Browser

• FireFox
• Safari
• Camino
• Internet Explorer
• Mozilla
• OmniWeb
• Opera
• Shiira

FTP

• Transmit X
• Fugu
• CyberDuck

Image Editing

• OmniGraffle
• Graphic Converter X
• RagTime Solo
• ImageWell
• iDraw
• DeskDoodle
• Gimp

Text editors and office suites

• AppleWorks
• Micorsoft Office 2004 For Mac
• OpenOffice
• Mellel
• NeoOffice
• AbiWord
• SubEthaEdit
• Smultron
• TextWrangler

HTML and web design

• FreeWay
• RapidWeaver
• Style Master
• Taco HTML Edit
• NVU
• Adobe GoLive
• Macromedia Dreamweaver MX

Multimedia players

• Mplayer
• VLC Media player
• iTunes
• QuickTime
• RealPlayer
• Windows Media Player

CD/DVD authoring software

• Toast Titanium
• Burnz
• FireStarter
• BurnX
• BootCD

News- and RSS feed readers

• NewsFire
• MacSOUP
• NetNewsWire
• Unison

Record Stream

• Audio Hijack
• RadioLover
• StreamRipperX
• iGetMovies

DC++

• ShakesPeer

Filesharing (p2p)

• Acqlite
• Acquisitionx
• mlMac
• xFactor
• Tomato Torrent
• Cabos
• Bits On Wheels

Pls report any broken link and feel free to PM me to update the list if you found any useful software(s).

good link for mac users..thx

Chilam, so what softwares are you using currently ? pointed on your list eh . recommended .

example IE with firefox
firefox - - - recommended from kokyun

I'm not a Mac user (yet) but I found a software for image editing. From what I've heard it's similar to the GIMP so you might want to add this to the list.

Seashore

Also, here's a Mac version of Soulseek (P2P programs)

soulseeX

This post has been edited by Sheonix: Oct 20 2005, 04:14 PM

both of tht u can get at applesoftwares.com

Want to add a few useful freewares for Mac :

iStumbler - Searching for wifi hot spot

AP Grapher - To graph the signal strength of a wireless base station

Easywma - Convert wma audio files to mp3, m4a or wav so that you can play your favorite songs in iTunes

Bitsonwheels - Bit Torrent Client

You Control- To control iTune

Americas Army - FPS game

Primate Plunge - Cool monkey game

This post has been edited by Epal: Oct 24 2005, 01:10 PM

Customise
Themes - ShapeShifter
Icons - Candybar

Useful sites
Theme

• Resexcellence
• Pixel
• Interfacelift
• Max Themes
• Macthemes
• Xthemes
• Vanillasoap
• Aeiko
• Superlover

Icon

• Iconfactory
• Micons
• Interfacelift
• Rad
• Le Pixel
• Ra's Page
• Rokey's Website
• Zipangu

More to Come

This post has been edited by kokyun: Aug 4 2006, 11:07 AM

View video files:

• Perian - Perian is a free plugin that enables QuickTime to play almost every popular video format.
• Mplayer - alternative video viewer plays all sort of video files including .avi, .mpg, and .wmv
• VLC - alternative video viewer plays all sort of video files including .avi, .mpg, and .wmv
• Quicktime - Apple invented application which plays .mpg, and .mov files
• Windows Media Player - Microsoft made player to play .wmv, .asx, and all WMP 9 files
• RealPlayer - Real made player used to play .rm, .ram files, and more

Do some type of file transfers:

• Interarchy - application which supports FTP, SFTP. HTTP
• RBrowser - application which supports FTP, SFTP, SSH, FTP-SSl/TLS
• Transmit - a powerful, flexible, fast FTP client
• Fetch- easy-to-use full featured FTP application
• Cyberduck- SFTP, FTP application
• Fugu- supports SFTP, SCP, and SSH

Make a word processing document or spreadsheet:

• Microsoft Office- the standard in word processing
• Appleworks- Apple made all-in-one application which includes simple database, image editing, word processing application
• Textedit- basic word processor which supports opening simple Microsoft Word files (bundled with Mac OS X)
• iWork - Wordprocessing and Presentation software package
• Mellel- advanced multilingual word processor

Create a Presentation

• Microsoft PowerPoint - standard presentation application
• Keynote - Presentations with style

Do some basic photo editing/organizing

• GraphicConverter- great basic image editor and handles many formats
• iPhoto- basic picture touch up plus catalogs your images
• iView Media Pro 2- organizes various files such as photos, illustrations, mp3s, and fonts all in one place

Chat with someone online or video chat:

• Adium- third-party AIM client which also supports MSN, Yahoo, and more
• iChat- Apple made AIM client which supports video conferencing
• AOL Instant Messenger- AOL made chat application
• MSN Messenger- Microsoft made chat application
• Fire- third-party AIM client which also supports MSN, Yahoo, and more
• Proteus- third-party AIM client which also supports MSN, Yahoo, and more

Browse the web in style:

• Safari- Apple made speedy web brower with tabs
• Camino- fast open source web brwser with tabs
• Mozilla Firefox- open source web browser

Fix/repair my hard drive or data failure:

• Diskwarrior- highly acclaimed disk repair utility
• TechTool Pro 4- disk diagnostic and repairer

Need to zip/unstuff/compress some files:

• UnRar X- unrar your files
• Stuffit- unstuff .sit, .sitx files, and compress them plus more (basic version included in Mac OS X Utilities folder)

Manage files differently:

• LaunchBar - instant access utility which saves one from searching for apps and files
• Quicksilver - same as above
• Butler - same as above

So where do I download these Freeware, Shareware, and/or Updates:

• MacUpdate
• Versiontracker
• Hyperjeff

More to come - Anyone who know any Backup application? PM me

This post has been edited by kokyun: Sep 30 2006, 10:56 AM

What about Limewire (P2P, open source)

hello can u guys tell me what codec that i can find to play avi files in quicktime?? as u know , quicktime sometimes can't play certain types of avi file. Ok thanx

lol.photoshop not included?for image editing

whats the best p2p software now for the mac? limewire is pretty slow and empty nowadays...

You can try

1.Poisoned


2. iSwipe

Transmission

A simple and clean BitTorrent client that gets the job done.

Handbrake

DVD ripper/converter. Made by the same team who brought Transmission.

OnyX

Great and free maintenance and personalization tool to keep a healthy OS X system.

File sharing

http://homepages.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython/download.html

Any other links for View video files other than these?

* Mplayer - alternative video viewer plays all sort of video files including .avi, .mpg, and .wmv
* VLC - alternative video viewer plays all sort of video files including .avi, .mpg, and .wmv
* Quicktime - Apple invented application which plays .mpg, and .mov files
* Windows Media Player - Microsoft made player to play .wmv, .asx, and all WMP 9 files
* RealPlayer - Real made player used to play .rm, .ram files, and more

I'm using MacOS 9.2 - Mplayer and VLC only works on MacOSX

Antivirus for mac ClamXav anyone?

Don't leave out ThinkFree Office 3, which is an alternative to Microsoft Office. Cheap and good!

For utilities, I can't leave without Xupport and Onyx.

i find the software like acdsee.. don t have for mac?

no need to use ACDsee liaw.. use iPhoto, better than that..

Try these for your iTunes, they would enhance the way you listen to music :

a) OSS 3D - http://subband.com/downloads/

and

b) Volume Logic - http://www.volumelogic.com/index.asp?conte...nload_iTunesMac
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c) Karatunes- Gets lyrics automatically when iTunes is playing - http://ideographer.com/karatunes/

d) Frostwire - The twin for P2P LimeWire- http://www.frostwire.com/static/downloads.html

e) Cocktail - maintenance tools for OSX - http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/index.html

f) Security Softwares for your Mac i.e firewall etc - http://www.pure-mac.com/para.html#

g) Video related softwares for your Mac i.e DVD burning softwares etc - http://www.pure-mac.com/video.html#

h) And other million of softwares you can find here (updated daily) which will suit to your need- http://www.pure-mac.com/ enjoys !!!!

This post has been edited by 76radius: Mar 25 2006, 07:36 PM