Essential Mac OS X Software
September 19, 2004 · Posted in Computer
On 43 Folders, there is a post that is collecting a list of essential OS X software. Here is my list:
- Firefox – The best browser IMHO
- NewsFire – Great RSS reader
- Apple Mail
- Little Snitch – Firewall for outbound connections
- LaunchBar 4 – Great application launcher
- Quicksilver – another application launcher
- GeekTool – Tool to display information on the desktop or in floating windows. Here is my post that has some screen shots of how I use this.
- Synergy
- Preference Pane that displays a floating window with current track
information from iTunes. Also this will allow key commands for
controlling iTunes. - MacGPG – Mac UI interface for gpg security tools
- Application Enhancer – Tool to allow ape’s to modify behavior of Applications
- TiVo Desktop – Application to allow viewing and playing photos and music from iPhoto and iTunes on a TiVo
- synergy
- Tool to allow two or more computers to use the same keyboard and
mouse. Also this will allow the clipboard to be shared across
computers. This is a cross platform tool, I use it to use the keyboard
and mouse on my linux workstation at work with my laptop - SubEthaEdit – Great text editor for Mac OS X, with rendezvous support for collaborative editing
- Alfred – Application that will install different types of modules (Screen savers, browser extensions, …)
- MenuMeters – Menu Additions that display disk, memory, network and CPU usage in the menu bar
- uControl – Preference Pane to remap control keys, and make the track pad behave like a scroll wheel
- Chicken of the VNC – Great VNC client
- Speed Download – Download client
- iPhotoToGallery – export photos from iPhoto directly to Gallery
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