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Essential Mac Software

While I’m at it, I figured I could use this space to document some the applications that make things possible:

• Acquisition - Gnutella file sharing client
• AudioX - Record audio from any input source
• Backlight - Menu extra toggles screensaver as your desktop
• BitTorrent - Native BitTorrent client
• BurnX Free - Burn multiple sessions on CD
• CandyBar - Change your application and system icons
• Carbon Copy Cloner - Easy-to-use backup/cloning utility
• Chick of the VNC - Native VNC viewer
• Cocktail - Simplifies use of UNIX functions in OS X, and more.
• Colloquy - IRC client
• Deja Vu - Schedule regular file backups
• Delicious Library - Catalogue your books, CD’s, games, DVD’s
• DeskShade - Hide desktop icons, terminal lock, and more
• Desktastic - Doodle on your desktop
• DragThing - An alternative to the dock
• EarthDesk - A dynamic desktop picture or the earth
• ecto - Post entries to weblog systems
• Evocam - Webcam application with built in web server, FTP, etc.
• Firefox - Open source web browser
• Fugu - An SFTP, SCP and SSH frontend
• G-Force - iTunes visualisation plugin
• Huevos - Customisable search engine helper
• iBank - Intuitive personal finance manager
• iConquer - 1-to-6 player world conquest game
• iPulse - Monitor system activity, CPU, memory, network, etc.
• iWork - Self-employed time billing manager
• Kaleidostrobe - iTunes visualisation plugin
• LED Spectrum Analyser - iTunes visualisation plugin
• Little Snitch - Alerts you of outgoing network connections
• MacJournal - Create personal logs & diary entries
• MacMame - Multi arcade machine emulator
• MacSniffer - View all traffic on a network connection
• MacTracker - Database of all Mac models
• Maquarium - Fish tank app, letting you keep track of chemical levels in your tank
• Microsoft Office 2004 - The standard
• Net Monitor - Network throughput monitor
• NetNewsWire - RSS news aggregator
• OmniGraffle - Create diagrams, flow charts, and more
• OSXvnc - VNC remote control protocol
• Pages - Apple’s own desktop publishing / word processing application
• Quicksilver - Application launcher and much more.
• Remote Desktop connection - MS’ remote connection app
• Reunion 8 - Genealogy application.  Darn good one too…
• SubEthaEdit - Use Rendezvous for collaborative editing
• TextWrangler - The best free text editor there is on the market.  period.
• Transmit - FTP client
• Unison - Usenet newsreader handles messages, files, & media
• UnRarX - The best rar client.  OSS no less
• WhiteCap - iTunes visualisation plugin
• xScope - Suite of screen tools for UI designers