OSX Tools and Stuff

(Last updated Sept 23rd 2007)

Dashboard

• iStat pro/nano
• xCuts
• ANWB traffic you can follow the link, but it doesnt work with the ANWB site anymore
  
• AirPortRadar (shows wireless SSIDs)
• WeerRadar
• NLRadio
• iStumbler (tool) and widget (called Spectrum)
• AirTrafficControl (Wireless widget)

Enhancements

• QuickSilver (since Tiger there is a ‘spotlight’ but i don’t use it)
• SizzlingKeys (not using since i can achieve the same with QuickSilver)
• VirtueDesktops (might be replaced by OS-X’ own version in Leopard called Spaces)
• TunnelBlick (openvpn client)
• X11 (included with OSX (on the CD))

Work

• Firefox webbrowser
• Safari browser (included with OSX)
• Camino browser
• Thunderbird
• iTerm (Terminal replacement)
• Notes (included with OSX)
• Parallels (using windows/linux/whatever on your intel Mac)
• NeoOffice (openoffice4mac /m$-office replacement)
• XAMPP (Apache Mysql Php (sqlite) package for the Mac, run your own webserver)
• FreeMind (OpenSource) of MindManager (Commercial €200) Mind Mapping software, very usefull
• PHPfr (PHP reference manual Widget)
• Stop Dashboard (momentarily kill all Widgets freeing CPU and Memory)
• Punakea (document management)

Contact

• Skype
• Adium (MSN/ICQ/Jabber/…)
• X-Lite (voip SIP client)
• MissingSync (sync your palm or wm device using OSX)

Other software

• iPhoto (included with iLife) and iPhoto2Gallery (easy export to Gallery(2))
• Growl (notifier)
• OnyX (system tool)
• Chicken (VNC client)
• Flip4Mac (M$ video capability)
• LightRoom (Adobe, payware, iphoto does just as well with iLife08, looks like competitor software for Apple’s Aperture (too expensive))

Sound (iPod)

• iPodDisk (sync the other way around)
• iSquint (resize/convert movies for your iPod)
• iTunes (included with OSX)

Nice to haves

• GooleEarth
• iAlertU (anti-theft system (software alert) for laptops)