I'm maintaining the list of programs (apps) below so I don't have to search for them every time I format and reinstall my Macs. Click ∞ to visit the developer's website for further information or to download.
1Password ∞ Securely store my credit card numbers, usernames/passwords – fills them in on form-based web pages automatically.
A Better Finder Rename ∞ For selecting and renaming multiple files.
ArCHMock ∞ CHM-format viewer
Audio HiJack ∞ Capture streaming audio from any application
BetterZip ∞ Collection of compression utilities; doesn't support Stuffit but thats covered by downloading the free Stuffit Expander
Blue Crab ∞ Webpage/Website downloader
BookIt ∞ Manage bookmarks between multiple browsers.
Burn ∞ Free CD writing utilities for Mac
eBook converter
Camino ∞Web browser using the same engine that Firefox uses but developed for Mac's only - meaning it maintains all the Mac's User Interface functionality (which Firefox does NOT).
Classic Menu ∞ Provides the functionality of classic Mac OS’s Apple Menu – if you have to ask what Classic MacOS is, bite me. If you think Mac OS X’s Apple Menu & Dock are groovy, then bite me.
CocoThumbX ∞ Create thumbnails or simply resize images – for posting to the web or otherwise.
CopyWrite ∞ Writing utility.
CyberDuck ∞File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Client.
Delicious Library ∞Uses the webcam built into my Mac to scan the code on books, cds, dvds etc - consults amazon's online database of products and catalogs the item with a photo of the product and all its pertinent information.
DEVONthink Pro Office ∞Personal document management software. Stores web clippings, all QuickLook-supported file formats and more and works VERY well with my
Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 scanner.
Disco ∞CD writing utility for Mac
DVDRemaster ∞DVD ripping and resizing.
EagleFiler ∞Web clipping notebook for Mac
eBook Studio ∞Using it I build eBooks to read on my iPhone using the free eReader app.
Evernote ∞Web clipping notebook that backs up/syncs everything to ‘the cloud’. Native Evernote versions for Mac, iPhone, Windows and Windows Mobile all sync to ‘the cloud’ and thereby maintan the same content across all copies of Evernote running on all platforms.
FairMount ∞On-the-fly DVD decryption.
Fetch ∞File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Client.
FireFox ∞Web browser with extensive collection of add-ons/extensions providing functionality like bookmark synchronization between browsers.
Xmarks for Safari/Firefox (used to be Foxmarks)
∞Add-on for Safari and FireFox which syncs my bookmarks to 'the cloud' across multiple browsers so all my browsers on all my Macs have the same bookmarks.
Handbrake ∞An all-purpose video converter.
HoudahSpot ∞Provides a search facility independent of Mac OS X's Spotlight
iCHM ∞CHM-book-format viewer
Intego VirusBarrier ∞Best Anti-Virus app I've found for the Mac
iPhone Backup Extractor ∞ Allows me to mine the iTunes backup archive for bits and pieces of my iPhone content
iSkysoft Media Converter ∞Converts video into many formats; since VisualHub went away this takes care of my efforts to put episodes of Jeeves & Wooster on my iPhone.
iWeb Buddy ∞Provides additional functionality to Apple's iWeb - like multi-site publishing (though this is now available in iWeb 2009)
Jers Novel Writer ∞Writers utility.
Kameleon ∞Modifies my Mac's theme to make the aqua blue and red-yellow-green buttons grey.
KeyCue ∞Keyboard and menu shortcut utility
Layers ∞Allows me to make screenshots but magically places all the windows of all the currently running apps on their own layers so I can move them around like layers in Photoshop.
LiquidCD
∞Free CD writing utilities for Mac
LIT Converter ∞Converts Microsoft’s ebook LIT format files to .html
Little Snitch ∞Network intrusion monitoring utility
Live Mesh ∞Mac client for Microsoft's Live Mesh 'cloud' facility.
MacDjView ∞Viewer for the DjView format
MacJournal ∞Writers utility / diary / journal app
MacTheRipper ∞Rips DVDs to your hard disk for encoding using Handbrake or iSkysoft iMedia Converter
MAMP ∞Installs Apache, MySQL, & PHP independently of those that ship in OS X, in a simple to use environment controlled by a simple Mac application. Saves me from having to install, configure and maintain separate installs of each. I install Joomla, Mambo and WebEdition into it so I can develop and test websites. Its available (as WAMP) for Windows too.
Missing Sync for iPhone ∞Allows me to back up/extract my calls and SMS archives.
Neo Office ∞Free alternative to Microsoft Office.
Notetaker ∞Clip articles (incl images) from web pages.
OmniFocus ∞To do list, task management, Getting Things Done (GTD) ready app that syncs to MobileMe so you can keep the iPhone version up-to-date.
Parallels ∞Run Windows on your Mac - without rebooting. Entourage allows me to participate in every feature of our Microsoft Small Business Server-based communications network except Task management - so I have to use Outlook 2003. Thanks to Parallels, it operates right alongside all my other Mac applications - almost as though its a native app!
Path Finder ∞Replacement for Mac OS Finder.
Pear Note ∞Note taking app
PhoneView ∞Allows me to back up/extract my calls and SMS archives.
Picasa ∞Googles iPhoto competitor.
Picasa Web Albums Uploader ∞Plug-in for iPhoto so you can easily upload pictures to Google's Picasa.
PTHPasteboard ∞Provides multiple pasteboards (also called clipboards) across all apps - the Pro version even allows syncing pasteboards across multiple Macs!
Remote Desktop Connection ∞Microsoft’s remote desktop client for Mac.
Scrivener ∞Writers writing utility.
Service Scrubber ∞Maintenance utility for the Mac OS Service Menu; not working under Leopard
SimplyBurns ∞Free CD writing utilities for Mac
Sound Studio ∞Audio editing app; I use it to cut recordings of seminars into individual speeches and convert them to mp3; provides an extensive collection of filters to help clean up the audio.
eBook creator/reader for Mac and iPhone
Stuffit Expander ∞Free decompression utility for Stuffit files.
SunnyMenu ∞Provides the functionality of classic Mac OS’s Apple Menu – if you have to ask what Classic MacOS is, bite me. If you think Mac OS X’s Apple Menu & Dock are groovy, then bite me.
SuperDuper ∞Best backup utility for Mac - works in conjunction with Time Machine
Switcheroo ∞Adds a Windows Task Bar to your Mac; whereas the Dock uses icons, the Taskbar uses words. Glancing at the Taskbar, in one step I process the information and click the desired application name. Glancing at the Dock, I have to do the same in two steps: remember what the icons symbolize, then select the one I want. The TaskBar gets me there much faster. Either I'm dimwitted or there's actually more 'mental' processing going on when dealing with the Dock. Maybe they both amount to the same thing.
TextWrangler ∞ASCII text editor meant for programmers but since its early days as BBEdit Lite I’ve used it to work magic on text; removing formatting before posting text to the web or inserting into QuarkXPress/eReader Studio.
Things ∞To do list, task management, Getting Things Done (GTD) ready app that syncs with the iPhone version to keep both stores up-to-date.
Native Mac BitTorrent client.
Typinator ∞Automates the process of inserting frequently used text and graphics and it also auto-corrects typing errors.
UnRarX ∞Free utility for decoding .rar files.
VLC ∞Free video player supporting pretty much every format out there.
VMWare Fusion ∞Allows me to run Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7) and/or Linux virtually on my Mac.
xACT ∞Free utility for decompressing lossless codecs like .flac and .shn
xCHM ∞Free reader for .chm format files.
Xmod ∞Activate hidden preferences in Mac OS X
