Best Free Mac Software – Redux

[ Browser ]
Firefox – Need I say anything else? My browser of choice no matter what OS you’re running.

[ RSS ]
Vienna – An excellent RSS reader

[ Email ]
Thunderbird – Mail.app is a fantastic email client, but Thunderbird still outshines it. Truth be told though, I hardly use my desktop email client.
Google Notifier – If you use Gmail this application is a must have. Automatically checks your Google Calendar and Gmail account and notifies you of upcoming events and email messages.

[ IM ]
Aduim – A feature rich Instant Messaging client, with a broad range of supported clients makes this a must have.

[ File Sharing ]
Transmission – A simple, easy to use BitTorrent client that’s a little more developed than Tomato.

[ FTP ]
Cyberduck – A departure from the normal two paned view you might be used to in FTP programs, but still a robust program with support for FTP (File Transfer Protocol), FTP/TLS (FTP secured over SSL/TLS) and SFTP

[ Video Playback ]
VLC Player – Fast, stable and wide ranging codec support makes VLC a fantastic all around media player
Flip4Mac – Adds support for playing WMV files in QuickTime

[ DVD Ripping ]
Handbrake – It may not offer the widest range of options when ripping a DVD, but it’s straight forward and produces high quality rips with no hassle.

[ CD Burning ]
LiquidCD – Excellent alternative to the native disc burning in OS X

[ Finance ]
Cashbox – Simple and easy to use software to keep track of your finances

[ Misc ]
smcFanControl 2.1 – A must have for managing the fan speeds on your Macbook / Macbook Pro
Growl – Growl is a notification system for Mac OS X: it allows applications that support Growl to send you notifications.
Alarm Clock 2 – I would be late for work/classes almost daily if it wasn’t for this program, with options for waking up to either an annoying klaxon or music from your iTunes library.

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  1. antonio Avatar
    antonio

    I’ve found iusethis.com for a source of popular apps and such. Off the top of my list would be the Unsanity products HERE, of course, as you’ve listed it already, Flip4Mac, and a few other good ones, iBackup, info.xhead, and another one by the Flip4Mac people, Drive In.

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