Aug 10 2007

Mac Apps

I thought it would be a nice idea to list some of the apps for Tiger that I find useful, perhaps others can benefit from them.

AppZapper – Great little app for uninstalling apps, it finds all the related config files and other garbage and the interface is awesome.

TextMate – What all the other text editors want to be.

MarsEdit – Blogging tool, the latest version is super nice, but I’m told version 2 thats coming out soon is supposed to be a lot better.

ByteController – A little menubar app to control your iTunes, it’s not fancy but very functional.

Cue-Splitter – An app to split up all those long mp3′s you have, with the help of a cue file. Works for most of the files I’ve tried it on. Look at Cuesheet Heaven for creating cue cheets.

Awaken – An alarm app for Tiger, nice interface and good alarm options.

CompressFiles – A compression app which enables you to leave out mac specific system files during compression, that way when you send the compressed archive over to your Windoze brethren they don’t have all the HFS silliness.

Delibar – Access to your del.icio.us bookmarks from your menubar.

KisMAC – Cool tool for checking out the wifi world around you, with some expertise you might even be able to crack a few networks. Sadly this project has been temporarily halted due to some new laws in Germany.

UnRARX – A RAR application for OS X.

memtest – Command-line application that allows you to comprehensively test your memory chips.

Adium – IM client, supports pretty much any IM with a unified interface.

iScrobbler – Sends out your iTunes now playing track info over to Last.fm

Transmission – A really good BitTorrent client.

Transmit – The best FTP client I have come across, across platforms. I’m glad it’s a Tiger app and that I have a Mac.

Billings – A quote, invoicing and time tracking application. Very cool interface and generates some of the most beautiful invoices/quotes I have seen. Well worth the money spent.

Cha-Ching – A personal finance manager, sorta like Money or Quicken but a lot more intuitive and pretty.

VLC Player – an alternative to quicktime, and it’s free.

Yep – An iPhoto like organizer for PDFs. Nice concept if you have a lot of paper in your life, you can get rid of all the paper and just Yep the whole thing.

Yojimbo – Yep, but for all kinds of files. Maybe a little overkill, but it’s on my wishlist.

XSlimmer – This app analyses your system and gets rid of all the unnecessary source code, application localizations and other bloat.

That’s the list! If anyone out there has any suggestions or would like to add to this list, please use the comments to let me know.