Mac App Guide

[ryken]

Ok guys, every week we get a new person asking for the best apps to get with there app, so I thought I'd start a thread that you can post your favorites, and I'll keep a list up to date. +1 stuff if you really like it, and I'll attempt to keep track of our favorites. Also, let me know what category in goes in, or if we need a new category altogether. I'll start it off.

Web Browsers
Firefox
Chrome
Safari
Opera

Chat
Adium
Skype
iChat
Colloquay (IRC client)

Office Programs
Microsoft Office 2008
OpenOffice
iWork
Neo Office
TextMate

Utility/Productivity
Dropbox (free sync and online backup of 2GB files between any computer)
Skim (PDF reader/take notes on the side)
Delicious Library (organize books, movies, etc.)
UnrarX (.rar extracter)
SynergyKM (share keyboard/mouse with other computers)
CPU-X (cpu-z for mac!)
SABnzbd+ (newsreader)
NetNewsWire (RSS)
Evernote (note taking with syncing)
Fluid App (creates desktop app out of any website)
Google Notifier

Virtual Machines
VMWare Fusion
VirtualBox
Parallels
Crossover (runs specific windows apps in OSX without full VM)

Desktop Customization
Growl (status box updates for many programs)
Quicksilver (great application and file launcher)
Tweetdeck (displays tweets graphically, also allows editing of fbook, myspace, etc)
iStat Menu (displays cpu, hdd, mem usage; cpu temp; fan speed; etc.)
Coversutra (integrates itunes into menu bar)

Torrent
uTorrent
Transmission

Media Players
Movist
VLC
MPlayer

Media Ripping/Encoding
Mac the Ripper
Handbrake
MakeMKV
MKVTools
RipIt

Home Theater Software
Plex
Hulu Desktop
Slingplayer

Games
Plants v. Zombies
Peggle

Creative Content Creation
Adobe CS
iLife
Espresso
Aptana
Xcode
pgAdmin3 (SQL creation/editing)
RazorSQL
Sketchup

FTP
Coda
Cyberduck
Filezilla
Transmit

Random/Fun
Beer Alchemy

Future Category

 

[ryken]

saved

 

[450]

NeoOffice
Skim (PDF reader/take notes on the side)

EDIT2:
VLC
Plex
MPlayer
Skype

EDIT3:
Handbrake
Mac the Ripper

EDIT: Can we get this stickied?

 

[Terpfen]

We already have one of these.

The mods just seem determined not to sticky this, or the two "show your desktop" threads.

 

[mrgstiffler]

MakeMKV
Handbrake
MKVTools
Delicious Library
Peggle
Colloquay
Adium
Tweetdeck
uTorrent
Hulu Desktop
Slingplayer
Remote Desktop Connection
TextMate
Espresso
Aptana
Xcode
Filezilla
Cyberduck
Pgadmin3
Razorsql
Opera
Chrome
Parallells
VLC
Adobe CS
iWorks
iLife
iStat Menu
Synergy Preferences
Synergy KVM
Growl
Dropbox
CPU-X
Beer Alchemy
SABnzbd+
UnrarX

 

[bloo]

transmission
quicksilver

 

[ryken]

for future reference, please separate your entry by category or tell me what the program does. this makes it WAY faster to sort. I'm do expert on all the programs out there, just trying to help make a coherent list for everyone.

I know we have another thread that people have posted their favorite programs, but we do not have one where there is an updated list at the top.

 

[bloo]

productivity:
fluid app
google notifier

games:
plants v. zombies

customization:
coversutra

 

[ryken]

updated all suggestions! keep em coming!

 

[Jerome36]

My favorite FTP program is Transmit, although unlike some other FTP alternatives, it isn't free.. Also, I like RipIt for media ripping, and compliments Handbrake quite well I think.

 

[AVT]

Holy shit, you guys use a lot of stuff.

Web: FF
Office: OOO
Customization: Cinch (Aero Snap for OS X)
Productivity: NetNewsWire (RSS), Evernote
Content Creation: Sketchup
Torrent: Transmission

Any of you guys know any program to store PDFs in a database a la iTunes? Evernote does it fine but.. Evernote operates on a security-for-sale business model

 

[ryken]

updated

 

[ryken]

more apps!

 

[450]

After terpfen mentioned it in another recent thread, I think Movist (video player) should be added.

 

[TLobe00]

FTP: Coda

AWESOME program!

 

[ryken]

updated