Official Useful Applications Thread
Well I have been seeing a lot of new (and some old) Mac users asking around for what a good application for this or for that is. Even though we could use the search feature I thought that it might be better to have them all on one thread, as a big reference point.
For each application or program write a short description, provide a link (hyperlink is preferable) and, if it costs anything, list it's price. As new applications come out feel free to add them to the list.
For example...
Adium: Adium is one of the best, if not the best, instant messaging program out there. It does Yahoo, MSN, AIM accounts, as well as .Mac. The interface is great and easy to work with. It is easily better than iChat and AIM Triton. It's all-around a great application.
Price: Free
Alright guys, lets start making a list!
For each application or program write a short description, provide a link (hyperlink is preferable) and, if it costs anything, list it's price. As new applications come out feel free to add them to the list.
For example...
Adium: Adium is one of the best, if not the best, instant messaging program out there. It does Yahoo, MSN, AIM accounts, as well as .Mac. The interface is great and easy to work with. It is easily better than iChat and AIM Triton. It's all-around a great application.
Price: Free
Alright guys, lets start making a list!
Comments
Of course QuickSilver is also a great application launcher...and much more if you learn how to use it right. One of the most helpful apps i have ever come across.
Super powerful, very flexible, and free.
And yes quicksilver is very quick
Here is one of my favorites, though it is merely a widget. It is called iStatPro. It moniters all of your computers insides, such as CPU workload, temperature, and the such. Also there are a few other good widgets that moniters things such as applications, at iSlayer.
P.S. It is really hard to type with gloves on\\!
Not a single one has been repeated...
It was a precautionary measure, I wasn't implying that it had been already repeated.
Anyways, I am going to recommend the widget "iTunes Stats". Very neat for having stats on your library. For instance, I've spent 1360 hours listening to music, and my play count is 23,291
Movie Player: VLC
Colloquy is very mac esque, and is probably the best IRC client that I've found so far. I might change soon if I can find something that fits my style more (like the file sharing things...) But overall a great client.
VLC is something someone here recommended to me-- it's great for a movie player as it supports lots of different file types, and oh-- your laptop/etc won't go to sleep while watching a movie! Also has Full Screen mode.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20033
http://www.alittlebitofnothingleft.net/snowfall/
[edit] Forgot to put smcFan Control. It allows the user of a hot MBP to cool it down within seconds by adjusting fan speed
Stand alone Event Maker for iCal that also works from within Mail. Create Events and To Dos that can include all (or selected) text from email as a Note.
Mac OS X - 10.4.8 - Mac Pro コンピュータ -
VoodooPad is a notepad that is a wiki. It is pretty powerful and has become almost a mini word-processor for me.
Flysketch is a screen capture annd drawing tool that is very functional.
"TigerLaunch is an easy-to-use and easy-to-configure application launcher for OS X. It displays an Apps menu at the top of your screen listing all your applications in alphabetical order?no matter what folder they appear in. You can easily configure it to exclude applications you rarely or never launch. This allows you to be more selective about what apps are dock-worthy, so your dock doesn?t get so cluttered. It also makes it easier to launch apps that are buried in sub-folders, such as in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder."
I've used GraphicConverter for years and it still has it's uses (exporting files and formats) but when I want to just view images, I've been trying out CocoViewX. It is a freeware image viewer. Very nicely done with lots of features and gets better with every upgrade.
I have not been a big gamer on the Mac or Windows, but there has been one that I have played for over 6 years on Windows always hoping for a Mac version. Well, LBreakout has finally come over to OS X and I still have fun wasting idle time with it. Anyone know of other mini-sized games available for OS X? Add them into the thread!