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Tools I use on my Mac

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Whitney just got a new MacBook Pro and is wondering what cool stuff I recommend. Being an avid Mac user, I offer the following list. Items marked with a ($) are not free.

  • AdiumX โ€“ nice multi-protocol chat (update: with iChatโ€™s support for Jabber, I use iChat now)
  • Audacity โ€“ great editor for audio when youโ€™re not using Garageband
  • Audio Hijack Pro ($) โ€“ record Skype calls and any system audio
  • BBEdit ($) โ€“ best damn text editor there is
  • Camino โ€“ a better browser than Safari
  • Chax โ€“ iChat extender
  • Conversation โ€“ decent IRC client if you use IRC
  • CoRD โ€“ open source remote desktop client if you use MS Terminal Services
  • Cyberduck โ€“ great FTP/SFTP client
  • Disk Inventory X โ€“ find out where your free disk space went
  • ecto ($) โ€“ do a lot of blogging on lots of blogs? Ecto is a great client.
  • Firefox and Flock โ€“ for testing and extensions
  • gDisk โ€“ turn your GMail account into a disk
  • Gizmo Project โ€“ competitor to Skype
  • Gleam โ€“ free Flickr uploader for photos
  • Google Earth โ€“ the world
  • Google Notifier โ€“ menubar GMail and GCal notifications
  • Google Sketchup โ€“ 3D software if you like that kind of thing
  • Growl โ€“ system-wide notifications
  • Handbrake โ€“ DVD ripper par excellence
  • iClip ($) โ€“ multi-clipboard tool
  • iStumbler โ€“ find WiFi access points on the go
  • Levelator โ€“ for leveled audio
  • mAC3Dec โ€“ rip any media file with audio into AIFF for use in Garageband
  • MacGPG โ€“ encryption
  • NeoOffice โ€“ OpenOffice port
  • QuickSpace X โ€“ fast MySpace links to common profile tools
  • Second Life โ€“ for the world that isnโ€™t your world
  • Senuti โ€“ pull stuff off your iPod
  • Skitch โ€“ fast, easy to use screenshot maker
  • Skype โ€“ VoIP client
  • Snapz Pro X ($) โ€“ screen grabber that can also make screencasts
  • Spanning Sync โ€“ sync your Google Calendar to iCal and back
  • SpyderX โ€“ MySpace friend manager
  • Stuffit Expander โ€“ slices, dices, julienne fries, and decompresses
  • Tea Timer โ€“ desktop countdown clock
  • Transmission โ€“ Lean and mean BitTorrent client โ€“ can download Rocketboom HD in seconds
  • TweetDeck โ€“ for Twitter power use
  • VisualHub ($) โ€“ convert just about anything to anything in video
  • VLC โ€“ best video player ever
  • XCast โ€“ kind of neat podcast manager
  • XCode โ€“ the 900 lb. gorilla of development tools

What tools on the Mac do you use every day that you canโ€™t live with? Post them here!

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83 responses to โ€œTools I use on my Macโ€

  1. Whitney Avatar
    Whitney

    One of the reasons I am such a big Chris Penn fan is that not only does he come to the rescue with great advice, he shares with everyone. Thanks again Chris! Itโ€™s going to be a busy and fun time getting this new member of the family โ€œtricked outโ€.

    Whit

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  2. Dale Cruse Avatar
    Dale Cruse

    Good list, Chris. A few additions/suggestions:

    For FTP, Cyberduck is good, but IMO you canโ€™t beat Transmit.

    If you like Ecto, try Mars Edit as well.

    One of the most useful apps ever is xPad. I save text documents to my iPod and then go shopping. Kicks serious butt.

    And if you do web development, Xyle scope rocks the house.

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  3. Justin Kownacki Avatar
    Justin Kownacki

    Per your suggestion, Iโ€™ve just downloaded Levelator. I currently use Soundtrack Pro, but Iโ€™m always open to new possibilities.

    And yes, Iโ€™m a Cyberduck fan too.

    Reply
  4. Whitney Avatar
    Whitney

    One of the reasons I am such a big Chris Penn fan is that not only does he come to the rescue with great advice, he shares with everyone. Thanks again Chris! Itโ€™s going to be a busy and fun time getting this new member of the family โ€œtricked outโ€.

    Whit

    Reply
  5. Dale Cruse Avatar
    Dale Cruse

    Good list, Chris. A few additions/suggestions:

    For FTP, Cyberduck is good, but IMO you canโ€™t beat Transmit.

    If you like Ecto, try Mars Edit as well.

    One of the most useful apps ever is xPad. I save text documents to my iPod and then go shopping. Kicks serious butt.

    And if you do web development, Xyle scope rocks the house.

    Reply
  6. Justin Kownacki Avatar
    Justin Kownacki

    Per your suggestion, Iโ€™ve just downloaded Levelator. I currently use Soundtrack Pro, but Iโ€™m always open to new possibilities.

    And yes, Iโ€™m a Cyberduck fan too.

    Reply
  7. Eric Skiff Avatar
    Eric Skiff

    Awesome list โ€“ Iโ€™m definitely going to be checking some of these that I hadnโ€™t heard of out.

    The one thing Iโ€™m surprised is missing from your list is quicksilver. I closed it by accident the other day, and I was nearly lost. Launching and switching to applications is clunky without it, and thereโ€™s so much more you can do with it if youโ€™re willing to dig a bit into the documentation or have someone to show you the ropes ๐Ÿ™‚

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  8. Christopher S. Penn Avatar
    Christopher S. Penn

    Iโ€™ve tried QuickSilver a few times, and Iโ€™ve always found it to be more work than the task I was trying to accomplish in the first place.

    Reply
  9. Eric Skiff Avatar
    Eric Skiff

    Awesome list โ€“ Iโ€™m definitely going to be checking some of these that I hadnโ€™t heard of out.

    The one thing Iโ€™m surprised is missing from your list is quicksilver. I closed it by accident the other day, and I was nearly lost. Launching and switching to applications is clunky without it, and thereโ€™s so much more you can do with it if youโ€™re willing to dig a bit into the documentation or have someone to show you the ropes ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  10. Christopher S. Penn Avatar
    Christopher S. Penn

    Iโ€™ve tried QuickSilver a few times, and Iโ€™ve always found it to be more work than the task I was trying to accomplish in the first place.

    Reply
  11. Daniel Ho Avatar
    Daniel Ho

    I like:

    Tangerine โ€“figuresoutthebeatsperminuteofmyiTuneslibrarysothatIcanmakeplaylistsforworkoutseasily.โ€“ figures out the beats per minute of my iTunes library so that I can make playlists for workouts easily.

    Cyberduck โ€“ my choice as well. It works and it is free.

    PocketMac โ€“ Syncs the Mac with Blackberry

    Parallels โ€“ Great for running Windows or any other operating system that you want to test. Our accounting software ONLY runs in Windows and I sometimes do testing with Internet Explorer.

    SuperDuper $ โ€“ I use this to backup the internal drives to external firewire drives

    SSH Tunnel Manager โ€“ I connect to a lot of different systems and canโ€™t remember what the tunnel is that Iโ€™m trying to create sometimes. I used to keep a text file of the commands, but now I just use SSH Tunnel Manager. Once set up, it is also great for people that couldnโ€™t string together a unix command to save their lives. Yes, I live with one.

    This is all well and good, but this is something that flew right under my radar. I want it!

    http://www.axiotron.com/

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  12. Daniel Ho Avatar
    Daniel Ho

    I like:

    Tangerine โ€“figuresoutthebeatsperminuteofmyiTuneslibrarysothatIcanmakeplaylistsforworkoutseasily.โ€“ figures out the beats per minute of my iTunes library so that I can make playlists for workouts easily.

    Cyberduck โ€“ my choice as well. It works and it is free.

    PocketMac โ€“ Syncs the Mac with Blackberry

    Parallels โ€“ Great for running Windows or any other operating system that you want to test. Our accounting software ONLY runs in Windows and I sometimes do testing with Internet Explorer.

    SuperDuper $ โ€“ I use this to backup the internal drives to external firewire drives

    SSH Tunnel Manager โ€“ I connect to a lot of different systems and canโ€™t remember what the tunnel is that Iโ€™m trying to create sometimes. I used to keep a text file of the commands, but now I just use SSH Tunnel Manager. Once set up, it is also great for people that couldnโ€™t string together a unix command to save their lives. Yes, I live with one.

    This is all well and good, but this is something that flew right under my radar. I want it!

    http://www.axiotron.com/

    Reply
  13. Julian Hebbrecht Avatar
    Julian Hebbrecht

    One of the Mac applications I love most is Graphic Converter. It not only opens images in any known format but is also great for slide shows. That it NEVER crashes is also a great plus.
    Another one is Paparazzi that takes pictures of webpages and downloads them in JPG format.
    A third one is AppleWorks โ€“ especially the drawing module that allows me to move text boxes and images around freely over the page to create the exact page layout I want โ€“ something that word processors donโ€™t allow. Wouldnโ€™t know what to do without it.

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  14. Julian Hebbrecht Avatar
    Julian Hebbrecht

    One of the Mac applications I love most is Graphic Converter. It not only opens images in any known format but is also great for slide shows. That it NEVER crashes is also a great plus.
    Another one is Paparazzi that takes pictures of webpages and downloads them in JPG format.
    A third one is AppleWorks โ€“ especially the drawing module that allows me to move text boxes and images around freely over the page to create the exact page layout I want โ€“ something that word processors donโ€™t allow. Wouldnโ€™t know what to do without it.

    Reply
  15. gecko Avatar
    gecko

    One tool I use every day on my Mac (as a Manadarin major) is a simple, yet INCREDIBLY powerful vocabulary builder called ProVoc. This program is a definite must see for anyone learning a language. You can build your own dictionary of words (in any language you please, you just have to add it to the list), as well as download premade ones. You can also design your own quizzes and have weekly or even daily reports made out showing how well you do on your own quizzes- in order to hopefully see some improvement, or learn which way is fastest for you to learn effectively. The method by which you add new words is streamlined well enough to make the task of adding 10 or 1000 new works easy and practically fun! As a student of Russian, Latin, Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish, I really wish I had known about this application earlier. It would have saved me countless hours of writing words and characters on flash cards.

    The application is free (but not under GPL to my knowledge) at: http://www.arizone-software.ch under the applications menu on the left.

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  16. gecko Avatar
    gecko

    One tool I use every day on my Mac (as a Manadarin major) is a simple, yet INCREDIBLY powerful vocabulary builder called ProVoc. This program is a definite must see for anyone learning a language. You can build your own dictionary of words (in any language you please, you just have to add it to the list), as well as download premade ones. You can also design your own quizzes and have weekly or even daily reports made out showing how well you do on your own quizzes- in order to hopefully see some improvement, or learn which way is fastest for you to learn effectively. The method by which you add new words is streamlined well enough to make the task of adding 10 or 1000 new works easy and practically fun! As a student of Russian, Latin, Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish, I really wish I had known about this application earlier. It would have saved me countless hours of writing words and characters on flash cards.

    The application is free (but not under GPL to my knowledge) at: http://www.arizone-software.ch under the applications menu on the left.

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  17. gecko Avatar
    gecko

    Iโ€™m sorry, I mistyped that link. The correct link is http://www.arizona-software.ch

    Please excuse me.

    Reply
  18. gecko Avatar
    gecko

    Iโ€™m sorry, I mistyped that link. The correct link is http://www.arizona-software.ch

    Please excuse me.

    Reply
  19. COLORADO BOB Avatar
    COLORADO BOB

    Chris โ€ฆ. One Iโ€™ve really been using thatโ€™s not a Mac item is Stumble Upon. Itโ€™s how I got here.
    Julian โ€ฆ. Graphics Converter โ€“ Ditto
    Gif Fun is a great little program from Stone :

    http://www.stone.com/

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  20. COLORADO BOB Avatar
    COLORADO BOB

    Chris โ€ฆ. One Iโ€™ve really been using thatโ€™s not a Mac item is Stumble Upon. Itโ€™s how I got here.
    Julian โ€ฆ. Graphics Converter โ€“ Ditto
    Gif Fun is a great little program from Stone :

    http://www.stone.com/

    Reply
  21. Ricky Avatar
    Ricky

    I have to get on the GraphicConverter bandwagon too. Itโ€™s the single best Photoshop clone ever. Iโ€™ve been using it forโ€ฆwell, since the โ€™90s. And yes, BBEdit is the best text editor ever, but itโ€™s also the best HTML editor.

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  22. Ricky Avatar
    Ricky

    I have to get on the GraphicConverter bandwagon too. Itโ€™s the single best Photoshop clone ever. Iโ€™ve been using it forโ€ฆwell, since the โ€™90s. And yes, BBEdit is the best text editor ever, but itโ€™s also the best HTML editor.

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  23. Peatmoss Avatar
    Peatmoss

    StumbleUpon is how I found this too, really cool little add-on http://www.stumbleupon.com/
    Transmit is a very nice FTP program

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  24. Peatmoss Avatar
    Peatmoss

    StumbleUpon is how I found this too, really cool little add-on http://www.stumbleupon.com/
    Transmit is a very nice FTP program

    Reply
  25. Amy Avatar
    Amy

    Cyberduck fan here too.

    I like a tool called VoodooPad, which is a sort of mash up between a desktop wiki and a text editor.

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  26. Amy Avatar
    Amy

    Cyberduck fan here too.

    I like a tool called VoodooPad, which is a sort of mash up between a desktop wiki and a text editor.

    Reply
  27. yolantevonscheuรƒลธlich Avatar
    yolantevonscheuรƒลธlich

    SuperDuper is as it says, hands down the most usful and it-life-enhancing app for me .

    recently i came upon SafariStand
    which i use mainly for the session restore funktion.

    http://hetima.com/safari/stand-e.html

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  28. yolantevonscheuรƒลธlich Avatar
    yolantevonscheuรƒลธlich

    SuperDuper is as it says, hands down the most usful and it-life-enhancing app for me .

    recently i came upon SafariStand
    which i use mainly for the session restore funktion.

    http://hetima.com/safari/stand-e.html

    Reply
  29. Fruit Flavored C.C.

    [โ€ฆ] in me is now itching to have it and to start playing, learning and getting it set up. Thankfully Chris Penn posted a few months back the software I need to have. If he uses it, Iโ€™m going to definitely check [โ€ฆ]

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  30. Jimi Avatar
    Jimi

    Hello, iโ€™m looking to try QuickSpace X, that is in your list, but the developers site donโ€™t work.
    Do you have some notice? Itโ€™s possible to download it from some other site?

    TIA
    Jimi

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  31. Jimi Avatar
    Jimi

    Hello, iโ€™m looking to try QuickSpace X, that is in your list, but the developers site donโ€™t work.
    Do you have some notice? Itโ€™s possible to download it from some other site?

    TIA
    Jimi

    Reply
  32. Cearum Avatar
    Cearum

    I like to use apatana for my web development. It has a nice interface (in my opinion) plus it features a nice ftp upload/download for files. Itโ€™s essentially a dreamweaver replacement. Itโ€™s great for RoR development as well.

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  33. Cearum Avatar
    Cearum

    I like to use apatana for my web development. It has a nice interface (in my opinion) plus it features a nice ftp upload/download for files. Itโ€™s essentially a dreamweaver replacement. Itโ€™s great for RoR development as well.

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  35. Jeff Glasson Avatar
    Jeff Glasson

    I highly recommend checking out Skitch โ€“ excellent program for quick image capture/manipulation/sharing.

    Watch the demo video and youโ€™ll be sold (even though its free)!

    http://plasq.com/skitch

    -Jeff

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  36. Jeff Glasson Avatar
    Jeff Glasson

    I highly recommend checking out Skitch โ€“ excellent program for quick image capture/manipulation/sharing.

    Watch the demo video and youโ€™ll be sold (even though its free)!

    http://plasq.com/skitch

    -Jeff

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  37. Enkerli Avatar
    Enkerli

    OmniOutliner (an outlining program) is one reason I missed the Mac so much during the dark days of my life as an XP user. The Omni Groupโ€™s other productivity apps might be even better for some people (OmniFocus, OmniPlan, OmniGraffle). They will release OmniFocus for Touch devices (iPhone, iPod touch), which might make it a dream come true for many people.

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  38. Alexandre Enkerli Avatar
    Alexandre Enkerli

    OmniOutliner (an outlining program) is one reason I missed the Mac so much during the dark days of my life as an XP user. The Omni Groupโ€™s other productivity apps might be even better for some people (OmniFocus, OmniPlan, OmniGraffle). They will release OmniFocus for Touch devices (iPhone, iPod touch), which might make it a dream come true for many people.

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  39. Mary N Avatar
    Mary N

    One of the programs I canโ€™t live without, as an Instructional designer/help desk for faculty is Skitch. Great for quick screen captures when trying to solve a problem long distance.

    Itโ€™s from Plasq http://skitch.com/

    Another Plasq product that I love to use for creating training is Comic Life $

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  40. Mary N Avatar
    Mary N

    One of the programs I canโ€™t live without, as an Instructional designer/help desk for faculty is Skitch. Great for quick screen captures when trying to solve a problem long distance.

    Itโ€™s from Plasq http://skitch.com/

    Another Plasq product that I love to use for creating training is Comic Life $

    Reply
  41. AdPuppet Avatar
    AdPuppet

    Here are some more for the list!

    Appzapper $ (http://www.appzapper.com) โ€“ gets rid of preferences and other files installed on your computer from programs

    Little Snitch $ (http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html) โ€“ wonderful traffic monitor for seeing what apps are trying to phone home and shutting them down!

    OnyX (http://www.titanium.free.fr/) โ€“ Mac maintenance made easy

    Screenflow $ (http://www.varasoftware.com/screenflow) โ€“ easy to use, powerful screencasting client

    iStat seriesโ€ฆprogram or widget (http://www.islayer.com/) โ€“ your Mac stats at a glance!

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  42. AdPuppet Avatar
    AdPuppet

    Here are some more for the list!

    Appzapper $ (http://www.appzapper.com) โ€“ gets rid of preferences and other files installed on your computer from programs

    Little Snitch $ (http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html) โ€“ wonderful traffic monitor for seeing what apps are trying to phone home and shutting them down!

    OnyX (http://www.titanium.free.fr/) โ€“ Mac maintenance made easy

    Screenflow $ (http://www.varasoftware.com/screenflow) โ€“ easy to use, powerful screencasting client

    iStat seriesโ€ฆprogram or widget (http://www.islayer.com/) โ€“ your Mac stats at a glance!

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  43. TechNomad Avatar
    TechNomad

    I find that I use xPad almost everyday. Mostly to take notes, but occasionally Iโ€™ll start drafts of longer documents in xPad before I move them into a โ€˜formattingโ€™ program. Itโ€™s small, lightweight and easy to use without a lot of superfluous functionality.

    http://getxpad.com/

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  44. TechNomad Avatar
    TechNomad

    I find that I use xPad almost everyday. Mostly to take notes, but occasionally Iโ€™ll start drafts of longer documents in xPad before I move them into a โ€˜formattingโ€™ program. Itโ€™s small, lightweight and easy to use without a lot of superfluous functionality.

    http://getxpad.com/

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  45. Michelle/chelpixie Avatar
    Michelle/chelpixie

    Donโ€™t forget Yojimbo. If you need a quick place to jot stuff down and keep it organized in one place. This is the organizer that rocks. Notes, passwords, bookmarks, photos and web pages. Save with a couple of keystokes in one program and youโ€™re done.

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  46. Michelle/chelpixie Avatar
    Michelle/chelpixie

    Donโ€™t forget Yojimbo. If you need a quick place to jot stuff down and keep it organized in one place. This is the organizer that rocks. Notes, passwords, bookmarks, photos and web pages. Save with a couple of keystokes in one program and youโ€™re done.

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  47. Sam J. Avatar
    Sam J.

    Shocked you prefer BBEdit to Textmate (macromates.com)!

    Also really do use QuickSilver every day.

    And Iโ€™m a HUGE fan of the Omni family.

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  48. Sam J. Avatar
    Sam J.

    Shocked you prefer BBEdit to Textmate (macromates.com)!

    Also really do use QuickSilver every day.

    And Iโ€™m a HUGE fan of the Omni family.

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  49. Joe Pikin Avatar
    Joe Pikin

    Gotta add one for yojimbo!
    Omnifocus, Omnigraffle, OmniOutliner
    iโ€™ve also been digging bluephone elite

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  50. Joe Pikin Avatar
    Joe Pikin

    Gotta add one for yojimbo!
    Omnifocus, Omnigraffle, OmniOutliner
    iโ€™ve also been digging bluephone elite

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  51. Hieronymus Murphy Avatar
    Hieronymus Murphy

    Two apps I really like are PopChar X (http://www.ergonis.com/products/popcharx/), which makes things like tildes and umlauts very, very easy to insert in text (no more remembering key combinations); and Style Master (http://www.westciv.com/), a CSS coding app that comes with an amazing array of how-to lessons, templates and documentation.

    While neither app is free, I think theyโ€™re worth every single penny.

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  52. Hieronymus Murphy Avatar
    Hieronymus Murphy

    Two apps I really like are PopChar X (http://www.ergonis.com/products/popcharx/), which makes things like tildes and umlauts very, very easy to insert in text (no more remembering key combinations); and Style Master (http://www.westciv.com/), a CSS coding app that comes with an amazing array of how-to lessons, templates and documentation.

    While neither app is free, I think theyโ€™re worth every single penny.

    Reply
  53. David Beaudouin Avatar
    David Beaudouin

    Came to the party late, but thanks for this amazing list. Agree with Joeโ€“OminOutliner is a must for me.

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  54. David Beaudouin Avatar
    David Beaudouin

    Came to the party late, but thanks for this amazing list. Agree with Joeโ€“OminOutliner is a must for me.

    Reply
  55. Eric Blair Avatar
    Eric Blair

    Here are two I havenโ€™t seen listed and are among the first things I install on a new Mac.

    SpamSieve โ€“ best anti-spam software Iโ€™ve used, works across multiple email clients.
    Launchbar โ€“ shortcut-based app launcher and switcher, among other functionality

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  56. Eric Blair Avatar
    Eric Blair

    Here are two I havenโ€™t seen listed and are among the first things I install on a new Mac.

    SpamSieve โ€“ best anti-spam software Iโ€™ve used, works across multiple email clients.
    Launchbar โ€“ shortcut-based app launcher and switcher, among other functionality

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  57. Dan York Avatar
    Dan York

    Chris,

    Just found your great list through a tweet. I use many of the tools you list and will have to check out some of the others. The two not on your list that I use pretty much every day are:

    โ€“ MarsEdit ($) http://www.red-sweater.com/marsedit/ for blogging. I tried both MarsEdit and ecto and found that I really liked MarsEdit better, especially with itโ€™s easy handling/insertion of images/media through a โ€œlibraryโ€ feature. Some people may like the WYSIWIG editor of ecto better, but if youโ€™re okay with seeing HTML code in your post, I find that MarsEdit totally rocks.

    โ€“ Skitch (free) http://www.skitch.com/ for screen captures that I want to put into blog entries. Allows me to easily capture a part of the screen, resize/crop/edit it, annotate it with text or drawings and then drag/drop the resulting image to MarsEdit for upload to my blog. Also allows me to upload images to myskitch.com so I can easily share them with people via passing around a URL.

    I also like Jing ( http://www.jingproject.com/ ) for the similar purpose. If you want to show someone a quick view of something on your screen, itโ€™s simple and easy to take the screenshot (or a screencast-like video) and then get a URL to pass along to others.

    Great post!
    Dan

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  58. Dan York Avatar
    Dan York

    Chris,

    Just found your great list through a tweet. I use many of the tools you list and will have to check out some of the others. The two not on your list that I use pretty much every day are:

    โ€“ MarsEdit ($) http://www.red-sweater.com/marsedit/ for blogging. I tried both MarsEdit and ecto and found that I really liked MarsEdit better, especially with itโ€™s easy handling/insertion of images/media through a โ€œlibraryโ€ feature. Some people may like the WYSIWIG editor of ecto better, but if youโ€™re okay with seeing HTML code in your post, I find that MarsEdit totally rocks.

    โ€“ Skitch (free) http://www.skitch.com/ for screen captures that I want to put into blog entries. Allows me to easily capture a part of the screen, resize/crop/edit it, annotate it with text or drawings and then drag/drop the resulting image to MarsEdit for upload to my blog. Also allows me to upload images to myskitch.com so I can easily share them with people via passing around a URL.

    I also like Jing ( http://www.jingproject.com/ ) for the similar purpose. If you want to show someone a quick view of something on your screen, itโ€™s simple and easy to take the screenshot (or a screencast-like video) and then get a URL to pass along to others.

    Great post!
    Dan

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  59. Eric Blair Avatar
    Eric Blair

    Aw heck, I forgot to mention DiskWarrior. Itโ€™s not productivity software and for most people, itโ€™s not a day to day tool. However, Iโ€™ve been using it over the last 8 years or so and it has consistently been the most reliable hard drive repair tool I ever used. The only time itโ€™s failed me is when the physical hard drive mechanism has been damaged.

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  60. Eric Blair Avatar
    Eric Blair

    Aw heck, I forgot to mention DiskWarrior. Itโ€™s not productivity software and for most people, itโ€™s not a day to day tool. However, Iโ€™ve been using it over the last 8 years or so and it has consistently been the most reliable hard drive repair tool I ever used. The only time itโ€™s failed me is when the physical hard drive mechanism has been damaged.

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  61. Josh Nichols Avatar
    Josh Nichols

    Donโ€™t forget MacSaber. Personally, I have duels almost daily.

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  62. Josh Nichols Avatar
    Josh Nichols

    Donโ€™t forget MacSaber. Personally, I have duels almost daily.

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  63. gWallet Avatar
    gWallet

    Can we add Carbon Copy Cloner to the list? After using Time Machine for a few weeks and having less than satisfactory results with backups, I went back to my good old standby, and CCC hasn't let me down since.

    http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

    I think it's mentioned above, but I second onyx as well. Played with Cocktail for a bit, but found onyx to do just as good (or even better in some areas) and is free. ๐Ÿ™‚

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  64. gWallet Avatar
    gWallet

    Can we add Carbon Copy Cloner to the list? After using Time Machine for a few weeks and having less than satisfactory results with backups, I went back to my good old standby, and CCC hasn't let me down since.

    http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

    I think it's mentioned above, but I second onyx as well. Played with Cocktail for a bit, but found onyx to do just as good (or even better in some areas) and is free. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  65. gWallet Avatar
    gWallet

    Can we add Carbon Copy Cloner to the list? After using Time Machine for a few weeks and having less than satisfactory results with backups, I went back to my good old standby, and CCC hasn't let me down since.

    http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

    I think it's mentioned above, but I second onyx as well. Played with Cocktail for a bit, but found onyx to do just as good (or even better in some areas) and is free. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  66. gWallet Avatar
    gWallet

    Can we add Carbon Copy Cloner to the list? After using Time Machine for a few weeks and having less than satisfactory results with backups, I went back to my good old standby, and CCC hasn't let me down since.

    http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

    I think it's mentioned above, but I second onyx as well. Played with Cocktail for a bit, but found onyx to do just as good (or even better in some areas) and is free. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  67. gWallet Avatar
    gWallet

    Can we add Carbon Copy Cloner to the list? After using Time Machine for a few weeks and having less than satisfactory results with backups, I went back to my good old standby, and CCC hasn't let me down since.

    http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

    I think it's mentioned above, but I second onyx as well. Played with Cocktail for a bit, but found onyx to do just as good (or even better in some areas) and is free. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  68. gWallet Avatar
    gWallet

    Can we add Carbon Copy Cloner to the list? After using Time Machine for a few weeks and having less than satisfactory results with backups, I went back to my good old standby, and CCC hasn't let me down since.

    http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

    I think it's mentioned above, but I second onyx as well. Played with Cocktail for a bit, but found onyx to do just as good (or even better in some areas) and is free. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  69. gWallet Avatar
    gWallet

    Can we add Carbon Copy Cloner to the list? After using Time Machine for a few weeks and having less than satisfactory results with backups, I went back to my good old standby, and CCC hasn't let me down since.

    http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

    I think it's mentioned above, but I second onyx as well. Played with Cocktail for a bit, but found onyx to do just as good (or even better in some areas) and is free. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  70. gWallet Avatar
    gWallet

    Can we add Carbon Copy Cloner to the list? After using Time Machine for a few weeks and having less than satisfactory results with backups, I went back to my good old standby, and CCC hasn't let me down since.

    http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

    I think it's mentioned above, but I second onyx as well. Played with Cocktail for a bit, but found onyx to do just as good (or even better in some areas) and is free. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  71. gWallet Avatar
    gWallet

    Can we add Carbon Copy Cloner to the list? After using Time Machine for a few weeks and having less than satisfactory results with backups, I went back to my good old standby, and CCC hasn't let me down since.

    http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

    I think it's mentioned above, but I second onyx as well. Played with Cocktail for a bit, but found onyx to do just as good (or even better in some areas) and is free. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  72. gWallet Avatar
    gWallet

    Can we add Carbon Copy Cloner to the list? After using Time Machine for a few weeks and having less than satisfactory results with backups, I went back to my good old standby, and CCC hasn't let me down since.

    http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

    I think it's mentioned above, but I second onyx as well. Played with Cocktail for a bit, but found onyx to do just as good (or even better in some areas) and is free. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  73. gWallet Avatar
    gWallet

    Can we add Carbon Copy Cloner to the list? After using Time Machine for a few weeks and having less than satisfactory results with backups, I went back to my good old standby, and CCC hasn't let me down since.

    http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

    I think it's mentioned above, but I second onyx as well. Played with Cocktail for a bit, but found onyx to do just as good (or even better in some areas) and is free. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  74. gWallet Avatar
    gWallet

    Can we add Carbon Copy Cloner to the list? After using Time Machine for a few weeks and having less than satisfactory results with backups, I went back to my good old standby, and CCC hasn't let me down since.

    http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

    I think it's mentioned above, but I second onyx as well. Played with Cocktail for a bit, but found onyx to do just as good (or even better in some areas) and is free. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  75. gWallet Avatar
    gWallet

    Can we add Carbon Copy Cloner to the list? After using Time Machine for a few weeks and having less than satisfactory results with backups, I went back to my good old standby, and CCC hasn't let me down since.

    http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

    I think it's mentioned above, but I second onyx as well. Played with Cocktail for a bit, but found onyx to do just as good (or even better in some areas) and is free. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  76. gWallet Avatar
    gWallet

    Can we add Carbon Copy Cloner to the list? After using Time Machine for a few weeks and having less than satisfactory results with backups, I went back to my good old standby, and CCC hasn't let me down since.

    http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

    I think it's mentioned above, but I second onyx as well. Played with Cocktail for a bit, but found onyx to do just as good (or even better in some areas) and is free. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  77. gWallet Avatar
    gWallet

    Can we add Carbon Copy Cloner to the list? After using Time Machine for a few weeks and having less than satisfactory results with backups, I went back to my good old standby, and CCC hasn't let me down since.

    http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

    I think it's mentioned above, but I second onyx as well. Played with Cocktail for a bit, but found onyx to do just as good (or even better in some areas) and is free. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  78. carmenhilton Avatar
    carmenhilton

    Transmissions!!!!

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  79. carmenhilton Avatar
    carmenhilton

    Transmissions!!!!

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    carmenhilton

    Transmissions!!!!

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    carmenhilton

    Transmissions!!!!

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  82. carmenhilton Avatar
    carmenhilton

    Transmissions!!!!

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  83. trufflemedia Avatar
    trufflemedia

    Fyi, visualhub is no longer supported. However, it is available for free at
    http://www.techspansion.com/

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