Freeware for The Mac User

Okay so all you Mac users out there don't feel left out by my recent post of Windows freeware applications, here are some freeware programs for the OSX platform. Now go out and load that rotten apple up with goodies ;)

Security

1. ClamXav - Antivirus (so that a virus is not transmitted to windows users)

Internet

1. Mozilla Firefox / Camino / Shira Browser - Safari is great. But there will be some sites which will not render properly in it (Shira uses Safari engine to render pages but has loads of other features)
2. Mozilla Thunderbird / GyzaMail
3. NetNewsWire Lite / NewsMac - Safari's RSS function is good, but some may want a separate RSS Reader.
4. Internet Chat Programs - Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Adium / Fire ( 1 program to chat on all networks). Mercury Messenger is an alternative to MSN Messenger with extra features.
5. Skype / Gizmo Project - Internet Telephony
6. HTTPmail plugin for Apple Mail - (for downloading email from Hotmail)
7. Delicious to Safari - Download your Delicious bookmarks to Safari
8. CyberDuck / Fugu - FTP Client
9. Sogudi - Configure shortcuts in Safari
10. Google Toolbar for Firefox
11. Azureus Java BitTorrent Client, Tomato Torrent / Limewire

Multimedia

1. Audiorecorder - Audio recording software
2. Audacity - Free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.
3. Video Players - Windows Media Player, Real Player
VLC Player / MPlayer - Play most audio and video files.
4. Imagewell / Imagetricks - Small, lightweight image editing application ( Imagetricks uses Apple Core Image Technology)
5. Gimp - Image editing software similiar to Adobe Photoshop
6. Artrage - Simulated canvas painting
7. Handbrake - DVD to MPEG-4 ripper / converter
8. MacTheRipper - DVD Extractor
9. TuxPaint - Painting program for Kids
10. fennel DVDManager / DVD Juggler - Movie / DVD Organizer
11. Radio Recorder
12. XnView - View and convert graphic files

Productivity

1. NeoOffice - Alternative to MS Office (AbiWord Cocoa Version is a standalone Word processing program)
2. Sidenote / iSnip - To manage text snippets
3. Nvu - Complete Web Authoring System
4. VoodoPad Lite - Note taking application
5. PDFLab - Joins multiple pdf files into one
6. SubEthaEdit - Collaborative Text Editor with the power of bonjour
7. Text Wrangler / Taco HTML Edit / Smultron - TextEdit Replacement
8. BlogAssist - Convert text to HTML
9. Nisus Thesaurus (For Mac OSX 10.3 or less. V10.4 has inbuilt system wide dictionary)
10. Free Mind - Mind mapping software

Utilities

1. Growl - System wide notification software
2. Onyx - System maintainance
3. Pacifist - Extract .pkg files (individual programs) from the Installer Disc
4. Tofu - makes text easy to read by splitting into columns
5. iBackup / SilverKeeper - Backup programs
6. Quicksilver / Butler - Application launcher with numerous other uses (Quicksilver with Sogudi plugin is an unbeatable combination)7. Yahoo Widgets aka Konfabulator (For Mac OSX 10.3 or less. V10.4 has Dashboard)
8. Gemini - Utility for file copying, Mirroring and folder synchronization
9. Rawr-jour - Bonjour service browser with Growl support
10. Teleport / Synergy - Use a single mouse and keyboard to contol multiple computers (Synergy works on all OS's, Teleport works only on Mac's)
11. Paparazzi! - Utility to take screenshots of webpages

Enjoy....

+dwebb