keynote instead of Powerpoint
• OmniGraffle Pro instead of Visio
• Mail/iCal/Addressbook instead of Outlook
• Cord as RDP replacement
• Mindnode to create mindmaps
• Flip4Mac as WMV player
• Perian enhances Quicktime player with some codecs
• SnapNDrag instead of Snagit
• LimeChat as chat client
• Camino as browser to configure network devices
• Xcode is installed. So we got a C compiler
• Virtualbox, just in case we have to run Linux or Windows on our Mac
• Teamviewer for remote support
• Safari is our main browser
• Safari Cookies to get rid of unwanted Cookies when we close the browser
• Safari AdBlocker to suppress annoying advertisements
• 0xED as hex-editor

We use 2 Mac servers for Opendirectory with replication, as Addressbook Server and we use Portable Home Directories. Like that we have all our home directories sync between all our Macs.

Sometimes it is required to integrate Macs into a Microsoft environment. Of course this task is also very easy. Using additional software from Centrify it is even possible to create group policies on a Mac.

We have to possibiltiy to easily give you remote support. The only requirement is an Internet connection on your side. If you have questions or need help, please contact us.