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Mar182009

35+ Useful Mac Apps & Utilities

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Inspired and pilfered from Cnet's Real Deal Podcast 153
(of which I am a big fan), here are 35+ Macintosh applications and utilities used and recommended by the ubergeeks Tom Merritt and Rafe Needleman!

 

 

  • Audacity (open source software to record and edit sound)
  • Caffeine (stop auto sleep or dimming)
  • Cocktail (essentially expanded System preferences)
  • Crossover (run many Windows applications and games)
  • Dashboard (Mac widgets)
  • Disk Inventory X (disk usage utility for OSX)
  • DropBox (file syncing and sharing)
  • Evernote (manage all your notes and info, remember everything)
  • FileZilla (cross-platform graphical FTP client)
  • FireFox plug-ins:
    Cooliris
    (3D web media viewer)
    XMarks
    (bookmark sync and sharing)
    Colorful tabs (makes each tab new color)
    Google Toolbar
    (Google search and widgets browser toolbar)
  • Handbrake (rip DVD's)
  • ID3 Editor (Edit and create ID3 information tags to mp3-files)
  • istat pro (sytem monitoring widget)
  • Levelator (make your spoken-word recordings sound professional)
  • LogMeIn (remote access your PCs from anywhere)
  • Nextbus (GPS tracking of transit, shuttles and trains on the web)
  • Nvu (Open source web authoring system with WYSIWYG)
  • Onyx (System optimizer)
  • Open Office (free MS Office replacement)
  • Picasa (Google's photo management software)
  • QuickSilver (application launcher)
  • Seashore (open source image editor for OSX)
  • Skitch (screen capture and image sharing)
  • Skype (cheap VOIP, free video and text chat)
  • SoundSource (switch your audio input and output with one click)
  • SpinXpress (share files quickly and privately)
  • The Unarchiver (better archive unpacker program)
  • TimeMachineEditor (change the default backup interval of Time Machine)
  • Times Reader (all of the New York Times print edition with crossword)
  • Transmission (BitTorrent client)
  • Tweetdeck (Desktop twitter client)
  • VLC (cross-platform media player and streaming server)
  • VMWare Fusion (vrtualize and run Windows in a window)
  • Windows Live Sync (automatic file sync between computers)
  • Witch (freeware window switcher)

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As a new Mac user, babymac, I am not sure where to start. Thanks for the list.

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March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterBob Kaufer

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