Handy Mac software

A few days onwards with my spiffy new macbook, I’ve discovered a lot of useful tools:

Freeware apps:

• Adium¹: IM client
• Chmox: CHM Viewer
• ClearDock²: changes/removes your dock background
• coconutBattery: extensive battery information
• coconutWiFi: detects (open) wifi networks and shows it in the menu bar
• Growl!: notification system
• iCyclone: fan controller
• iStumbler: network stumbling tool
• iTerm: the terminal redefined
• KisMAC³: Wireless Network Stumbler
• Monolingual: Delete unneccesary languages
• NeoOffice: Office suite for Mac (based on OpenOffice)
• OnyX⁴: System maintenance
• Remote Desktop Connection⁵: RDP client (for Windows Terminal Services)
• Smcfancontrol⁶: temperature menulet and fan control
• Sidenote⁷: notes
• StuffIT! Expander⁸: archive extractor
• The Unarchiver: archive extractor
• uApp: uninstaller (removes prefs, … too)
• UnrarX⁹: RAR extractor
• VLC media player: media player
• witch: Window switcher (not just app switching)
• Xfolders: file manager
• XMeeting: SIP/H.323 video conferencing client

Non-free software:

• MenuCalendarClock: unfolding menulet calendar with iCal integration
• Parallels: Virtualisation software
• Roxio Toast¹⁰: CD/DVD burning
• Transmit: FTP/SCP client
• Unison: Usenet (NNTP) client

Plugins:

• Flip4mac WMV¹¹: wmv plugin for QuickTime

Preferences:

• StartupSound.prefPane¹²: to get rid of that (annoying?) sound when you start your Mac

Widgets:

• App Update¹³: shows if there are updates for apps
• iStat Pro¹⁴: hardware stats

If I find more, I’ll list them here ;)

1. Internet Archive snapshot. Original URL: http://www.adiumx.com/  ↩︎

2. Internet Archive snapshot. Original URL: http://unsanity.com/haxies/cleardock  ↩︎

3. Internet Archive snapshot. Original URL: http://kismac.de  ↩︎

4. Internet Archive snapshot. Original URL: http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/onyx.html  ↩︎

5. Internet Archive snapshot. Original URL: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/otherproducts/otherproducts.aspx?pid=remotedesktopclient  ↩︎

6. Internet Archive snapshot. Original URL: http://www.conscius.de/~eidac/index.html  ↩︎

7. Internet Archive snapshot. Original URL: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/productivity_tools/sidenote.html  ↩︎

8. Internet Archive snapshot. Original URL: http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/index.html  ↩︎

9. Internet Archive snapshot. Original URL: http://www.unrarx.com/  ↩︎

10. Internet Archive snapshot. Original URL: http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/toast/titanium/overview.html  ↩︎

11. Internet Archive snapshot. Original URL: http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv.htm  ↩︎

12. Internet Archive snapshot. Original URL: http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/16425  ↩︎

13. Internet Archive snapshot. Original URL: http://www.dashboardwidgets.com/showcase/details.php?wid=1510  ↩︎

14. Internet Archive snapshot. Original URL: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/status/istatpro.html  ↩︎