Favorite Macintosh OSX Applications

A friend of mine just bought an iMac and asked me for some Mac OS X application recommendations, providing as good an opportunity as ever to create a new permanent weblog article to maintain a list of favorite applications. The must-haves (the ones I use most) are marked in bold.

• Acquisition. P2P client.
• Adium. Multi-protocol instant messaging client.
• Bookit. Maintain bookmark synchronization among several browsers, and .Mac.
• Chronosync. File/folder synchronization.
• Cocoalicious. Manage Del.icio.us bookmarks.
• CocoaMySQL. Manage MySQL databases.
• Cronnix. GUI to the UNIX cron scheduling utility.
• DayLite. Customer Relation Management.
• DEVONthink. Information manager.
• DropDMG. Create archives.
• ecto. Weblog management.
• iView Media Pro. Catalog and manage media files.
• MailDrop. Sending mass emails.
• NetNewsWire. RSS news reader.
• Nisus Writer Express. Word processing.
• OmniGraffle Pro. Drawing/illustion.
• OmniOutliner Pro. Outlining/brainstorming.
• pCalc. RPN calculator.
• Podner. Convert movies to iPod format.
• QuickBooks. Business accounting.
• Quicken. Personal finance.
• Quicksilver. Launcher, and much, MUCH more.
• RPG. Password generator.
• Skype. VoIP telephony.
• SpamSieve. Spam killer plugin for Apple Mail (and others).
• SplashID. Encrypted password storage and recall.
• SSHKeychain. SSH key management.
• Synchronize Pro! . File/folder synchronization. Bootable backups.
• SuperDuper. Create bootable backups and mirrors.
• TextMate. Text editor.
• Textpander. Wonderful text snippets.
• Timbuktu. Remote control a Mac. (Perfect for taking care of Mom.)
• Toast Titanium. Create CDs/DVDs, process video/audio.
• Transmit. FTP/SFTP client.
• URLwell. Temporary bookmark storage.
• VLC. video player.
• VueScan. Scanner software.
• WhatSize. Manage disk usage.
• WorkStrip. Workspace management.
• X-Chat Aqua. IRC client.
• xScope. Screen dimension inspection tool.
• You Control Desktops. Multiple desktops.

The place where I track application updates is VersionTracker.com.

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