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Favorite Mac apps

Michael is finally joining the modern world and switching to Mac and invited people to submit their favorite / essential Mac apps.

Here’s my list:

  • Firefox - duh
  • Adium - chat
  • iTerm - terminal (Leopard’s version is usable but I like iTerm shortcuts and other features better
  • Mail - sufficient but wish it had a calendar other than iCal
  • TextMate $$ - text editor (not free, but worth it) - try TextWrangler for an ok free editor
  • Quicksilver - app launching and more
  • NeoOffice - very decent for word processing and office stuff
  • KeyNote $$ - must have for presentations
  • iStat - menu bar stats
  • Growl - system notification, integrates with many above
  • Colloquy - irc
  • NetNewsWire - rss
  • Audacity - audio editing
  • Audio Hijack $$ - swiping audio from any app
  • Senuti - move songs off your iPod onto a different computer (senuti == reverse(itunes))
  • ByteController - iTunes control from the menu bar, probably something better out there
  • coconutBattery - for those obsessed with battery performance
  • CoRD - a better Remote Desktop for Windows access
  • OmniGraffle $$ - drawing program, totally worth the cash, check out all the Omni apps
  • TinyAlarm - a wonderful tiny menu bar alarm clock
  • Zoom - a player for interactive fiction files like Zork :)

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Published:
Apr 22 2008 / 10:01 pm
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