Essential Mac OS X Applications...
- Acquisition - Gnutella file sharing client
- Adium - Multi-protocol instant messenger client
- Address-o-sync - Sync multiple Macs without .Mac
- Amadeus - Great tool for audio enthusiast
- Audio Hijack Pro - Custom audio output filtering
- Backlight - Menu extra toggles screensaver as your desktop
- BurnX Free - Burn multiple sessions on CD
- Butler - Get more out of Finder
- CandyBar - Change your application and system icons
- Carbon Copy Cloner - Easy-to-use backup/cloning utility
- Chmox - An OS X native CHM file (Compiled HTML/eBook) reader
- Cocktail - Simplifies use of UNIX functions in OS X, and more
- Colloquy - IRC client
- CSSEdit - Visual CSS style editor
- DeepVacuum - Download entire websites
- Default Folder - Expanded functionality in "Save As.." dialogue boxes
- Deja Vu - Schedule regular file backups
- Delicious Library - Catalogue your books, cd's, games, dvd's
- Dimensionizer - Contextual Menu to display an image’s dimensions
- DeskShade - Hide desktop icons, terminal lock, and more
- Desktastic - Doodle on your desktop
- Dock-It - Add multiple multi-fucntion docks
- DragThing - An alternative to the dock
- DV Backup - Use your DV camera as a backup medium
- Evocam - Webcam application with built in web server, FTP, etc.
- FileJuicer - Extract images from Powerpoint, PDF, HTML, and CAB files
- Fink - Unix Ports for X
- Firefox - Open source web browser
- Fugu - An SFTP, SCP and SSH frontend
- Huevos - Customisable search engine helper
- HyperEdit - live previews of HTML and PHP pages
- iBank - Intuitive personal finance manager
- iBiz - Self-employed time billing manager
- iConquer - 1-to-6 player world conquest game
- iPodDisk - Utilize your iPod as an iDisk
- iRooster - Great free alarm clock
- iWipe - Secure disk and file deletion
- iZoom - Crop and resize your photos
- LiteSwitch X - Keyboard application switcher
- Little Snitch - Alerts you of outgoing network connections
- MacJanitor - Great tool for running & rescheduling OS X maintenance tasks
- MacMame - Multi arcade machine emulator
- MacSniffer - View all traffic on a network connection
- MacTheRipper - Go Ahead, Back that DVD up
- MacTracker - Database of all Mac models
- Mac Vim - The aqua version of Vim
- Mail.appetizer - Enhance Mail with this small but handy notification plugin
- Mplayer for OS X - Another great video player
- Net Monitor - Network throughput monitor
- Net Tool Box - Handy tool for the toolkit - for network issues
- NetNewsWire - RSS aggregator (If you're gonna use one, use NetNewsWire)
- Onyx - System tweaks and configuration
- OSXvnc - VNC remote control protocol
- PDF Browser Plugin - Allows web browsers to display PDF files
- Pixen - Pixel graphics editor
- Quicksilver - Application launcher and much more
- RCDefaultApp - Preference pane to set default applications
- Renamer4Mac - Rename files en masse. Useful for digital cameras
- SideTrack trackpad driver - Enhanced trackpad driver for Apple Laptops
- Simon Extreme - Classic Milton Bradley Simon game
- Skype - Uses P2P for phone-over-internet talking
- SubEthaEdit - Use Rendezvous for collaborative editing
- Synergy - Adds iTunes controls to your menu bar
- Transmit - FTP client
- Unison - Usenet newsreader handles messages, files, & media
- Virtue - Virtual desktop manager
- VLC - Play DivX encoded movies (and more).
- VoodooPad - Notepad with many advanced features
- Word Browser Plugin - Allows web browsers to display Word files
- xPad - Notebook/scrapbook supports drag & drop
- XRay - Expanded version of the Finder's "Get Info" window
- xScope - Suite of screen tools for UI designers
What would you add to this list?
Does anyone understand the word “essential”??? What person NEEDS every single one of these programs?\
The only essential program for OS X is Terminal.
TextWrangler is a handy freeware editor that you can use to edit remote documents over sftp/ssh.
Its so funny to me to see people bitching about the word choice ... “Essential.“ To come here and fill in your name and comment to just post something about the name of the list is cracking me up. =D
I’m a little surprised that you consider a site ripping tool like Deep Vacuum an “essential application”. Essential for who, thieves?
I didn’t see it listed, and I don’t think anyone mentioned it - but the Opera browser for Mac is the best browser for Mac that I have used. Opera.com, I believe.
Who uses the OS X Terminal?
You did mean iTerm, right?
http://iterm.sourceforge.net
Don’t forget HimmelBar, a great menu feature for your menu bar. An easy way to launch programs.
http://softbend.free.fr/himmelbar/
Essential utilities:
Diskwarrior <http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior>
Macaroni <http://www.atomicbird.com>
Camino? Best web browser for OS X…
I was quite sad to not see Rapidweaver on the list.
http://www.realmacsoftware.com
iTerm is a better terminal and found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/iterm/
What about Pacifist? This little shareware app has repaired many a corrupted installation.
What about SideNote? It can be found at http://www.chatelp.org/?s=Sidenote
What about Desktop Manager for virtual desktops (like in Linux)? CodeTek’s is commercial and works no better than this open source virtual desktop manager:
http://desktopmanager.berlios.de/
When I use a computer without virtual desktops, I feel claustrophobic
Note: XRay and DragThing are shareware.
I can’t live without several of the apps on this list, including Butler and VoodooPad. I must recommend Journler, though. It’s a free journaling app that’s become one of my essentials. One of my favorite shareware apps is URL Manager Pro. I also second Taco HTML Edit.
Saft, makes browsing on Safari so pleasant.
http://haoli.dnsalias.com/index.html
Camino.
Smultron! Awesome programmers notepad, Store Snippets in a draw window. syntax highlighting for every language i can think of and more, I was using MI before but smultron is much better and free. And if your a developer komodo might be worth a look (its onle $30) and it has active debugging, Syntax highlighting, code blocks, its just a joy to use, Supports debugging of most scripting languages and any Programming/Scripting languages it doesnt support add a run cmd in the toolbox and BAM, it supports it.
Netflix Freak
(manages your netflix account without opening a web browser)
Ipodrip
(great interface that allows you to copy from “your” ipod back to your computer)
get them here
http://www.thelittleappfactory.com/
http://www.derailer.org/paparazzi/
Paparazzi, to take an entire picture od a webpage without scrolling!
Veery Useful