MacOS X Tools of interest
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Firefox
in 345 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFirefox is the popular open source web browser from Mozilla
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Thunderbird
in 137 toolboxes
add to my toolboxMozilla's Open Source email client
tagged: client, communication, crossplatform, e-mail, email, GNU, IMAP, Linux, mac, mail, mail_client, opensource, secbox, side -
Audacity
in 96 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFree, open source software for recording and editing sounds.
tagged: audio, avbox, converter, crossplatform, lasatech_audvid, mac, multimedia, multmedia, opensource, sound -
Google Earth
in 83 toolboxes
add to my toolboxGoogle Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.
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VLC Media Player
in 79 toolboxes
add to my toolboxVLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
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Adobe Photoshop
in 72 toolboxes
add to my toolboxPowerful but expensive digital image manipulation package.
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Adium
in 62 toolboxes
add to my toolboxAdium is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more.
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Miro
in 36 toolboxes
add to my toolboxDownload and watch high resolution internet TV shows and videos in one application. New channels arrive daily in the built-in Channel Guide.
tagged: bittorrent, distribution, eadvocacy, free, freesoftware, internet, mac, movie, opensource, podcast, rss, streaming, television, TV, video, vlog, vodcast -
NeoOffice
in 29 toolboxes
add to my toolboxNeoOffice is a fully-featured set of office applicationsfor Mac OS X. Based on the OpenOffice.org office suite
tagged: Apple, editor, mac, macintosh, MacOSX, office, openoffice, opensource, OSX, preocessing, presentation, spreadsheet, suite, tools, word, worksheet -
Cyberduck
in 27 toolboxes
add to my toolboxCyberduck is an open source FTP and SFTP client for Mac OS X. Cyberduck is easy to use and includes features such as uploading and downloading by drag and drop. It can also synchronise files and directories. Cyberduck includes a bookmark manager and supports the Mac OS X Keychain and Bonjour networking
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Sunbird
in 23 toolboxes
add to my toolboxOpen-source calendar that works with the Mozilla suite of tools or by itself.
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Growl
in 22 toolboxes
add to my toolboxGrowl is a notification system for Mac OS X: it allows applications that support Growl to send you notifications.
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Colloquy
in 20 toolboxes
add to my toolboxColloquy is an advanced IRC & SILC client
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Flip4Mac
in 15 toolboxes
add to my toolboxDigital Media Tools for the Mac
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Chicken of the VNC
in 13 toolboxes
add to my toolboxInteract with a remote computer as if it's next to you. Great for troubleshooting, maintenance and all of those relatives who call you up for Mac help. Requires that the remote computer have VNC client software running (10.4 has this built-in, otherwise d
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mamp
in 13 toolboxes
add to my toolboxThe abbreviation MAMP stands for: Macintosh, Apache, Mysql and PHP. This is a standalone installer that will install Apache, mySQL and PHP on Mac OSX without interfereing with the existing OSX Apache installation. Run web-based services locally or use it
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VaultletSuite
in 12 toolboxes
add to my toolboxVaultletSuite 2 Go is privacy protecting software that installs on your hard drive or your thumb/USB drive. It uses Open Source 2048 bit RSA public key and 256 AES encryption, and provides easy-to-use (transparent) encrypted and controllable email and password protects important files.
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subethaedit
in 12 toolboxes
add to my toolboxPeer-to-peer collaborative editing/coding over TCP/IP or local networks for Mac users.
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Transmit
in 12 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFTP for Mac OS X
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Paparazzi!
in 11 toolboxes
add to my toolboxTake screenshots of websites/pages that you can print out *on one page*. Great for archiving, presentations, etc. esp. when not connected to the Internet.
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Gizmo
in 11 toolboxes
add to my toolboxa voip/IM client like Skype, but based on open protocols
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Parallels
in 11 toolboxes
add to my toolboxParallels for Intel-Macs that give you the flexibility of running Windows on a Mac OS X simultaneously
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Mac GNU Privacy Guard
in 10 toolboxes
add to my toolboxMac GNU Privacy Guard (Mac GPG for short) is, after a fashion, the Mac OS X port of GnuPG, licensed under the GNU GPL.
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Office for Mac
in 10 toolboxes
add to my toolboxOffice productivity suite for Mac OS X.
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iTerm
in 8 toolboxes
add to my toolboxiTerm is a full featured terminal emulation program written for OS X
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Disk Inventory X
in 7 toolboxes
add to my toolboxDisk Inventory X is a disk usage utility for Mac OS X 10.3 (and later). It shows the sizes of files and folders in a special graphical way called "treemaps".
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fugu
in 7 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFugu is an open-source native Mac OS X front-end for OpenSSH’s commandline sftp client, featuring secure drag-and-drop file transfers, an intuitive user interface, secure copy service, and the ability to create ssh tunnels.
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Daylite
in 7 toolboxes
add to my toolboxA Productivity Suite - helps businesses organize themselves with tools like shared calendars, contacts, projects, meetings and more
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Vienna
in 7 toolboxes
add to my toolboxVienna is a freeware, open source RSS/Atom newsreader for the Mac OS X operating system.
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SSH Tunnel Manager
in 7 toolboxes
add to my toolboxSSH Tunnel Manager is a front-end for the ssh command when used to open tunnels between two hosts.
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AppZapper
in 6 toolboxes
add to my toolboxDrag one or more unwanted apps onto AppZapper and watch as it finds all the extra files and lets you delete them with a single click
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Audio Hijack Pro
in 6 toolboxes
add to my toolboxAudio Hijack Pro gives you the freedom to listen to audio when you want and how you want
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BBEdit
in 6 toolboxes
add to my toolboxBBEdit is a professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. Primarily geared towards Web authors and software developers, BBedit provides an abundance of features for editing, searching, and text manipulation, including syntax coloring, regular expre
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fink
in 5 toolboxes
add to my toolboxapt-get ported to the mac with a large number of Debian packages
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Shinkuro
in 5 toolboxes
add to my toolboxShinkuro is a small software program that enables teams to securely share files, exchange instant messages, and do simple screen sharing.
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MacFUSE
in 5 toolboxes
add to my toolboxA FUSE-Compliant File System Implementation Mechanism for Mac OS X
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1001
in 5 toolboxes
add to my toolbox1001 is a desktop client to be used in conjunction with Flickr, the online photo-sharing website.
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Graphic Converter
in 5 toolboxes
add to my toolboxGraphicConverter X/Classic converts pictures to different formats
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Nicecast
in 5 toolboxes
add to my toolboxNicecast can help you create your own internet radio station
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PictureSync
in 5 toolboxes
add to my toolboxPictureSync is a convenient utility that simplifies annotating and batch uploading your photographs and video clips to online services—directly from your albums in image-management applications, or files, and whilst preserving metadata.
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1Password
in 5 toolboxes
add to my toolboxPassword Manager + AutoFill for Mac OS X, Windows, iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. Syncs via Dropbox
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Web Confidential
in 5 toolboxes
add to my toolboxProfessional password manager with strong encryption and Palm support
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iAlertU
in 5 toolboxes
add to my toolboxiAlertU is a very cool alarm system for the MacBook Pro.
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smcFanControl
in 5 toolboxes
add to my toolboxsmcFanControl - Control MacBook fans to make it run cooler
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Max
in 5 toolboxes
add to my toolboxMax - An Audio Swiss Army Knife
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WhatSize
in 4 toolboxes
add to my toolboxWhatSize is a simple tool that allows the user to quickly measure the size in bytes of a given folder and all subfolders and files within it.
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Onyx
in 4 toolboxes
add to my toolboxIt allows you to run misc tasks of system maintenance, to configure certain hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock, Safari, Dashboard, Exposé, Disk Utility... to delete cache, to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome.
tagged: Apple, freeware, mac, macintosh, MacOSX, maintainance, optimization, personalization, utility -
Xupport
in 4 toolboxes
add to my toolboxA Swiss Army Knife for Mac OSX
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Tunnelblick
in 4 toolboxes
add to my toolboxOpenVPN GUI for OSX
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ecto
in 4 toolboxes
add to my toolboxdesktop blogging client for MacOSX and Windows
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Disco
in 4 toolboxes
add to my toolboxCD & DVD creation tool
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DragThing
in 4 toolboxes
add to my toolboxan application dock for Mac OS X
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kisMAC
in 4 toolboxes
add to my toolboxKisMAC is a free stumbler application for MacOS X, that puts your card into the monitor mode. Unlike most other applications for OS X it has the ability to run completely invisible and send no probe requests.
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Drive Genius
in 4 toolboxes
add to my toolboxDisk utility for OS X
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MacGPS Pro
in 4 toolboxes
add to my toolboxMacGPS Pro supports almost all GPS receivers
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MacSaber
in 4 toolboxes
add to my toolboxMacSaber uses your Mac's sudden motion sensor to detect movements, fast and slow
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Unison
in 4 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFull-featured USENET / news client exclusively for Mac OS X,
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VirtueDesktops
in 4 toolboxes
add to my toolboxA virtual desktop manager for Apple’s Mac OS.
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iShowU
in 4 toolboxes
add to my toolboxiShowU - software to capture and record video from your screen into a Quicktime movie, in realtime
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Spark
in 4 toolboxes
add to my toolboxSpark is an Open Source, cross-platform IM client optimized for businesses and organizations of all sizes. It includes enterprise-class features such as built-in support for group chat, telephony integration, and strong security.
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TinkerTool
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxTinkerTool is an application that gives you access to additional preference settings Apple has built into Mac OS X. This allows to activate hidden features in the operating system and in some of the applications delivered with the system.
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ScreenSteps
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxcreate pdf & html lessons from screen captures
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SuperDuper!
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxSystem recovery software for the Mac.
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Aurora
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxAurora is a free Alarm Clock for your Mac that lets you wake up to your favorite iTunes playlist or any TV or radio channel from EyeTV.
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Bonsoir
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxquick and easy sharing of vCards on a local network
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DMG Packager
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxCreate packaged disk images for software releases
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DesInstaller
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxThe DesInstaller is a simple tool that reads the receipts generated when you install a pkg file with Apple's Installe
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direct mail
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxDirect Mail is the best mailing list management and mail delivery software for Mac OS X.
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FreeDMG
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxDrag and drop disk imaging made easy.
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DasBoot
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxTurn a flash drive or multi use storage device into a Mac OS X diagnostic, repair, and maintenance tool.
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Pacifist
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxPacifist is a shareware application that opens Mac OS X .pkg package files, .dmg disk images, and .tar, .tgz, and .tar.gz file archives and allows you to extract individual files and folders out of them
tagged: .dmg, .pkg, .tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, Apple, archives, diskimages, fileextraction, mac, macintosh, MacOSX, packagefiles, shareware, utility -
Pagesender
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFull Featured fax software for Mac OS X
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SeisMac
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxSeisMac is a Mac OS X Cocoa application that makes your MacBook or MacBook Pro into a seismograph. It access your laptop's Sudden Motion Sensor in order to display real-time, three-axis acceleration graphs.
tagged: accelerationgraph, Apple, graph, mac, macintosh, MacOSX, opensource, seismograph, suddenmotionsensor -
Service Scrubber
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxService uninstaller for OS X
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Snapz Pro X
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxPowerful desktop snapshot utility
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Spanning Sync
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxSynchronize Google Calendar and Apple iCal.
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TextSoap
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxHandy utility to make it easy to clean up Internet text littered with extraneous characters and poor formatting.
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URL Manager Pro
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxA powerful bookmark manager for the Mac
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Coconut Battery
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxDisplays info about your laptop battery
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rooSwitch Lite
in 3 toolboxes
add to my toolboxrooSwitch Lite - easily move application settings back and forth for testing and backup.
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iClip
in 2 toolboxes
add to my toolboxiClip is a multiple clipboard/scrapbook software application for mac.
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iDefrag
in 2 toolboxes
add to my toolboxDefragment and optimize your disk
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MacGizmo
in 2 toolboxes
add to my toolboxMacGizmo allows you to see the content and other useful information of an item with one click directly from the Finder.
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Lilt
in 2 toolboxes
add to my toolboxLilt utilizes the ambient light and sudden motion sensors found on recent Apple Macintosh portable computers to trigger actions
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MoRU
in 2 toolboxes
add to my toolboxMoRU is an application that provides an enhanced interface to Apple's Spotlight searching tool
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MultiAlarm
in 2 toolboxes
add to my toolboxMultiAlarm is an audible alarm software solution that sounds whenever you activate it and move your Apple Laptop with a SMS sensor or Use the mouse or keyboard
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OsiriX
in 2 toolboxes
add to my toolboxDICOM Viewer for MacOS X
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iView MediaPro
in 2 toolboxes
add to my toolboxPhoto Software, Image Management Software,
tagged: Apple, imagemanagement, images, mac, macintosh, MacOSX, microsoft, photographs, photos, pics -
DeepVacuum
in 1 toolbox
add to my toolboxDownload utility based on wget command line tool.
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MacJanitor
in 1 toolbox
add to my toolboxMacJanitor is designed to be used on a periodic basis by Mac OS X users who don't leave their computer on (and awake) 24 hours a day. MacJanitor is provided as freeware as a service to laptop and energy-conscious home users.
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Cocktail
in 1 toolbox
add to my toolboxGeneral purpose utility for Mac OS X.
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NewsFire
in 1 toolbox
add to my toolboxRSS aggregator for the Mac.
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MiniBatteryLogger
in 1 toolbox
add to my toolboxMiniBatteryLogger monitors your laptop’s battery. It traces the graph of charge and amperage over time, compares your battery with other users, logs relevant power events and alerts you with Growl notifications.