I’ve updated my list of free recommended applications for Mac OS X 10.4+. So far I’ve found no good reason to run Windows instead of Mac OS X for all daily tasks.
- AdiumX - free instant messaging application that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more.
- Colloquy - an advanced IRC, SILC & ICB client.
- FastIcns - Icons creator with an innovative and easy–to–use interface.
- FileZilla - FTP client which I use next to Cyberduck. On MacOS X it seems pretty stable since version 3.0.3.
- ffmpegX - User interface to easily operate Unix open-source video and audio processing tools including ffmpeg, mpeg2enc, multiplexer and mencoder. The ultimate drag&drop A/V conversion tool!
- Growl - Growl is a notification system: it allows applications that support Growl to send you notifications, e.g. Adium and Colloquy.
- Golly - Great simulator with libraries for Conway’s Game of Life (automaton game).
- iStumbler - wireless discovery tool providing plugins for finding AirPort networks, Bluetooth devices and Bonjour services.
- LiquidMac - this is a fun demo: use your sudden-motion-sensor to interact with the liquid.
- MacTex - LaTeX distribution for Mac OS X; includes Bibdesk, Excalibur, LaTeXit and TexShop.
- MAMP - Out-of-the-box MacOS Apache 2, MySQL 5, PHP 4&5, manage and run LAMP applications locally. Includes PhpMyAdmin, SQLiteManager and some common libraries for graphics conversions.
- OpenFTD and SABnzbd - Use these two for all your newsgroup searches and retrieval needs.
- SUM+GEN - Utility to calculate MD5, SHA, SHA1, RMD160 or MDC2 hashes by drag&drop.
- WhatRoute - a freeware graphical version of the Unix traceroute command.
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