Free must-have OS X apps

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  • Reply 41 of 59
    guestguest Posts: 112member
    Mac Janitor

    Runs OSX's 3 maintenance scripts.

    http://tc.versiontracker.com/product..._1.2.1.dmg.sit



    Apple's open firmware password

    prevents booting your Mac without a password.

    http://www.apple.com/support/downloa...epassword.html



    MatrixGL

    semi-3D Matrix Screensaver.

    http://tc.versiontracker.com/product...L%202.0.dmg.gz



    GLTron

    fun game based on tron lightcycles.

    http://www.gltron.org/



    Many choices here.

    http://www.daniele.ch/downloads.html



    and here.

    http://www.unsanity.com/products/free
  • Reply 42 of 59
    Though not applications, these two plug-ins for browsers are extremely well done and I use them quite a bit:



    PDF Browser and Word Browser at



    www.schubert-it.com
  • Reply 43 of 59
    malokatamalokata Posts: 197member
    "X-tunes" is a freeware program that lets you pop up an itunes remote control no matter what's in front, through a hot-key. Saves me a few keystrokes, looks cool, impresses girls.



    x-tunes
  • Reply 44 of 59
    slugheadslughead Posts: 1,169member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Kickaha

    [B]Just curious... what do you need a RAMdisk for???/B]



    Three words: security, security, security.



    The FBI (or any other persistent organization) can even retrieve zeroed information to some extent. RAM is the ultimate secure drive.



    I'd like to put my safari cache in there, so if my friends think it funny to go to a questionable site, the FBI can take hammers, shovels, and rakes to my computer and it will yield no evidence.



    Oh and by the way, you really should be taking the government seriously, as one wrong move WILL destroy your life.



    http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/p...YT01/308110346
  • Reply 45 of 59
    jerombajeromba Posts: 357member
    AUDIO

    Clutter - places music CDs on your desktop

    iTunes XHTML Playlist - converts into XHTML 1.1/CSS compliant web pages

    xAct - GUI based front end for Shorten shn, tool monkey's audio and flac



    VIDEO

    Handbrake - DVD to AVI/MPEG-4 ripper/converter

    MacTheRipper - DVD ripper

    VLC - VideoLAN Client



    WEB

    Acquisition - Gnutella file-sharing client

    Conversation - IRC chat app

    Direct Connect - P2P user file sharing app

    MacJournal - the best journal software you can get for free



    WHATEVER

    Carbon Copy Cloner - Backup/cloning utility

    Meteorologist - simple interface to weather provided by weather.com

    SharePoint - This makes it easy to share any folder

    Transparent Dock - AppleScript makes Dock completely transparent
  • Reply 46 of 59
    gavrielgavriel Posts: 175member
    GyazMail

    http://www.gyazsquare.com/gyazmail/



    *Ooops!* Not really free, but great software none-the-less. Enjoy!
  • Reply 47 of 59
    1337_5l4xx0r1337_5l4xx0r Posts: 1,558member
    AbiWord (confession: I don't word-process at all)
  • Reply 48 of 59
    I swear by GNUmail



    My mail.app got uninstalled so I went searching for a place to download it but couldn`t find it anywhere. I then ran accross GNUmail. GNUmail is from what I can see mail.app + some added features.
  • Reply 49 of 59
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Kickaha

    Just curious... what do you need a RAMdisk for???



    The point of a RAM disk is to make a pseudo-disk in RAM, reserving a chunk of RAM for it, so you have fast access to it.



    Except that the virtual memory system of MacOS X already does this without having to carve out a chunk of RAM for just that... it's called file mapping.




    Actually, RAMdisks are great for games. No more waiting for the level to load off the hard drive. Be the first person to spawn in your favorite FPS! Frag your components before they know they've spawned. Good stuff there.
  • Reply 50 of 59
    Quicksilver is awesome.



    It takes a little bit of tweaking before it's awesome... a few suggestions: hide icon from dock, hide icon from toolbar, remove the white box the 'display' so all you have is the black box and 128-bit icons.



    It's like an Apple-approved application launcher for keyboarding fanatics. And, the iTunes album-art plugin is way cool.



    It's a blessing if you work fast and hate the touch pad.



    :c
  • Reply 51 of 59
    Quote:

    Originally posted by PBG4 Dude

    Actually, RAMdisks are great for games. No more waiting for the level to load off the hard drive. Be the first person to spawn in your favorite FPS! Frag your components before they know they've spawned. Good stuff there.



    as i've never used a RAMdisk, how large do you make your disk, i'm assuming you need a lot of physical RAM to do this?
  • Reply 52 of 59
    Quote:

    Originally posted by mattjohndrow

    as i've never used a RAMdisk, how large do you make your disk, i'm assuming you need a lot of physical RAM to do this?



    Yes you will need mucho RAM. You need to set the RAMdisk large enough so you can copy the whole game onto it. For Q3A you would need a RAM disk of about 0.5GB or more.
  • Reply 53 of 59
    Quote:

    Originally posted by PBG4 Dude

    Yes you will need mucho RAM. You need to set the RAMdisk large enough so you can copy the whole game onto it. For Q3A you would need a RAM disk of about 0.5GB or more.



    ahh, that's what i thought, thanks
  • Reply 54 of 59
    Macaroni 2.0 - Shareware

    Safari

    Safari Pith Helmet

    gCount

    WeatherPop

    Adium

    Acquisition
  • Reply 55 of 59
    Quote:

    Originally posted by DanMacMan



    Acquisition




    why doesn't anyone use XFactor, or Poisoned? they just updated poisoned, w00t!
  • Reply 56 of 59
    YASU-performs maintenance tasks such as crons, binding, empty system cache, internet cache, etc all from one window pane



    http://www.jimmitchelldesigns.com/software.html



    Safari Enhancer-really helps make safari more stable and you can set safari to act like internet explorer if some sites dont work well normally with safari



    http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17776



    pithhelmet-another safari hack that allows you to stop annoying animated gifs



    http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18158



    I normally dont like hacks but the last 2 are necessary because safari is so flawed.

    The first makes normal maintenance tasks a breeze. Apple should take note of all 3 of these
  • Reply 57 of 59
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    I'd love to know how Safari Enhancer makes Safari *more stable*...



    And you can change the reported browser and OS (and much more) by activating the Debug menu (which is built in).



    Open a Terminal, with Safari not running, and type 'defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1' without quotes. 'defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 0' to turn it off.



    Yes, I know Enhancer allows this too, but this is something built-in to Safari, no extra software needed.
  • Reply 58 of 59
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Kickaha

    I'd love to know how Safari Enhancer makes Safari *more stable*...



    And you can change the reported browser and OS (and much more) by activating the Debug menu (which is built in).



    Open a Terminal, with Safari not running, and type 'defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1' without quotes. 'defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 0' to turn it off.



    Yes, I know Enhancer allows this too, but this is something built-in to Safari, no extra software needed.




    ever since I installed safari enhancer it has worked much better. I dont care how or why it just is. As for debug its a hell of a lot easier to use with enhancer.
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