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.