The Best Mac Apps
Audio

ScrobblePod
Last.fm scrobbler that handles songs played in iTunes and on your iOS devices.
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Max
Max is an easy to use audio converter that supports over 20 audio formats
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Spotify
Instantly listen to over 15 million tracks online and sync them to your iPod.
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Breakaway
Pull out your headphones, and iTunes pauses. Plug it back in, and it starts again.
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X Lossless Decoder
Decode/convert various lossless audio file formats including FLAC, Apple Lossless, Monkey’s Audio, etc.
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Audacity
Open sources, cross-platform audio editor. Must have for amateur musicians.
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Browsing Aids
Google Chrome
A lightweight, fast browser. Great alternative to Safari.
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Firefox
For Firefox fans who can’t live without it.
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Opera
The only popular browser for Mac that’s available on the Mac App Store.
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Hotspot Shield
Utility to secure your browsing sessions and prevent identity theft or bypass restrictions.
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CCleaner
Finally the Mac version of the essential CCleaner for Windows.
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Delivery Status
Delivery tracker that alerts you when your package clears custom or is on the delivery truck!
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CurrencyConverter
One of the best currency converter widgets for Mac OS X. Updated frequently.
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iStat Pro
Highly configurable system monitor widget. Reports CPU, memory, disk, network usages; temperature; uptime, etc.
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The Weather Channel Widget
All the weather information you need right on your Dashboard. Check it out.
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Countdown Dashboard widget
Set the date and time for any event and it will show you how much time you have left.
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Symbol Caddy
Can’t seem to find the Euro currency symbol? Symbol Caddy provides access to all special characters.
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SyncMate Expert
Keep all of your devices and computers in sync. $39.95 (free version available)
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Paragon NTFS
Read and write to NTFS-formatted hard drives (like external hard drives used on Windows computer). $19.95
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FX Photo Studio Pro
Photo editing suite with 73 high-quality editing effects, 40 frames and 20 editing tools. $39.99
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Postbox
The perfect desktop email client. Adds loads of features like labels, canned responses, third-party app integration, more. $29.95
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deskPDF Creator 2012
Create new PDFs, convert to PDF, watermark and lock PDF documents. $34.99
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Postbox
The perfect desktop email client. Adds loads of features like labels, canned responses, third-party app integration, more. $29.95
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Gmail Notifier
Menubar app that alerts you when you have new Gmail message or upcoming GCal events.
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Notify
Even though it’s no longer in development, Notify is an elegant menubar mail notification app.
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Sparrow
Minimal email client designed to keep things simple and efficient. $9.99
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SketchBook Express
Free, professional-grade drawing application for Mac.
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Pixelmator
Great Photoshop alternative. Extremely capable and easy to use. $29.99
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Skitch
Skitch helps you to create screenshots and add annotations, then share it with friends.
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Hugin
Free panorama photo stitcher, assembles a mosaic of photos into a series of overlapping pictures.
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HDRtist
Create HDR images easily and simply from multiple images with different exposures.
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Inkscape
Open source vector graphics editor similar to Illustrator. Uses the SVG file format.
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GraphicConverter
A fantastic, affordable photo editor that offers many of the features of the big boys. $39.95
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Fresh Feed
Fresh and light menubar feed reader.
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NetNewsWire Lite
Light RSS and Atom feed reader. Comaptible with Instapaper, Twitter, MarsEdit, etc.
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Vienna
A fantastic, open-source RSS reader.
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Paragon NTFS
Read and write to NTFS-formatted hard drives (like external hard drives used on Windows computer). $19.95
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Prey
Open source anti-theft solution. Tracks your stolen laptop’s position, photographs the thief, and much more.
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Cyberduck
Open source FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Google Storage and Amazon S3 browser for Mac.
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iAlertU
Uses the MacBook’s Sudden Motion Sensor to trigger an alarm when your MacBook is touched or moved.
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teleport
Seamlessly control multiple Macs with a single keyboard and mouse.
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f.lux
Cross-platform app that automatically tweaks the colour of your screen to suit the time of day.
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DiskWave
Free utility to determine which files and folders consume the most disk space.
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Transmit
Superb FTP client that also supports SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3 file transfers. $35.99
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ClamXav
A free virus scanner based on the ClamAV open source antivirus engine.
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Flutter
Control your media with gestures using a webcam.
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Productivity
TextExpander
The best solution for text substitution. Syncs with Dropbox if you have multiple copies. $34.95
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Anxiety
Another great, super lightweight to-do list manager. Syncs with iCal and Mail.
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Bean
Free, easy to use word processor. Reads MS Word and OpenOffice documents.
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WriteRoom
Distraction-free, full screen writing environment.
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TextWrangler
Much better text editor than TextEdit. Supports syntax colouring and advance search functions.
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Stuf
The ultimate clipboard manager. Supports clipboard sharing over network. $24.99
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Quicksilver
Resurrected, Quicksiler is the best Mac launcher and time saver you’ll ever need.
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Dropbox
Sync and share files with other Dropbox users or mobile devices.
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SugarSync
Dropbox alternative that allows you to sync any folder. Provides a free 5 GB account upon subscription.
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Do Something When
System preference pane that allows the user to watch for certain events and invoke an automated response.
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Notational Velocity
Store notes, thoughts and data securely. Syncs with Dropbox and Simplenote. Open source.
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Think
Block out distractions with you’re trying to concentrate.
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Desktop Curtain
Temporarily hide the clutter on your desktop. $4.99
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Alfred
Saves you time searching your desktop and the web. Launch your apps with shortcuts.
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CloudApp
Drop images, links, music, videos and files from your desktop to share them.
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Keynote
Create incredible presentations and slideshows with dazzling effects. $19.99
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Parallels Desktop
Easy to use virtualisation app. Allows you to run Windows and Mac OS X simultaneously. $79.99
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VMware Fusion
Another great virtualisation application. $79.99
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Virtualbox
Open source, cross platform virtualisation software. Not as easy to use as Parallels or VMware but is free.
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Microsoft Office for Mac
Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, and Excel included in the Home & Student suite. $149.99
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Wineskin
Make wrappers to run Windows software on Mac OS X.
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Adium
Customisable, themeable, multiprotocol instant messenger.
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Twitter
Follow your friends’ tweets and send out your blurts from the desktop.
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Skype
Essential application, especially useful for long-distance teleconferencing.
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SyncMate Expert
Keep all of your devices and computers in sync. $39.95 (free version available)
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The Unarchiver
Unarchiver works with just about any type of compressed file.
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MenuMeters
A complete set of CPU, memory, disk and network monitoring tools.
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Little Snitch
Control and administer connectivity privileges for each of your applications. $29.95
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Caffeine
Temporarily prevents your Mac from automatically going to sleep or initiating the screensaver.
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AppCleaner
Completely removes all preference and system files when uninstalling apps.
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OnyX
Enables you to configure and tweak hidden parameters of OS X.
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1Password
Great password manager that automatically stores and retrieves online passwords. $39.99
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Burn
A free and better solution to Mac OS X’s innate DVD recording feature.
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Carbon Copy Cloner
Easily create and backup bootable images of your hard drive in case it crashes. $39.95
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Keyboard Cleaner
Handy application that temporarily disables your keyboard and mouse, allowing you to wipe it clean.
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BetterTouchTool
Adds configurable gestures to your Magic Mouse and Magic TrackPad.
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Secrets
A database of hidden settings for Mac OS X. More user friendly than OnyX.
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Lab Tick
Control the brightness of your MacBook Pro’s backlit keyboard.

Hazel
Create folder rules to automatically organise files and run tasks. $21.95
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Monolingual
Removes unnecessary languages from your applications, saving disk space.
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Drop Copy
The easiest way to send files across your internet network.
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RPN scientific
Easy to use scientific and RPN calculator for your Mac.
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ixPaste
Brings the default copy and paste to another level.
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Geektool
Display various kinds of information on your desktop in beautiful ways.
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iPartition
Easily create and manage partions on your Mac.
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CleanMyMac
Keep your Mac running in tip-top shape with one program. Demo version limits cleaning to 500MB. $29.95
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DaisyDisk
Disk analyzer tool that visualizes hard disk usage and allows you to free up hard disk space. A
trial version is available. $9.99
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deskPDF Creator 2012
Create new PDFs, convert to PDF, watermark and lock PDF documents. $34.99
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Bartender
Organize and take control of your Mac menu bar. $15
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MPlayerX
Strong contender for VLC Player. Plays almost any media format, sleek user interface.
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Handbrake
The best open source, multiplatform, multitreaded video transcoder.
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MetaX
Meta-data tagger for MP4 files that automatically searches IMDB and tagChimp for movie credits.
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Flip4Mac WMV
Play Windows Media files (WMA and WMV) in QuickTime.
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Fairmount
Decrypt DVD content on-the-fly for archival.
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Evom
For those looking for a simple, one-click video converting solution.
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MpegStreamClip
Play, create, and convert almost any video format.
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