Archive for the ‘Mac’ Category

60 Open Source and Free Mac Apps

Friday, April 17th, 2009

spotify

If you’re a Mac user, you may want to head over to the AppStorm blog where David Appleyard has put together a list of 60 Open Source and Free Mac Apps. This guide to free software is divided into the following categories:

  • Web Browsers
  • Email & Communication
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Music & Audio
  • Video
  • Photography
  • File Sharing & FTP
  • Office & Text Editing
  • Utilities

100 Free Useful Applications for Mac, Part I

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

This is the first of a two-part series of posts at Hongkiat.com covering 100 Free Useful Applications for Mac. The article categorizes the applications into the following sections:

  • Productivity
  • Tools and Utilities
  • Readers
  • System
  • Chat Clients

Coming up in Part II next week:

  • Internet & Network Utilities
  • Audio and Video
  • Imaging
  • More tools

100+ Free Applications for Mac OS X

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

UsingMac.com puts together a mega-list of over 100 Free Applications for Mac OS X. Each annotated entry in this guide has been categorized into the following application types:

  • Productivity Tool
  • System
  • Tools and Utilities
  • File Management
  • Application Launcher
  • Social Networking
  • Chat Client
  • Text Editor
  • Email, RSS and Atom Reader
  • PDF Reader
  • FTP Client
  • BitTorrent Client
  • Network
  • Web Browser
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Games
  • Image Editor
  • File Compressor
  • Google
  • Uploader
  • Programming IDE
  • QuickTime Plugin
  • Converter

115 entries in all, and if that’s not enough you can check the comments section for even more suggestions.

15 Best Freeware Apps for Mac Users

Monday, April 14th, 2008

NeoOffice

The Best of the Web directory has compiled a list of fifteen free programs available for Mac users to download, many of which look very useful such as the backup utility Carbon Copy Cloner, TextWrangler which will check any type of code you’re writing, and Adium’s IM client. Here’s the full list:

  1. Quicksilver
  2. Adium
  3. Flip4Mac WMV Player (Quicktime Codec)
  4. TextWrangler
  5. Gimp
  6. Firefox
  7. Azureus
  8. StuffIt Expander
  9. iSquint
  10. Carbon Copy Cloner
  11. GeekTool
  12. MenuMeters
  13. Burn
  14. Neo Office
  15. VLC

Resources for New Mac Users

Friday, February 8th, 2008

MacbookAir

There may be a few more Mac users out there following last month’s release of the MacBook Air. If you’re a new Mac user, here are a few resources to get you going:

7 Tools for Easing the Switch from a PC to a Mac

Moving from Windows to a Mac? 16 Ways to Get Up to Speed

Top 100 Mac Apps

Top 100 Essential Mac Applications