My Mac Apps

Several folks, knowing me to be an avid Apple user, have recently asked for software recommendations. Rather than sending everybody a separate email, I thought I'd just post my opinions here. I tend to favor free apps over commercial ones, where they'll do the job.

• MenuMeters - system stats in your menubar.
• Growl - provides customizable system notifications.
• Burn - very good free cd/dvd burner.
• Disco - a very pretty cd/dvd burner, shareware.
• iWork - Apples' very own office suite.
• NeoOffice - a free office suite alternative.
• Microsoft Office - when nothing else will do.
• Apple's TextEdit - a built-in app for editing text files.
  
• Smultron - a programmers text editor.
• TextWrangler - another good text editor.
  
• CUPS-PDF - print to PDF. can come in handy when export lets you down.
• PDF+PDF - widget to do simple pdf merging.
• PDFMergeX - combine multiple pdfs, rearrange and remove pages, etc.
• Connect To Server - Mount smb, nfs, ftp, and webdav using built-in tools.
• MacFusion - It does much the same thing a the Connect To Server, but it also supports SFTP. It sits on top of MacFUSE
• Cyberduck - a traditional FTP/SFTP client.
• NuFile - gives right click -> new file in the finder.
• WinShortcutter - change your windows network password from System Preferences.
• Perian - provides multiple codec support.
• DivX - provides DivX support.
• Flip4Mac - rounds things out with Windows Media support.
• MpegStreamClip - quick mpeg video editing.
• Handbrake - rips DVD's, and encodes them in various formats.