Mac ApplicationsThe following is a fairly complete list of applications I have recently installed on my Macbook laptop, in addition to Apple pre-loaded software like iLife, Photobooth, etc. I created this for folks who may be interested in downloading / obtaining additional applications for their Mac computer(s). These are listed in alphabetical order, and include web links to each application. The following codes apply: C = Commercial, F = Free or Open Source, N= No longer available as far as I know. (Last updated: 29 March 2009) Audacity - F (audio editor for podcasting) Audio Hijack Pro - C (capture audio from any application) Call Recorder - C (installs as part of Skype) Camtwist - F (permits different video sources to be selected during Ustream) CombinePDFs - F (Combine multiple PDF files into a single document) Cooliris - F (web photo gallery visualizer) Cyberduck - F (ftp client for uploading files) Disk Inventory X - F (shows hard drive utilization info) DVD Studio Pro - C (ships with Final Cut Studio Pro) EverNote - F (client-based, web-based and iPhone based notetaking application) FeedForAll - C (RSS feed creator) ffmpegx - F (audio and video converter) FileMaker Pro - C (database) Final Cut Pro - C (pro-level video editing) Firefox - F (extensible web browser) Flickr Uploadr - F (batch photo uploads and meta tagging software) Flip4Mac - F (video codecs) Flock - F (extensible and social web browser) Fluid - F (Run webapps as desktop apps - based on Safari webkit, similar to Prism) Gawker - F (time lapse movies) Google Earth - F GraphicConverter - F (Photo editor, can be registered as shareware but free version is fully functional) Handbrake - F (rip DVDs to iPod and iPhone format) iMovie 6 - F (this is the original iMovie application, not iMovie HD) iSquint - F (compress videos in iPod format, available now as open source PunyVid) iStat Menus - F (menu bar performance graphs) iWork - C (Includes Keynote, Pages and Numbers) Jungle Disk Monitor - F (monitors use of Amazon S3 usage) Levelator - F (level audio in podcasts) MacFreeLance - C (invoice and billing software) MarsEdit - C (offline blogging tool) Monitor Mode - F (show live video from DV source) MPEG Streamclip - F (import DVD clips to MPEG4) MS Office 2008 - C NeoOffice - F (Macintosh port of OpenOffice - complete office productivity software, a replacement for MS Office) Perian - F (free tool for viewing more online web video formats) Prism - F (run web apps as desktop applications) ProfCast - C QuickTime Pro - C Remote Desktop Connection - F Reunion - C (family tree / geneology) Scratch - F (great environment for kids to program visualizations, tell stories, make games) ScreenFlow - C (screencasting) SeaMonkey - F Seashore - F (open source Mac port of the Gimp photo editor, but doesn't require X11) Second Life - F Sierra Watcher - F (software to configure and use a Sierra Wireless cell phone network card) Silverlight - F (Video codec from Microsoft used by NetFlix for instant video viewing) Skitch - F (snap, draw, share - GREAT screenshot creation tool, supports direct web-posting to Flickr) Skype - F (IM, VOIP, videoconferencing) Slife - F (time tracking and management software) Snapz Pro X - C StuffIt Expander - F SWF & FLV Player - F (pro version upgrade available like QuickTime Pro)
Switch - F (audio converter software) TextWrangler - F (text editor, I use this multiple times per day, can't live without it) TubeTV - F (download YouTube videos in QuickTime/iPod compatible format) TuxPaint - F (open source KidPix) TweetDeck - F (Adobe Air Twitter client) VLC - F (video player) VMWare Fusion - C (run Windows on Mac) XDCAM Transfer Software - F (from Sony, import MP4 video to Final Cut) XMeeting - F I also have created a chronological listing of applications as I re-installed them on a new hard drive in May 2008. Applications I once used but don't anymore: 3D Weather Globe - C Acorn - C (image editor) Adobe PhotoShop - C Adobe Soundbooth CS3 - F Adium X - F (multi-protocol Instant Messenger) Alarm Clock - F AppleWorks - C Backup - C (included with .Mac) Bento - C (I tried the demo version but didn't buy) Big Bang Board Games - C Carbon Copy Cloner - F (hard drive imaging program, also permits backup of individual folders) ccPublisher - F Comic Life - C DiskWarrior - C Dreamweaver - C DVDCapture - F EarthBrowser - C Ecto - C EndNote - C Frames - C (stop-motion digital storytelling) Garmin Bobcast - F (Garmin GPS transfer program) Garmin MapManager - F (Garmin GPS map software) Gimp - F (open souce image editor) Gizmo Project - F (IM/VOIP like Skype) Google Notifier for Mac - F Google SketchUp - F Google Video Player - F GraphicConverter - C ID3 Editor - C Inbox or Midnight Inbox - C (GTD Organizer) Inspiration - C iShowU - C (screencasting) iStory Creator X - N (now iWriter) iWriter - C Jing - F (free screencapture and screencasting) Juice - F (podcatching) KeyWebX - N Kid Pix Deluxe 3 - C LEGO Digital Designer - F Levelator - F (audio tweaking software) LimeWire - F Marble Blast Gold - C MS Office 2004 - C Nanosaur 2 - C NeoOffice Remote - F (permits you to control NeoOffice presentations with your Apple Remote, and other programs using the same keyboard shortcuts) NetGlance - C NetLogo - F Noble Avatar - F (create a custom avatar) Nvu - F OmniOutliner - C OmniDazzle - C Ourmedia Publisher - F Pandora - C (I run this as a webapp with Fluid) Parallels - C Plaxo - F (I definitely DO NOT recommend Plaxo.) PodNova - F (I don't use this software anymore, but do use the Podnova website-- I use Juice Receiver with iTunes instead) PopPop - C (arcade style game) ProScope HR - C (requires ProScope) Quicken - C RealPlayer - F SketchFighter - C (fun game with sketch drawings) Sketchpad (Geometer's Sketchpad) - C SMART Board Software - C (free to download install, license requires you have a SmartBoard) Songbird - F Stanza - F (eBook desktop reader and converter app) SubEthaEdit - F (free for educators) TaskPaper - C (to-do lists) TinkerTool - F TuneTagger - C (tag iTunes songs) Twitterific - F Type to Learn Jr. - C Ubercaster - C (podcasting) UpperBlip - F (upload video to Blip.tv) Vidalia (part of Tor) - F Virtual Box - F Worms 3D - C Xpod - N Xslimmer - C (reduce the size of Mac applications by deleting unneeded parts) Yahoo! Messenger - F These are the application icons I keep in my dock: 
These are screenshots of my dock and finder quicklaunch icons in November 2007:  These are the applications I use the Finder's quick launch area for:  Miguel Guhlin, on his collected writings page, has several great lists to Mac applications also: The Tao of Mac's Switcher's Application Guide also has good links. Link to my primary blog: "Moving at the Speed of Creativity" A fairly complete list of social media websites to which I contribute is available on http://claimid.com/wfryer
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