OS-X Resources & Applications


• Adium X - A multi protocol IM client for OS X
• CronniX - Cron job management GUI
• Dimensionizer - A cool little OS X menu plugin, that displays the dimensions of images in the contextual menu.
• Ecto - A desktop blogging client and successor to Kung-log
• Excellent New Personal Content Manager
• Fish - This is a virtual fish tank simulation for OSX.
• Geek Tool - A PrefPane to display logs on your desktop.
• Gush - Really nice looking site for this Mac OS X instant messaging
• Kung Log - Little blog posting app
• LGReset - Resets the region counter on flat panle iMac DVD players
• Lynx - Techie text only browser
• FireFox - Best browser in the world if you don't like pop-ups. Also has tab structure for multiple pages in one pane.
• Mac Game Files - download demos and shareware games
• NetNewsWire Lite - RS agregator for keeping track of all those blogs
• OS X Downloads - Mac software at apple.com
• OS X Hints - Useful article from O'reily
• OS X software inventory - A useful list of all the OS X applications
• Panther Secrets Declassified - If you've been using OS X for a while, you'll probably already know many of these tips. However there were a few that even I was unaware of, so it's worth a read.
• Photoshop Dust and Scratches Plug-in - Haven't tried it yet, but it has been doing the rounds of the blogsphere lately
• Pixen - Open Source pixel art drawing application for OS X. Not tried it out yet, but it looks promising. The site itself is pretty slick and as a bonus is built using pure CSS.
• PulpFiction - Advanced News Reader/Aggregator for Mac OS X.
• Quicksilver - Cool OS X application launcher
• Safari Enhancer - Enable debug menu, turn offf cach etc
• iPhoto Library Manager - Great utility for managing multiple libraries within iPhoto.
• Saft - Make Safari run in kiosk or full screen mode
• Scheduling Tasks in Panther
• Server Logistics - PHP, MySQL and Apache2 in easy to install packages
• ShareAlike - you can share your iTunes library across your network, but there doesn't seem to be an easy way to share it across users on the same computer. ShareAlike aims to solve this, although I've not managed to get it to work so far!
• Six Design Lessons From the Apple Store - After reading this article, I'm looking forward to the London Apple store even more. I just hope they have the goodie bags like the did in the States and Japan. Now that would really be a Christmas stocking worth digging into.
• Sno - A useless application that makes snow fall over your desktop
• Stand - Jon points us to an excellent Safari addition that allows syntax colouring of the page source and the ability to open up links to a '_blank' target in a new tab instead of a new window. Nice.
• TigerLaunch - Useful (and free) application launcher
• VNCThing - Not tried it, but it looks good
• VersionTracker - Download Mac software
• WinSwitch - A little app to improve the look of the fast user switching menu bar item
• iChat Script Collection - Some useful scripts for iChatStatus
• iChatStatus - Let people see what you're listening too
• xScope - Handy suite of tools for designers

 

 

 

 

 

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