![]() Lots of them are nice, but you can skip them entirely when you're just getting started. I'm going to be a fuddy-duddy and say: most of these apps are not essential for the Mac. Movie player: VLC or Quicktime+Perian codecs. SIP softphone: Telephone (works with Googlevoice+Gizmo5 and my local UK SIP provider) - ġ2. Mobile sync/Addressbook: iSync does the job (Use to find your mobile plugin if iSync doesn't have it natively)ġ0. Text editor: TextEdit or TextWrangler - Ĩ. Terminal: Visor - Quake-style terminal ħ. Here, some free and commercial softwares I use everyday:ġ. I'm programming and I use to use a Windows and a FreeBSD box before. I don't know where others go to find different Mac apps, I usually hit (and sometimes versiontracker) these days, mostly out of habit, but would love to hear other recs for this. Omnigraffle (not free) is also excellent for diagramming.Īlso, not mac specific, but the sqlite manager plugin for Firefox is also very helpful. I also recommend many of Omni's other products. OmniDiskSweeper: Disk utility shows you which files are hogging up the most hard disk space. JollysFastVNC: fast and free VNC client (I've been using it over Chicken of the VNC). Costs a little, but also worth it if you value your privacy. tracks what kind of network activity your apps are up to. Costs a little, but you get lifetime upgrades. VueScan: swiss-army knife of mac scanning apps if you need to hook up a scanner. InstantShot: nice little screenshot utility (I use it daily) Lots of excellent pointers from others.I'll add a few I haven't seen posted: I have a Fluid SSB created for, which allows me to easily launch it with Quicksilver and start searching the Rails docs right away. (free) If you have a commonly accessed site, Fluid is great to create a SSB (site-specific browser) for it. (free) For accessing MySQL databases in a nice GUI. (free) For easy access to hidden application preferences. ($50) It's one of the best GTD apps for the Mac. ($100-$200) Excellent for constructing user flow diagrams. (~$54) It's handling of projects, bundles, etc. (free - ad supported - or $20) The best native Mac app for Twitterring. (free) Essential for quick screenshots, and quick annotations of screenshots. (free) It plays pretty much every type of video file. Things for "GTD" methodology (or OmniFocus for more features)Ģ) VLC Media Player. 1Password for credentials management across browsers and computersĦ. OmniGraffle Pro for diagramming with Visio (even Visio binary file) compatibility.ģ. ![]() The "free" alternative will cost more in the long run.Ģ. It's worth the $79 for the polish and usability. iWork '09 (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) for all office apps needs with MS Office 03-07 compatibility. I'd also recommend the following paid apps depending on your needs:ġ. I don't use QuickSilver, Spotlight gets the job done. I use Foxmarks ( ) to keep bookmarks in sync across all browsers and computers. I use Serverskine ( ) to keep track of server logins.Ħ. I use Skitch ( ) for screengrabs with annotations to share with colleagues/clients.ĥ. I like SpeakTime ( ) for putting a row of glance-able analog clocks at the lower left of my screen (semi-transparent so they look like part of the background) to be aware of alternate time zones.Ĥ. I prefer MagiCal ( ) rather than Eigenclock as it includes options to put "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss" by the Spotlight icon, with clickable for the calendar.ģ. Plus Address Book links to Google Contacts, and iCal links to Google Calendar.Ģ. It scales fine and stays in sync across devices. One account has 3.8GB of email and another has 4.1GB, according to Google. I use Apple Mail, with IMAP and Google Apps for Your Domain. This may be obvious but as of the latest version, you don't gain much from a corporate email program like Entourage. Here's some more "FREE" software (some would appreciate a donation/purchase but are not crippled):ġ. I find the OS X, menu calendar extremely limted. Virtualbox This virtualization product from Sun Microsystems totally eliminates the need for parallels or Vmware if you plan to use the VM sparingly. if you use twitter, tweetie is the best mac twitter client by far. HandBrake For ripping your DVDs to MPEG4, there is no better tool. Flip4Mac For those videos that MPlayer plays poorly, typically WMVs Flip4Mac provides a fee codec which integrates with your quicktime player.Ħ. ![]() Also comes with excellent keyboard shortcuts support making it the best video player on any platform. MPlayer This is a video player which plays almost anything you can offer. Very useful when watching long flash movies. Caffeine is small program which puts an icon on menu bar on which you can click to prevent your Mac from going to sleep,dimming the screen etc. if you just want an app launcher spotlight is already good at that. I'm recommending only free software here.Ģ.
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