Asset Management software on Mac?

Can anyone suggest any good Asset Management software for the Mac?
I currently have a Windows machine and use ACDsee Manager Pro 2.5.
Both have become so intolerable I have decided my next upgrade will be a Macintosh. Almost all of my major software has Mac versions available, except for ACDSee which I will never want to touch again after their latest "upgrade"...

So the only thing keeping me from upgrading to a real OS is decent DAM software. (OK, that and a big chunk of cash... but its getting there)

the mac ships with plenty, iPhoto, for example, which is surprisingly good. plug in your camera and go. (perfect solution for jpeg shooters.


but say for example, you want to import your files manually, using image capture (included), into your pictures folder, you name and date your folders, go through your images, with a raw converter, then with photoshop's browser, touch up your favorites, save those as psd's, then import only the psd's into iphoto.

(you could built on that using applescripts and automator (2 built in apps for automating repetitive tasks)

use apples time machine and external disc drive automated backup...

or buy Aperture. and an external drive (not the same drive you use for time macine) and aperture vaults you images for you.

I use aperture... it's amazing and will replace 90% of what you used photoshop for in the past.

I will need to look into those. Being Mac-only software I forgot about Aperture.

I've tried LightRoom but just don't like the workflow nor the slowness when you get over, oh lets say, 100 images.
Windows has drained almost every spark of life from my soul. I'm actually a bit excited to see what Mac has.

Thanks for the info.

Amen to that!