100+ Free Applications for Mac OS X

November 12, 2008 in Applications, Popular, Productivity | 102 Comments

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Most of the time, Windows users are reluctant to switch to a Mac. One amongst many reasons is that they found it hard to search for free softwares/applications for the Mac. Some of them have already switched to a Mac, but they're still running Windows OS on a Mac.

It's such an irony that actually there are mountains of free Mac applications available for us. After days of working on this, I've come out with list of free and useful Mac applications.

I've categorized and arranged the order of applications so that it will be extremely easy for you to find applications you need for your Mac.

Continue reading and you will see fabulous list of 100+ Free Mac OS X Applications!

Productivity Tool

1
Think
Simple Utility to Help Concentrate On Your Current Activity
2
SketchBox
Sticky Notes Manager for Your Mac Desktop
3
Slife
Complete Interface for You to Completely Analyze your Activities
4
Todos
Dock Expansion to Put All of Your Applications
5
Anxiety
To-Do List Application that Synchronizes with iCal and Mail
6
Backboard
Application for Easier Taking Notes and Writing Down Tasks
7
EtreTask
Small, Fast and Easy-to-Use To-Do List Manager
8
Out of Mind
Simple and Elegant To-Do Application
9
Camouflage
Tool to Hide All Icons Behind Wallpaper
10
iClockr
Tool to Track Timeline for Different Tasks and Projects
11
TaskMate
Simple To-Do List Application
12
Appointments
Keep Records of Customers, Contact Persons and Related Important Events
13
Evernote
Synchronizable Evernote Service for Clipping Webpages, Taking Notes and Creating To-Do Lists
14
SyncMate
Synchronizer for Mac to Organize Documents, Text Messages, Contacts, etc
15
PresentYourApps
Helps You Hide the Dock and Menu Bar While Opening Cocoa Applications
16
Dock Spaces
Extend Spaces of Your Dock Up To 10 Different Docks
17
MindNode
Easy Mind-Mapping for Your Mac

System

18
OnyX
Multifunction Utility for Maintenance, Optimization and Personalization of Your System
19
Deeper
Personalization Utility for Mac OS X which Reveals Hidden Settings
20
EverSave
Save All of Your Documents to Avoid Data Loss During Applications Crash
21
Pref Setter
Application to Edit Property List Files and Viewing Preference Files
22
MacLoc
Log Out from System without Closing Applications
23
Caffeine
Prevent Your Mac from Automatically Going to Sleep, Dimming the Screen or Starting Screen Savers
24
SMART Reporter
Protect Your Data with System Failure Prediction
25
Loginox
Application for Easier Customization of Login Screen
26
Mactracker
Mactracker Provides Detailed Information on Every Apple, Motorola, PowerComputing, and UMAX Mac OS Computers
27
SuperDocker
Little Application to Help You Modify Your Dock, Dashboard or Safari Loading Bar's Appearance with Simple Drag & Drop

Tools and Utilities

28
Burn
Burning Application for Mac OS X
29
Paparazzi!
Utility for Mac OS X to Make Screenshots of Webpages
30
Linotype FontExplorer X
Font Management Application
31
Growl
Notification System for Mac OS X which allows your Growl-supported applications to send you notifications
32
iStat Pro
Highly Configurable Mac OS X Widget that Helps You Monitor Your System
33
WeatherSnitch
Weather Forecast on Your Menu Bar

File Management

34
AppCleaner
Small Application to Allow You Thoroughly Uninstall Unwanted Apps
35
AppFresh
Application to Keep All Applications Up-To-Date
36
Punakea
Little App to Allow Your Manage Files by Tagging and Bookmarking
37
NameChanger
Rename List of Files Quickly and Easily
38
Set Icon
Application to Help You Set Custom Icon for Your Drives
39
Carbon Copy Cloner
Clone, Synchronize and Backup Your Files
40
Monolingual
Application for Mac OS X to Remove Unnecessary Language Resources
41
SpotInside
Search and Look Inside Documents
42
SpotLook
Graphical Interface to Mac OS X Leopard's Spotlight

Application Launcher

43
Quicksilver
A Unified, Extensible Interface for Working with Applications, Contacts, Music, and Other Data
44
Namely
Application Launcher that Requires Less Time for Learning
45
TigerLaunch
Easy-to-configure Application Launcher for Mac OS X
46
HimmelBar
Configurable Custom Folders to Give Extra Space for Launching Applications

Social Networking

47
GarageBuy
Client Application for Buying and Searching on the eBay Online Auction
48
Delibar
Delicious in Your Menu Bar
49
Gabtastik
Site Specific Browser for web chat services such as Facebook Chat
50
EventSync
Sync Your Facebook Events with iCal
51
PhotoBook
Facebook Photo Browser for Mac
52
FMenu
Facebook Events on your Menu Bar
53
MiniTwit
Tweet in a Fast and Dynamic Ways
54
TwitterPod
Twitter Client for Mac OS X
55
Syrinx
Customizable Twitter Client for Mac OS X Leopard
56
Photo Grabbr
Easily Download Photos and Photosets from a Flickr Account

Chat Client

57
Adium
Free Universal Instant Messaging Application for Mac
58
Microsoft Messenger
MSN Messenger Client for Mac
59
Skype
Application for Phone Call over Internet
60
Colloquy
Advanced IRC, SILC and ICB Client
61
Hab.la
Live Chat Application with Website's Visitors

Text Editor

62
TextWrangler
Fully Featured and Functional Text Editor
63
NeoOffice
Set of Office Applications for Mac OS X
64
Aquamacs Emacs
Mac OS X Text Editor Based on GNU Emacs
65
Bean
Small, Easy-to-use Word Processor Designed to Make Writing Convenient, Efficient and Comfortable
66
Smultron
Free and Easy-to-Use Text Editor for Mac OS X Leopard

Email, RSS and Atom Reader

67
Thunderbird
Email Application to Help You Organize, Secure and Customize Your Mail
68
NetNewsWire
Easy-to-Use RSS and Atom NewsReader for Mac OS X
69
Vienna
Freeware and Open Source RSS/Atom Newsreader for Mac OS X

PDF Reader

70
Adobe Reader
Adobe's Free Solution for Viewing PDF Documents
71
Skim
PDF Reader and Note-Taker for OS X

FTP Client

72
Cyberduck
FTP, SFTP, WebDAV and Amazon S3 Browser for Mac OS X
73
Classic FTP
Easy to Use FTP Client

BitTorrent Client

74
Transmission
Multi-Platform BitTorrent Client
75
Vuze
The Reigning Heavy-Weight BitTorrent Client

Network

76
iStumbler
Great Utility to Detect Wi-Fi Signals
77
Visual NetTools
Set of Network Scanning, Security, and Administrator Tools for Mac
78
Remote Desktop Connection
Client to Connect to a Microsoft Windows-Based Computer from Your Mac

Web Browser

79
Mozilla Firefox 3
Quick and Secure Web Browser
80
Camino
Open Source Web Browser for Mac OS X
81
Opera
Quick and Simple Web Browser for Your Mac
82
Flock
Web Browser that Makes Your Community Live Easier

Audio

83
Audacity
Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor
84
QLab
Live Media Timelines for Mac OS X
85
UltraMixer
Professional Digital DJ Solution to Mix Digital Music in Various Formats
86
ToolPlayer
Simple Music Player for OS X that Supports FLAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV, etc
87
SimpleSynth
Plug MIDI Keyboard and Play with SimpleSynth

Video

88
VLC Media Player
Cross-Platform Multimedia Player
89
RealPlayer
Mac OS X Version of RealPlayer
90
Flash Player
Flash Player for Your Mac
91
ooVoo
Free Video Chat and Video Conferencing
92
Jing
Instantly Captures Images and Records Video
93
FrameByFrame
Stop Motion Movie Creator for Mac
94
AutoRate
iTunes Rating Made Easy

Games

95
Quinn
A Tetromino Game for Mac OS X

Image Editor

96
Sweet Home 3D
Application for Quick Interior Design
97
Blender
Open Source 3D Content Creation Suite
98
GIMP
GNU Image Manipulation Program
99
DrawBerry
Application for Vectorial Drawing
100
Xee
Lightweight, Fast and Convenient Image Viewer and Browser
101
Colorate
Utility for Creation of Harmonized Color Palettes and Color Schemes
102
Poladroid
Create High Resolution Polaroid-like Pictures from Digital Photos

File Compressor

103
The Unarchiver
Archive Unpacker Program for Mac OS X
104
7zX
High Compression Ratio File Archiver
105
UnRarX
Cocoa Application to Expand RAR Archives
106
Stomp
Video Re-Compressor

Google

107
Google Earth
Application that Shows You the World's Geographic Information
108
Google Notifier
Notification Tool for Gmail and Gcal Events

Uploader

109
Flickr Uploadr
Tool to Help You Send Pictures to Flickr Photo Service

Programming IDE

110
MySQL
Most Popular Open Source SQL Database
111
NetBeans
IDE for Different Programming Languages

QuickTime Plugin

112
Flip4Mac WMV
QuickTime Plugin for Playing WMA Content
113
Perian
QuickTime Component that Adds Native Support for Many Popular Video Formats

Converter

114
HandBrake
DVD to MPEG-4 Converter
115
Senuti
Transfer Songs from Your iPod Back to Your Computer

I humbly say that I, as a mere human, don't have a capability to foresee any bugs for any of the applications mentioned above; I deliver what I've seen and experienced during the time of using my Mac.

If you've any enquiries regarding to the applications, kindly approach the corresponding application's developer which link to the homepage has been provided.

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102 Comments

10:30 AM

Smash

Another for me... http://tuppis.com/smultron/ (editor) http://www.freemacsoft.net/AppCleaner/ (uninstall application) Thank you this list is perfect :D

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10:41 AM

Robert

Best weather program for Mac, IMHO, is WeatherDock. It's beautiful to look at and it works extremely well. Weathersnitch doesn't come close. Link: http://www.alwintroost.nl/?id=52

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11:33 AM

Chet

isn't AppZapper shareware?

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11:33 AM

Chet

isn't AppZapper shareware?

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12:04 PM

Iury

Great List! PS: OverFlow and AppZapper are not free.

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12:32 PM

Wendy <Webmaster>

Oops.. Sorry for that, I've removed those applications that are not shareware.. Please check with me if there are still some sharewares included..

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01:42 PM

Pat

Audio Hijack Pro is a Shareware, not a freeware.

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01:49 PM

Brian

What a great list!! I was just wondering today about all the great apps out there that are free and are just great at what they do. Perfect timing!

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01:49 PM

Wendy <Webmaster>

Thanks Pat, it's removed now.

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02:23 PM

Tomas

Vienna is great and free app for RSS and Atom. http://vienna-rss.sourceforge.net/

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03:27 PM

Ben

Awesome list. How about SuperDocker, Skitch, Poladroid :D They're all free and awesome, visit www.suberapps.com to read more about them and other awesome apps. :)

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05:13 PM

Wendy <Webmaster>

To Tomas & Ben: Added, Thanks.

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05:55 PM

JG

You should add Plex, which is turning into an ever greater home theater program, and it is free! www.plexapp.com

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08:11 PM

Robert

Let's not forget InstantShot! and Dockdrop, two freeware programs that I use frequently. Oh...and ScreenShade.

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09:43 PM

ansel

I think MAMP is more useful (also free) than pointing people towards the MySQL site. Great list, thanks!

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10:13 PM

Hemu

This is an awesome list. Exactly what I wanted.

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11:28 PM

Moshe

Tnx for your great list! I think you should add one more video watch app that called Movist. It is great application almost like vlc but the best thing about it that you have much more control and Especially with subtitles that it present it with great view and not like vlc that make the sub to look bad. in conclusion i am hopping that you will take a look on this program and if i am not wrong it developed by google.

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01:06 AM

Kirt

err... no vim? you have aquamacs emacs, but no vim for the vi fans! otherwise an awesome list.

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02:22 AM

Alessandro

In "Programming IDE" you could add Eclipse also ;)

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04:04 AM

Justin

Check out Songbird for an alternative to iTunes. It's almost out of beta, and it's outstanding. www.getsongbird.com

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04:44 AM

John francisco

amazing list… thx. pretty sure to find something cool…

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05:15 AM

Mahmoud

Great List ! There are also some interesting GTD free applications like things (so far still free) and iGTD Thanks

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06:04 AM

Patrick Thompson

I think NameMangler is a much better file renaming app than NameChanger. http://www.manytricks.com/namemangler/

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06:22 AM

Adam

Interesting list, with a good few intriguing apps I've not heard of before, but … no NewsFire? It's the most attractive (and my favoured) RSS reader, and it's now free.

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06:29 AM

Chris Pratt

I don't get MacLoc. You can add the built-in Mac OS X fast user switching menu item to the menubar and from there choose the "Login Window..." menu item. Why install a program to get functionality that's already baked in?

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07:24 AM

Gerry

Hi, have you tried xbmc from xbmc.org It is a multi platform media ctr and was originally the Xbox Media Ctr, I am using it and it has a great GUI

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08:49 AM

MNO

This one is still the best list, when just getting started
http://www.macnewsonline.com/wp/the-ultimate-mac-apps-list/

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10:02 AM

Edgardo

What about Eclipse has programming IDE?

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10:03 AM

Edgardo

What about Eclipse as programming IDE?

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11:23 AM

Phil

The editor category is missing MacVim (http://code.google.com/p/macvim), a great OS X port of the venerable vim text editor.

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02:38 PM

scottishsimon

Sidenote (http://www.chatelp.org/?p=50) is a great note-taking, image-storing free app which slides out of the side of the screen. I use it every day. Also InstantShot! (http://projects.digitalwaters.net/index.php?q=ishot_download) is great for screenshots. Glad to see you've got a lot of my faves! Great list!

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08:26 PM

Terry Wang

Wow, wonderful post. It should be the first thing one should read before switching to Mac. I will post this on my website and via Twitter. I found that I use most of them, good sign. I like free stuff:) Thanks guys!

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10:21 PM

Nanda Firdausi

You must like afloat. It can make any windows float over other windows

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12:28 AM

Amgad Suliman

Great post, usually lists like these are mostly games. I think I will be using most of these apps

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01:45 AM

Rodrigo

Very good list! congratulations and thanks. I am from Chile. You coul do the same with paid aplications.

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02:03 AM

Juno

Gente en la página web: http://www.mimac.es Hay todo esto y más y además en español para los que el inglés nos nubla la vista!

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02:09 AM

submyt.com

wonderful stuff for me and other designers too. Suraish Patel http://www.submyt.com

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02:20 AM

Dan

just bought my MAC and can't wait to install these!

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03:33 AM

sergio

I feel insulted that you left out MacVim from the free editor apps. Just joking, great work. Thanks for the list!

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05:10 AM

jopicar

Nice and Great list!! Thanks for sharing All the best!!

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08:17 AM

penflare

WOW. THIS. IS. AMAZING. THANK. YOU.

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12:26 PM

rep12

This article is fantastic. Thank you. This is like definitive for me!
On a side note, and not to detract from the greatness of this article, Stomp is not freeware. It leaves a watermark.

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07:37 PM

Jedive

Awesome list. Many programs I didn't know. One things I feel it's missing is the AppTrap uninstaller (http://konstochvanligasaker.se/apptrap/). One thing I like over other alternatives is that you don't have to do anything special to use it, it's perfectly integrated into Finder. That means that when you move an application to the Trash Bin, it shows a pop-up with the list of files that the app is leaving on the system, and you can also move them to the trash in a single click.

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11:05 PM

Carny

Filezilla now has an OS X native FTP client.

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02:10 AM

Moshe

If you want Uploader Manager for Rapidshare try out this app that called "RSUploaderX". i think it is great app and moreover, i don't think that you can find any app like this for rapidshare for mac. here is it's Website http://www.fbis.ch/index-de.php?frameset=4&pagenum=50

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10:16 AM

Lee

I've heard generic advice to avoid free software because it can have viruses. What do you all think?

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10:44 AM

James

Great list! I would also recommend Gmail Notifr (http://ashchan.com/projects/gmail-notifr), for who needs a notifier which could be configured to check their gmail account at an interval.

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10:57 AM

Robert

You don't need GMail Nortifr, IMHO. Just configure your e-mail software program to download through Gmail's POP3. I set up my Apple Mail program to do just that and added a Smart mailbox so I know where mail was coming from. No need to use up CPU resources and RAM to do something just about any available e-mail program can do.

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12:55 PM

Yago de Quay

Great and new! Most of the sites like this one are repetitive yours isn't. Thanks for your compilation.

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08:55 PM
09:46 AM

tungchao

And SideNote, Open Office, Miro, Keyboard Cleaner, Jiggler, iMedia Browser, iDMG, Fluke, Fluid, Coconut Battery, AirRadar ...

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06:35 AM

Andreas

Great list, but I miss Dropbox!

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10:30 AM

Clubit.tv

Amazing article, love it, thanks you have solved lots of mac program problems with this post

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07:21 PM

WinLover

This is truly funny. You are using dmg format graphic files to display icons which don't work on Firefox or IE on Windows. Are you really trying to persuade Windows users to switch to Mac using this?

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04:48 AM

Kirk

Super List!

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10:06 PM

tungchao

@WinLover : We're not :-p Stay on Win, buddy ;-)

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01:28 AM

mollusk

great list, but MySQL is an IDE? IDE Eclipse (www.eclipse.org). With plugins, it can be used as an IDE for C, C++, python, LaTeX, HTML, etc. Text Editors MacVim (http://code.google.com/p/macvim/) thanks for the good work.

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12:28 AM

website designs

there are a thousand lists of free mac apps out there, and most of them are practically identical. this list is very comprehensive and organized and lists many great apps i ve never seen before!

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02:23 PM

PaddyO

What? No free video editor for QuickTime anymore? Whatever happened to MOVer? Anybody know if there's a freeware alternative to QuickTimePro? It just aggravates me, having to purchase QTPro all over again, every couple of years, when I only need it for a few simple edits.

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08:14 AM

elice82

Wrap for switching easier to your Spaces. http://www.ksuther.com/warp/

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06:27 PM

Jash Sayani

Thanks. I use most of the apps. They are in deed essengial. However, is there a ToDo app that syncs with RTM (RememberTheMilk)...? Thanks.

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09:34 PM

Anand

This is really a massive list. Thanks a ton !

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10:47 PM

Omar

Thanks Man .... So Coooooooool List

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01:47 AM

Enter Your Name

is deeper the same as tinkertool? the look the same. and is there a free app similiar to candybar?

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09:43 PM

Bobz

Here is one i find useful: http://www.mamp.info/en/index.php Apache+Mysql+Php.

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11:00 AM

Joseph Whitney

Ya forgot SeaShore Graphics Editor http://seashore.sourceforge.net/

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11:31 AM

John Goettle

Pac The Mac X (free pac man game):http://www.mcsebi.com/ptmx.php

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03:13 PM

Aziz

Nice package of Mac software..... Thanks alot :)

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06:16 PM

Ghanem

Hello : ) Thank you for this useful list. It's great. Well, i found a very excellent "music player" sooo powerful and light APP for leopard and brothers: VOX http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/24852/vox - http://www.voxapp.net/ - Happy new year ñ_ñ

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07:43 PM

Enter Your Name Murthy

Hmm very nice post:-)) and one more beautiful app to download videos from most popular sites like YouTube, Picasa, Veoh, Flickr, Photobucket and Web shots.. its WEB2 DELIGHT very cool app:-)) Tts a must app for MAC users.... check out the link http://www.globaldelight.com/ one more beautiful and very simple image capturing and editing app from global delight its Voila:-) It allows you to capture anything or everything on your desktop, and in the way you decide hmmm its cool app guys check out the above link:-)

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03:46 AM

thefreemac

Nice site. I have 300+ free apps and you even managed to find some that I missed. Damn!!! www.thefreemac.com

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03:43 PM

fritz

hi all, are there any talking application out there where like after booting up your mac, you would here a computer voice? (ex: weather forecast for today just like in the movie Iron Man). Tnx peeps.

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05:15 PM

Dakota

Hey, wonderful post, love these apps. Just wondering why there aren't any HTML editing ones...

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05:02 AM

xavior

cool cool mega post!!! thanks a bunch.. this website/blog rulez!!

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07:30 PM

johan englund

Thanks for a very useful blog! Like to recommend: Mpeg streamclip vid converter http://www.squared5.com/ Flash downloader http://sites.google.com/site/tesseractsoftware/

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08:04 AM

andreaalka

I use SAVE2PC in windows a lot... is there something like that in mac?????

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01:41 AM

Kevin Alexander

This is the paradise of all Mac Users...

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02:19 AM

eduard paneza

it is very useful i can make and back up all my details and files

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05:01 PM

Titanic

Hello! Did anyone want a free alarm clock? I think I just got one by accidently and surfing internet too much... It's called Alarm Clock 2 and it's free. Here's the website to download... http://www.robbiehanson.com/alarmclock/index.html Hope some of you find this useful. Thanks!

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10:07 PM

CHiP

usingmac.com was enough to have a friend of mine switched to Macintosh.
THANKS A LOT!

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05:12 AM

elmuymac

Hello, Great list, but SENUTI is not free anymore, now it cost 18 $ :-(

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06:43 PM

TheBligh

Great list, but u missed out Yahoo! Messenger: http://messenger.yahoo.com/

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02:44 PM

Donald Gripper

There is also a facebook exporter for iPhoto. really useful for people who frequently load large albums, or for lazy people (like myself) here it is: http://developers.facebook.com/iphoto/

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05:59 AM

Henrik

Really nice applist! Good work Rubify!:) Here's my little tip if you've missed it!? Great for adresse sync to gmail! http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/internet_utilities/addressbooktocsvexporter.html

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06:43 PM

Josh Penman

Thanks for your list - I really like how pretty much every app on there is a REALLY useful one, and that you don't pile different alternatives on top of one another. As an online-research junky with a bad memory, I've been looking for an app that archives absolutely everything I view on the internet - all in files that Spotlight can search through. And when I finally found one, it was free: the MM3 WebAssistant Proxy Offline Browser. (what a name!) The only problem I have with it so far is that I can't open files it has saved directly from the finder in my browser. I'm also not sure what effect it has on performance. But if it's light-weight enough, it's exactly what I want in the age of large hard drives: a record of absolutely everything I've read and looked at online. PS: it's a java app, with a weird (by mac standards) but refreshingly simple interface and great step-by-step instructions in german-idiom-influenced english:)

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02:55 AM

Vincent

Great list, I would also recommend teamviewer.com which is free for personal use and allows to to take control of a remote PC or Mac to transfer files, help someone remotely (support), or show someone your screen for education purposes.

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06:39 AM

Red Apple

Linotype Font Xplorer is no longer free. They offer a 30 day trial, after which you have to purchase a $79 license. It's still superior to Font Book by leaps and bounds.

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10:18 AM

Wendy <Webmaster>

Linotype FontExplorer 1.2.3 is still free, only that it doesn't offer server integration and supports are no longer provided.

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01:32 AM

sat

grazie assaie !!!!!

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01:41 AM

sat

this link do not work ToolPlayer Simple Music Player for OS X that Supports FLAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV, etc

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05:41 PM

Cody

I love this list! One I think you should add though is SMC Fan Control which I think is the most important/useful app ever! Macs tend to get VERY hot and this app is very easy to use, and automatically changes the rpm you set whenever you are charging your mac or just simply using it or both! This significantly cools down your mac :) http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23049

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02:07 AM

Shannon Hiott

Is there a program to help organize folders and such? Because my photos are all over the place!

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02:58 AM

Jonw

Hi great list. You might want to add SeaShore http://seashore.sourceforge.net/ which a simple image editor which doesn't rely on X11 as Gimp does, it is basic though. Ta

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04:54 AM

Talkrhubarb

OmniWeb is now a free web browser. http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/

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05:45 AM

Alan

Here is another file compressor for everyone. StuffIt Expander: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/stuffitexpander.html

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03:01 AM

bmp

Love the list! Thanks! Here is a great app for audio/video encoding: http://www.ffmpegx.com/

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05:16 PM

Anirudh Gargi

U forgot some of the iomportant ones like Mac Pilot ant in the Programming Section Add Eclipse. There are Lots of other Applications too. Though this website dosnt show it in a organized manner Still it giver a more no of applications. I Downloaded a lot of them

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08:14 AM

Nacho

Gracias, es un sitio confiable y recomendable!

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05:34 AM

Thomas Maxxwell

Awesome list, thanks!!!!

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02:11 AM

naynay521

There's a free stick figure animation program called Stykz, which is a cross-platform alternative to the popular Windows software Pivot Stickfigure animator. I think it is totally worthy of the list.

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02:24 PM

Austin

I installed OnyX, and wow i swear my mac is twice as fast now!

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