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Top 9 OS X Applications
| 10.15.2005
My Top 9 OS X freeware and shareware applications. What are yours?
GrowlTunes
There is a Widget that shows current song information for Itunes but you have to be in the Widget screen and who does that?? GrowlTunes is a great way to display song details in a little floating box that appears everytime the song changes. This also shows user ratings so Dan will love this. GET THIS APP!
Acquisition
I was telling Frankie about this application the other day. If you're in a pinch and can't afford softward and/or music, this peer to peer shareware application is the best out there for all your "borrowing" needs. It's set up with the sexy OSX buttons and interface and functions a lot like Itunes.
X-Tunes
X-Tunes is a really nice, simple iTunes controller. Hitting alt space brings up a floating panel that displays basic song details and lets me stop, jump forward or back in the playlist, or change volume.
Transmit
There are many FTP applications out there but eveything from Panic Software looks better. Probably because all there products and product icons look so cool. Design is everything. It's simple to use and works perfectly on the Mac.
FontExplorer X
Lets face it, Apple font book sucks and putting all your fonts in the system font folder is just plain crazy. So I was fantastically pleased when I found this app. Doubly so because its free. The app basically works like iTunes for your font collection. You can drag fonts around, group them, preview them, enable them and disable them, all in a familiar and intuitive interface. Very nice. I blogged about this a few weeks back.
xScope
I'm not a Photoshop power user but if I was, I'd have this application in my tool belt. xScope provides a series of Photoshop like tools for your desktop. You can set up guides, measure things with the ruler, zoom in to layouts and check colours with the eye-dropper.
Earthworks Wallpaper
No really an proper applicatoins, this wallpaper is provocative, soul-stirring and sometimes disturbing while lending a dark and sometimes ghostly atmosphere to your desktop.
Synk
I have a pretty large MP3 library. We've all had our MP3 drives fail and were left to re-rip our discs again. Not me! I have two identical drives. Every night, one mirrors the other so if one S.T.B., I have an identical one to take over. Synk is free but has a lot of functionality for setting up schedules, syncing options, etc.
Omni Graffle
Lastly I really like Omni Graffle. Again, its one of those apps that I feel I don’t use enough, but that is probably because I’m not doing much IA at the moment. This is the perfect app for doing all your site mapping, wireframing and any other IA work.
Special thanks to Andy the inspiration.
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4 Comments:
Great blog, dude. Keep up the good work.
I've already shared this post with a few folks who I think will enjoy your Top 9!
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