Cool Applications for MacOSX

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iPhone Applications

• Check [iPhone Applications]

Leopard Tricks

• Got their own page [Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion and other Cats Tricks]

XCode

• Check [XCode]

Communications Tools

• Adium

  • The best IM aggregator around…if only it did skype as well…
  • http://www.adiumx.com/

• Better GMail Firefox Extension

  • A standalone set of GreaseMonkey scripts enhancing gmail
  • http://lifehacker.com/software/gmail/lifehacker-code-better-gmail-firefox-extension-251923.php

• Chicken of the VNC

  • VNC Viewer for the Mac, a must
  • http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/

• Firefox

  • If only for Firebug you got to use it
  • http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

• GoogleTalk

  • No Mac version but access via Adium…I had to mention it
  • http://talk.google.com

• Skype

  • Currently the best way to do video between Mac and PC
  • http://www.skype.com/

• CoRD

  • CoRD is a Mac OS X remote desktop client for Microsoft Windows servers using the rdp protocol. It is easy to use, fast, and free for anyone to use or modify.
  • http://cord.sourceforge.net/

Customization

• Onyx

  • Another finder tweaking utility
  • http://www.titanium.free.fr

• Safari Enhancer

  • Safari tweaking and debug menu interface
  • http://www.celestialfrontiers.com/safari_enhancer.php

• TinkerTool

  • Finder tweaking, I use it to ensure the Trash is always at the same location by placing the dock at the far right
  • http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html

Development

Development Tools

• BBEdit

  • Very powerful editor
  • http://bbedit.com/products/bbedit/

• Eclipse

  • Just awesome, great IDE, great platform
  • http://www.eclipse.org/

• Entropy

  • Good Source of code and Utils
  • http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/

• PHP Function Index 2.1

  • Convenient Offline PHP Manual using Php.net html files
  • http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/development_tools/phpfunctionindex.html

• Smultron

  • Looking for an free editor, try it.
  • http://smultron.sourceforge.net/index.html

• Subversion

  • Version Control System
  • http://subversion.tigris.org/

• TextMate

  • A good UTF editor, succeeds where BBEdit fails miserably. Also: http://macromates.com/blog/archives/2006/10/28/new-dialog-system-for-commands/
  • http://macromates.com/

• WireShark

  • http://www.finkconsulting.com/page7.php and http://www.wireshark.org/
  • Packet Sniffer use to be Ethereal

• XAMPP for Mac

  • I love the windows version, the MacOSX is not as cool but still worth a look
  • http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html

Firefox Extensions

• Firebug

  • A wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.
  • https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1843/

• WMLBrowser

  • A WML Browser extension for Firefox, very convient to test WML files
  • https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/62

• Web Developer Firefox Extension

  • A must-have for web development
  • http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/

• User Agent Switcher for Firefox

  • Nice too to test devices or browsers
  • https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59
  • http://chrispederick.com/work/user-agent-switcher/

FTP

• Captain FTP

  • Another FTP Client
  • http://captainftp.xdsnet.de/

• CyberDuck

  • Nice free FTP client, jury still out on my preferred FTP client
  • http://cyberduck.ch/

• FireFTP

  • One more FTP client, too many to choose from and yet no clear winner
  • https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/684/

• Fugu

  • Free SFTP Client
  • http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/

Tools and Utilities

• AirFoil

  • The missing link…stream any audio (not just iTunes) through your Airport Express
  • http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/

• AppTrap

  • Free and Open Source application removal, does better than AppZapper
  • http://konstochvanligasaker.se/apptrap/

• Eliza

  • Open Terminal, type emacs, Enter, Esc then type xdoctor

• FSEventer

  • Observes filesystem changes using the same underlying API as Spotlight and provides a graphical representation of the file activity, could be to determine what files are changed via software installation, preferences, etc…or simply to see what a software is doing
  • http://www.fernlightning.com/doku.php?id=software:fseventer

• F-Script

  • F-Script provides scripting and interactive access to Cocoa frameworks and custom Objective-C objects. It aims to be a useful and fun tool for both beginners and experts, allowing interactively exploring, testing and using Cocoa-based objects and frameworks.
  • http://www.fscript.org/

• Google Toolbar for Firefox

  • Love it, especially for the GMail icon, the Autofill and the Bookmark Button
  • http://www.google.com/toolbar

• Growl

  • Notification - alerts and sounds - utility used by many apps such as Skype, Adium etc…
  • http://growl.info/about.php

• iClock

  • Pretty convenient menu clock replacement, add dates, multiple time zone and more
  • http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10849

• iPulse

  • Nice UI, but still not sure it is very useful
  • http://iconfactory.com/software/ipulse/

• Lingon

  • Lingon is a graphical user interface for creating an editing launchd configuration files for Mac OS X Leopard 10.5. You can use launchd on a Mac to launch scripts and applications whenever something special happens or at a specific time or periodically. You get all launchd configuration files in a list to the left so you can easily see all and choose which one to edit.
  • http://lingon.sourceforge.net/

• Logitech Harmony

  • Best Universal Remote Control at a decent price, driver and control app
  • http://www.logitech.com/pub/techsupport/harmony/harmonyremote7.0.dmg

• Open Terminal Here

  • Handy Apple Script which opens a terminal window in the current Finder window directory
  • http://www.entropy.ch/software/applescript/

• Perian

  • “The swiss-army knife for QuickTime.” Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats.
  • http://perian.org/#explore

• QuickSilver

  • Killko loves it ..A unified, extensible interface for working with applications, contacts, music, and other data.
  • http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/

• Signal

  • The Ultimate Media Player for your iPhone
  • http://www.alloysoft.com/download.html

• Sparkle

  • Self-update framework for Cocoa applications
  • http://sparkle.andymatuschak.org/

• VersionTracker

  • Still the best way to track updates.
  • http://www.versiontracker.com

Quicklook Plugin

• Quicklook Source Code Syntax Hilight

  • http://www.samlepirate.net/colorqc2

• Zip Quicklook

  • http://d.hatena.ne.jp/t_trace/20071125/p2

Graphic & Imaging

• GraphicConverter

  • Cool little image editor with handy image conversion
  • http://www.lemkesoft.com/

• Instant Shot

  • Excellent screen capture application
  • http://projects.digitalwaters.net/index.php?q=instantshot

• Shift-Ctrl-Command 4

  • I now mainly use leopard function see [Screen Capture] for details

• The GIMP

  • Open Source Image manipulation, no contest the only option if you do not want to spend several 100s on Photoshop
  • http://www.gimp.org/

• Jing

  • Open Source Screen Recording, pretty awesome
  • http://www.jingproject.com/

Virtualization

• Parallels Desktop
  • Virtualization Software, run Windows XP and Vista on your Mac
  • http://www.parallels.com
  • Beta you need to use your iSight camera within XP
  • http://forums.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=8354

Web Site Management

• 1 & 1
  • Web hosting, good price, fair value
  • http://www.1and1.com/ Use this link so I get a kick back
• Google Apps
  • Simply the best to free email, calendar and custom start page for your own domain
  • http://www.google.com/a/