OS X Apps
Posted on August 11, 2006 - Filed Under Macs
I’ve had several friends switch to the Mac world recently and I have compiled a list of recommended apps a couple of times. So, I thought I would put the list here for others to use. If you know of any good apps I don’t have listed here drop me a message.
Visual Hub - Video Converter
http://www.techspansion.com/visualhub/
ONYX - Powerful GUI to maintanence and customization scripts and settings
http://www.titanium.free.fr
Textpander - Text Macros
http://www.smileonmymac.com/textexpander/
NetNewsWire Lite - RSS Reader
http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdId=NetNewsWire&ProdView=lite
Transmit - FTP, SFTP, WEBDAV and others
http://www.panic.com/transmit/
Virtue - Virtual Desktops
http://virtuedesktops.info/downloads/
Colloquy - IRC Client
http://colloquy.info/
Fink - APT port for OS X
http://fink.sourceforge.net/
AppZapper - Cleans up garbage left behind by old apps
http://www.appzapper.com/
BBEdit - awesome text editor
http://www.bbedit.com/products/bbedit/index.shtml
TextWrangler - Free lite version of BBEdit - if you download this and then register you get $50 off the purchase of BBEdit
http://www.bbedit.com/support/textwrangler/updates.shtml
TextMate - very extendable text editor
http://macromates.com/
Chicken of the VNC - VNC Clent
http://cotvnc.sourceforge.net
CLIX - command line interface for OS X, library of very useful and some very obscure command line tools for OS X
http://rixstep.com/4/0/clix/
Linotype FontExplorer - free high powered font manager
http://www.linotype.com/fontexplorerX
IntelliMerge - Mail merge program
http://www.intellisw.com/intellimerge/
TransType - Convert fonts from just about any format to just about any other format, like Windows to Mac or Mac to Windows
http://fontlab.com/Font-tools/TransType/
Art Directors Toolkit - Great for web or print designers to measure pixels or get color codes and help with other design tasks
http://www.code-line.com/software/artdirectorstoolkit.html
Mail.Appetizer - Visual notifications for Mail.app
http://www.bronsonbeta.com/mailappetizer/
