This is a repost from my old blog, but I think it was useful enough to post it again.
Here’s a little list that Doki and I came up with a while back. It’s only a little out of date in that we’ve also found some great new things that I will be sharing later. Check out the full list after the break…
Media:
Cog – For playing audio media that itunes doesn’t.
http://cogx.org/index.php
VLC – Self explanatory.
Flip4Mac WMV – Windows Media support for Mac. MS endorses these.
Perian – Video Codec Bundle
Doug’s AppleScripts for iTunes – Lots of neat scripts for dealing w/ tons of media in iTunes.
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/
CoverSutra – Swank itunes helper app that throws artwork on the desktop, adds system wide hotkeys, and a bunch of other stuff.
HandBrake – Rip DVDs to a myriad of presets and formats.
Picasa Web Albums Exporter – Picasa uploader for iphoto
http://picasa.google.com/web/mac_tools_help.html#1
VisualHub – The swiss army video conversion tool. Unfortunately the developer went out of business. It’s an open source project now, but there isn’t anything available yet. You can find a version floating out on the internet.
RipIt – Simple (but powerful) DVD ripperhttp://ripitapp.com/iScrobbler – Alternative last.fm client. Super lightweight and supports radio through iTuneshttp://www.last.fm/group/iScrobbler
Utilities:
Afloat – Keep windows on top, transparent, overlays, etc.
http://infinite-labs.net/afloat/
SSHkeychain – SSH keychain and tunnel managementhttp://www.sshkeychain.org/Caffeine – Keeps your mac from sleeping. Great for when you’re trying to watch videos and the backlight keeps dimminghttp://lightheadsw.com/caffeine/
iStat Menus – Stat display for your menu bar.
Growl – Pop-up system and app notifications. Most apps use this as a framework.
Hardware Growler – Show hardware changes with Growl, such as IP address changes, device connect/disconnect.
Find it in the Growl .DMG
Secrets – Preference pane that has a bunch of settings that are hidden or require CLI to flip.
SmartSleep preference pane – App to toggle laptop sleep state of laptops.
http://www.jinx.de/SmartSleep.html
RCDefaultApp – Preference pane for adjusting default applications for file, MIME, and URL types.
http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/
ISOlator – Simple app for creating ISO images of CDs
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18634
SimplyBurns – Simple CD burning application. I think I’ve burned two discs since switching?
http://simplyburns.berlios.de/
Burn – Free application for burning CDs and DVDshttp://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/
SynergyKM – GUI version of Synergy for Mac OS X
http://sourceforge.net/projects/synergykm
AppCleaner – AppCleaner is a small application which allows you to completely and properly uninstall
http://www.freemacsoft.net/AppCleaner/index.php
MacFUSE – Port of the FUSE file system to OS X
http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/
NTFS-3g – NTFS file system for FUSE. Install the latest from here.
http://www.ntfs-3g.org
Winclone – Easy cloning of your bootcamp partition.
http://twocanoes.com/winclone/
The Unarchiver – A third party archive (zip, rar, etc) tool.
http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html
Carbon Copy Cloner – Creates images of your HD for backups. Supports differentials too.
KeePassX – Mac OS X port of KeePass
http://www.keepassx.org/
Lingon – App to modify and create launchd config files. This is a modern version of init.d on other unixes.
http://lingon.sourceforge.net
Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/remote-desktop/default.mspx
TrueCrypt – Version for the Mac.
MiniBatteryLogger – Keep track of your battery’s capacity over time
http://www.emeraldion.it/software/macosx/minibatterylogger.htmlQuickSilver – Great application launcher. Faster and more flexible than just using spotlighthttp://docs.blacktree.com/quicksilver/overview
Applications:
Colloquy – IRC (Free)
http://colloquy.info/downloads.html
Adium – IM client. Don’t bother with iChat.
CandyBar – Slick app for changing icon sets and modifying the dock.
Cyberduck – Free SFTP/FTP app
MindNode – Free mind mapping app. Simple but effective.
http://www.mindnode.com/
Mailplane – Gmail/GAFYD stand alone webkit application. Allows you to set gmail as your default mail client, easily attach files from media apps (iLife), growl notifications, and a bunch of other crap.
PandoraJam – Stand alone pandora app. Adds support for airport express, saving files, and is much cleaner than a browser. Perpetual demo version keeps most features.
http://www.bitcartel.com/pandorajam/
Smultron – Free text editor w/ syntax highlighting and what-not.
http://tuppis.com/smultron/
Things – The absolute best task management app I’ve ever used.
http://www.culturedcode.com/things/
Twhirl – Adobe air twitter client. I like this better than twitterific still.
MoodBlast – Update status of Adium, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, and more all at once
http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/download/moodswing/
X-Lite – Free VoIP softphone
http://www.counterpath.net/X-Lite-Download.html
Longhand – Very flexible and powerful calculator
http://scottfr.googlepages.com/
uTorrent – Now available for Mac!
http://mac.utorrent.com/
Simplecomic – Comic book reader
http://dancingtortoise.com/simplecomic/
PDFpen – Super slick PDF editting and great for adding signatures to PDFs.
http://www.smileonmymac.com/PDFpen/
