What's on Niels' Mac - Essential Apps to install on your MBP

Even a MBP w OS-X is not necessary complete with all the apps you might want.

Below an ongoing updated list of various kind of (free and commercial) 3rd party apps that will make your Mac life better:

Media/Communications/etc:

• IM Client: Adium - a multi protocol client (MSN, yahoo,etc). FREE
  
• Playing windows media files (wma, wmv) in quicktime using Flip4Mac. FREE
• Ripping mp3 streams (radio) to your Mac - now you can save those favorite stations offline. RadioLover. FREE for max 30min
• Skype - latest 2.5.0.BETA
• MissingSync. Sync your WindozeMobile Smartphone/PDA w OS X. Calendar/Address/Events/etc. Must have for heavy mobile users. $$
  

Textediting/Development/Programming:

• A better TextEditor for fast editing/large files: I switched from TextWrangler to Smultron - like even better: FREE
• Sourcecontrol UI for SVN: SmartSVN. Basic version FREE, Full $$
• Eclipse. Doesn't need any intro. To-do: List of my prefereed plugins.. FREE
  

Utils:

• Adjust advanced OSX preferences: TinkerTool FREE
• A better Filesystem Explorer PathFinder. $$
• Managing Fileextensions RCDefaultApp FREE
• Growl - cool notifications for many app events (new mail, IM on/offline,etc). FREE
  

Internet Stuff:

• Camino - a firefox/mozilla/gecko engine browser w Mac UI. The way Firefox should have been with proper Aqua UI; much faster than Safari. FREE.
• Vienna RSS reader. KISS newsreader - it just works. FREE
  

Office Apps:

• NeoOffice. OpenOffice with a OS X UI. Slow startup but once loaded decent speed and best of all read and create MSOffice documents (all my work docs created w NeoOffice - co-workers read fine on windoze boxes so far I have not had many major issues). FREE
  

Windoze:

• Parallels - the one and only needed virtual machine. $$ (got it for 39$ intro price back in the beta days :-). Read my posting here
  
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Last updated: 4/10/07