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Other lists of Mac OS X applications Pure Mac (see Mac/PC cross list too) Jeff's List of OS X (has flexible sorting tool) Wikipedia List of open source software packages (some OSX emerging) SourceForge (open source, some OSX) OpenSourceMac Squish the Squid (OSX freeware for sound/music) Complied by Rob Danielson by making additions & updates to Derek's LeLash's 11/04 "Best Mac OSX Stuff" |
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| VoodooPad Lite | Jot down notes in text or with the drawing too, paste/drag in photos, use hyperlinks to create up to 6 linked pages, export it all as html, ready to upload. Download for OSX 10.3.9 or later. .. | 0 |
| Galerie 5.2.0 | Generates media gallery web pages from iPhoto, GraphicConverter or from any set of pictures and/or QuickTime media files. Has comments generator and the ability to edit an existing gallery. | 0 |
| PhotoSite Time Savior - 1.5 | Takes a folder full of images and videos and turns it into a webpage including a format with frame listing/viewing. Basic but stable and updateable. | 0 |
| Gallery Monger -.93 | Gallery Monger builds web galleries from any folder full of images, your current iPhoto selection | 0 |
| Denim 2.0b8 | Web site sketch design tool that can be used to create drawn web pages (best to have a drawing pad?) sample | 0 |
| myPhoto 1.5 | Generates a full-featured PHP photo album site including data like albums, captions, and a search engine. sample | 0 |
| iTunes XHTML Playlist | Converts an iTunes Playlist into xhtml playlist with definable links including downloads. Looks more like a list than a gallery. Windows version too. | 0 |
| Simple CSS 1.2 | Easy CSS authoring tool to create Cascading Style Sheets from scratch, and/or modify existing ones, using a familiar point-and-click interface. Manage multiple CSS projects,. | 0 |
| OpenLaszlo | Serious, open source application to create internet applications with the rich user interface capabilities of desktop client software and the instant no-download deployment of the Web. (57mb ) samples | 0 |
| BananAlbumCreator | Generate albums simply by dropping some image files or a folder onto its icon. MAX/MSP style developer site. |
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| iPhotoWebShare 1.3 | Share your iPhoto library including movies on the web. |
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| Balthisar Tidy | For fixing HTML mistakes automatically and tidy up sloppy editing. | 0 |
| Web Gallery Builder | Create image gallery, select your favourite gallery style, themes and load a directory full of images. | 0 |
| Simple CSS | Allows you to easily create Cascading Style Sheets from scratch, to specify the styles of fonts and other page elements on your site and easier for you to update styles too. Runs on Macs, Windows and Linux. Supports CSS2. |
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| Nvu | Makes managing a web site a snap. Now anyone can create web pages and manage a website with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML. Open Source for Mac OSX Windows and Linux. | 0 |
| Amaya | A web editor to create and update documents directly on the Web as a space for collaboration and not just a one-way publishing medium. Uses an application based on Resource Description Framework (RDF), XLink, and XPointer. Open Source. Available for Windows, Unix platforms and MacOS X. |
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| PageSpinner | Easy-to-use, professional HTML editor for Mac OS supporting HTML 3.2, HTML 4, XHTML, PHP, SSI and a built-in JavaScript generator. Built-in FTP support, PHP, Cascading Style Sheets, support for Apache and the Terminal in OS X. | 21 day demo $29 |
| Crea:text | An HTML text editor with some basic and advanced features.Tag Coloring, an Insert menu with rapid access to all usual HTML commands, an HTML color chooser, drag & drop, and is built like a typical Mac application to make it easier to learn. | 0 |
| JAlbum - 6.1.6 | Web photo and movie album generator with index pages and slideshows. JSP/ASP-like scripting, integrated smart FTP client. Apperance configured through the use of skins-- see skin repository | 0 |
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| GIFBuilder 1.0 | Scriptable utility for making GIFs from PICT, TIFF, Photoshop (including layers), QuickTime movie, PIC files controlling pixel depth, color , dithering, size, interlacing, transparency, interframe delay, disposal method, frames position, and looping. | 0 |
| GIFfun 3.8 | Creating Web Animations quickly by dragging in "any image files." Manual, Source Code w/Comments | 0 |
| motionMaker 1.2 | Grabs a picture, takes little slices out of it and saves them into individual files. These files can then be opened with QuickTime player and turned into a nice little movie which makes it look like the thing is moving! Which, of course, it is. | 0 |
| ImagePlay | An open source image processing program for applying effects on images, or series of effects. Many images can be imported, resized and re-positioned in layers like Photoshop. Windows XP and Mac OS X , Mac OS 9 | donation |
| Picture Namer | Name a folder full of pictures with the option to preserve the picture order, add a group name to every picture and automatically number pictures with the same name. Might be used to sequentially number photos for importing/animating in QuickTime or GIF Builder. | D |
| ImageScale | Resizes images to PNG, JPEG, GIF, or TIFF. Automatically maintains aspect ratio and allows both resize slider for quick scaling and direct manipulation of dimensions for fine-grained tuning. Also generates html pages. | 0 |
| ColorTagGen 0.1 | Generates HTML/CSS tags from MacOS color picker an displays values to be inserted into your and the HTML/CSS web page. Source Code. | 0 |
| Effect Maker | 40 Flash and JavaScript Plug-in effects | 0 |
| Synfig | Industrial-strength vector-based 2D animation software package, designed from the ground-up for producing feature-film quality animation with fewer people and resources. New project with some bugs, needs help. Cross-platform. | 0 |
| Mike's Edge 1.1.1 | Makes image masks, transparency or matte. | 0 |
| Seashore 0.1.8 | Seashore is an open source image editor for Cocoa/Mac featuring brightness/contrast, cropping and other image processing like gradients, textures and anti-aliasing, multiple layers and alpha channel editing. It is based around the GIMP's technology but is much simpler. A universal binary version is available, | 0 |
| Inkscape | Open Source vector graphics editor/drawing tool, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand. CorelDraw. Samples. | 0 |
| ImageWell 225 | Resizes, crops, shapes, rotates, watermarks, borders images. Add drop shadows, text, labels, arrows, circles, squares, thought clouds, talking balloons. | 0 |
| Pixen | Innovative graphics editor designed from top to bottom for pixel artists—people who make low-resolution raster art like the sprites you see in old video games. But it's great for artists of all arenas: Pixen is like a very powerful MSPaint or a simpler, more agile Photoshop. Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later and Quicktime 7 required. | 0 |
| GIMP 2.2.8 | Image manipulation such tasks as simple drawing, photo retouching, image composition, image authoring, online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter. sample splashes | 0 |
| Sketch-Up | An easy-to-learn 3D modeling program whose few simple tools enable you to create 3D models of houses, sheds, decks, home additions, woodworking projects- Google Sponsored, cross-platform | 0 |
| CinePaint | For deep paint manipulation and image processing for motion picture frame-by-frame retouching and dust-busting. | 0 |
| AlexWarp 1.0 | Image-warping program like Kai's Power Goo or Flo' Download Sample |
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| ArtRage 1.1.2 | Simulation of painting on acanvas, along with pens, pencils, crayons, and other tools. Glitter Sample |
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| ShapeOnYou | Quickly create and animate geometric 2D and 3D shapes to illustrate your documents. |
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| ThumbsUp 4.2 | Drag-and-drop utility to create thumbnails & icons or to convert images |
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| Context Free 1.0 | Generate surprisingly organic pictures from rules written in a very simple programming language. |
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| evolvotron 0.3.1 | Generates-mages/textures/patterns/animations through an iterative process of random mutation and user control | 0 |
| MovieFlipper | Print out small pictures of your QT movie, cut them up and make a Flipbook version. | 0 |
| Palette 1.1.1 | A kid's style painting program. |
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| Magic Pen | Draw on top of your screen with your mouse, much like overhead pens allow you to write on top of an overhead. | 0 |
| SlideShowPro iPhoto Plug-in 1.0.2 | iPhoto plug-in to export content for the Flash MX 2004 component. |
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| Pic2Icon | Creates 128x128 icons from graphic files | 0 |
| ShadowKiller | Haxie to kill aqua menu and window shadows | 0 |
| iComic | Download your favorite Web comics | 0 |
| Gumby 1.0b48 | An image file converter and patcher. | 0 |
| GraphicConverter | View, edit, convert most graphic file formats | 0 |
| ImageWell | Crop & resize images & send to iDisk/web server | 0 |
| iPhoto Buddy | Multiple Library Manager For iPhoto 2 | 0 |
| SnapNDrag | Allows you to take a screenshot, name the file, select the picture format and drag it to the desired destination. Supports PNG, TIFF and JPEG. Will allow for screen capturing from the Apple DVD Player I am told. | 0 |
| iPhoto Librarian | Run iPhoto from a different library folder | 0 |
| iPhoto Library Manager | Manage multiple iPhoto libraries | 0 |
| iPhoto Mailer Patcher | iPhoto hack to send email with 3rd party email clients | 0 |
| Snapz Pro | Screen capturing tool, including movies saved n QuickTime. | demo |
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| Cyberduck | Cyberduck is a open source FTP and SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer) browser with an easy to use interface, integration with external editors and support Mac OS X | 0 |
| RBrowser Lite | Graphical FTP/SFTP/SSH client | 0 |
| SiteSucker | Automatically downloads web sites for offline viewing - including your own. | 0 |
| WebGrabber | Downloads entire Web sites for offline use (not updated in last year) | 0 |
| Dragon Burn | CD/DVD burner for Mac OSX that has many useful features. It has been packaged as freeware with hard drives purchased from OWC. Also a version for PC | 0/demo |
| Goliath X | (WebDav) Allows you to use a remote web server as though it were a local file server. The Pantherfile FAQ suggests this app for Mac but it doesn't work without error. See your course manual for current Patherfile upload instructions | 0 |
| Rank Tracker 1.0 | Provides information about your website's rank in search engines |
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| InstantLinks 2.5.0 | Quickly perform web-based actions on selected text. (10.4 or later) |
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| PangeaVR 2.1 | A web browser plug-in that allows you to view Quicktime VR panoramas with unprecendented quality and speed. |
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| Pandora | Hunts down images by spidering or keyword-based searching and prepares a slideshow, providing you with a quick and comprehensive glance at hundreds of discovered images. | demo |
| DEVONagent | Intelligent agent to find info on the Internet | 0 |
| PithHelmet | Safari plugin adds content filtering | 0 |
| Pastor | Stores passwords, Web site logins, serials, registrations, etc. | 0 |
| BootCD | Creates a disk image to burn a Mac OS X boot CD | 0 |
| Cache Out | Clear caches, swap files, browser histories | 0 |
| Cocktail | General purpose system utility | 0 |
| Carbon Copy Cloner | Comprehensive bootable backup solution | 0 |
| MacJanitor | Runs the system's 3 maintenance scripts | 0 |
| MenuMeters | Menu for cpu, disk, memory, network resource monitoring | 0 |
| Stuffit Expander Standard | Expands all your compressed and encoded files that you download. Has recently become necessary with Mac Intel platforms for expanding .sitx files. Requires your email adreas for emailed downlink. Get the FREE version. | 0 |
| SlashDock | Headline grabber for Slashdot, VT & other sites | 0 |
| Web Jumper Lite | Floating window to search 37 search engines (not updated in last year) | 0 |
| Tyrantula X | Comprehensive web page analysis tool | 0 |
| OnyX | Optimization, maintenance, personalization tool | 0 |
| The Webalizer | web server log file analysis program produces highly detailed, easily configurable usage reports in HTML format, for viewing with a standard web browser. | 0 |
| Xbench | Benchmarking utility | 0 |
| TinkerTool | Adds functionality & options to many OS X features | 0 |
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| BatChmod | Change file ownership & permissions & empty the Trash | 0 |
| Stuffit | File Decompression utlity dwnld |
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| Force Delete | Deletes stubborn files from the Finder (not updated in last year) | 0 |
| LaCie SilverKeeper | Backup utility | 0 |
| R-Name | Rename multiple files | 0 |
| SuperDuper! | Disk duplication, cloning, recovery tools | 0 |
| WhatSize | Measure file/folder sizes quickly | 0 |
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| Blogger | An easy-to-use web site, where one can quickly post thoughts, interact with people, post links to QuickTime movies and sound recordings and more. Cross-platform as browser-based and free. Templates may be edited. | 0 |
| WordPress | WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. You can set it up on a web host or get a free blog from WordPress.com | 0 |
| Eudora (Lite Mode) | Very popular email application. Lite mode has some features removed. | 0 |
| Fire | Instant messenger client for AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo | 0 |
| iJournal | LiveJournal.com client for the online journal site | 0 |
| Kung-Log | Desktop blog manager for MovableType, Nucleus, Blogger | 0 |
| NetNewsWire Lite | Easy-to-use RSS news reader | 0 |
| MT-NewsWatcher | Usenet news group client | 0 |
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| MoviesForMyPod 0.993 | Convert QuickTime movies to mv4 or H264 with a 320x240 aspect ratio for iPod compatiblity. | 0 |
| Avid FreeDV v1.6-v1.8 | Cross-platform basic video and audio editing capabilities with up to two tracks and two audio tracks of real-time effects for both Windows XP and Macintosh OS X platforms. | 0 |
| MPEG Streamclip 1.5.1 | Cross platform app that opens most movie formats or transport streams, edits them with Cut, Copy, Paste, and Trim, Export/Convert them to QuickTime formats like DV and MPEG4, Sorenson 3 & others. (A viable substitute for QT Pro if you don't own FCP.) PC and Mac versions. | 0 |
| Batch Export Utility | A simple Mac OSX and Windows XP program for recompressing and resizing a folder of quicktime media to a different format such as PhotoJPG, DV streams, image sequences, Macromedia Flash Videos, AVI, DivX AVI, MPEG-4, | 0 |
| ZS4 Video Editor | Cross-Platform video and audio editing and compositing software which aims to provide media experts with a facility to combine a variety of media types (currently photos, videos and audio files) into one (or more) output file(s). Like an object oriented photo-manipulation program with a timeline. | 0 |
| Lillipot 1.2 | "Flattens" QuickTime movies to make themWindows and Web friendly by making it easier the the QuickTime plug to recognize the format. Simple as "Save as..."' Drag and drop all your movies on the lillipot window, then start the batch process by clicking on the 'action' button. For both PC and Mac OS X 10.2.8 or higher. | 0 |
| myVCR 0.1.2 | A video capture app for Mac OS X that has a timer function to start/stop recording at a specific date and time. Will capture DV video and sound through a FireWire port. Works but sound seems to get out of syn 5/06. | 0 |
| ImagePlay | An open source program to run a series of effects on an images in layers, including imported quicktime movies. Movies can be exported only one frame at a time. Windows XP and Mac OS X | donation |
| Simple Video Splicer | For editing Quicktime supported image & sound files and rendering a final movie. | 0 |
| MovieGate 2.01 | Basic DVD authoring application | 0 |
| DVTimeLapse 0.31 | Creates a Quicktime movie file from frames taken at a user-specified interval. Frame capture can be either manually or automatically initiated and ceased. | 0 |
| MulleSight | For capturing pictures taken with your iSight camera (all cameras supported by QuickTime™ will work as well). It features a complete AppleScript interface, so you can do all sort of stuff with it. | 0 |
| QuickTime Pro -Add Editing | August 05 Mac OSXHints instructions on how to get several functions missing from the standard OS X player, including copy, cut, paste, trim and export. | 0 |
| QuickTime Development Tools | Cross platform utilities that work with QuickTime Pro to add functionality to QuickTime movies. All free. One example is Effects Teaser, which lets you explore the effects architecture in QuickTime. | 0 |
| QTAmateur | a small, simple QuickTime video player. It can play any format that QuickTime can understand, handle fullscreen video playback, and export files to any format that QuickTime can write. | 0 |
| Apple QuickTime Broadcaster - 1.5 | Live encoding for online delivery MPEG-4-based Internet broadcasting system and H.264 live broadcasting: Requires QuickTime 7 | 0 |
| QTStreamSplicer | Allows you to add an image to an audio only live stream. (or in front of a streaming track) |
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| ffmpegX | Graphic user interface for Mac OS X designed to easily operate more than 20 powerful Unix open-source video and audio processing tools for encoding mpg2 (for making DVD- Video) mpg 4 and other formats including audio ones. OS 10.3 and 10.4, Universal under development. | 0 |
| smallDVD .03 | Simple DVD authoring utility for MacOSX that will take ready-encoded MPEG2 files and create a DVD image from them that can be burnt using Disk Utility (Mac OS X). PC and MacIntel versions as well. | 0 |
| QTVR Make Cubic |
MSimple OSX-ready app for creating cubic QTVR movies from six faces or from equirectangular projection which is used in some java-based players and other places. (Adding Hotspots tutorial) Apple QT Tools Site. |
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| QTVR Edit Object | Allows you set parameters for QTVR Object movies such as: column and row settings, pan & tilt controls, auto-play and animate settings. Apple QT Tools Site | 0 |
| QTVR PanoToThumbnail | Allows you to create a small thumbnail-sized linear QuickTime movie out of your QTVR panorama. Apple QT Tools Site. | 0 |
| QTVR Flattener | Lets you export web-ready QTVR movies from QuickTime Player, Apple QT Tools Site. | 0 |
| QTVR Make Panorama 2 | This tool allows you to create QuickTime VR panoramas from panoramic PICT images. Apple QT Tools Site. | 0 |
| Rainbox | Makes moving psychedlic patterns for Javascript or use SnapzPro demo to copy from screen for QT's. download. Demo | 0 |
| Synfig | Industrial-strength vector-based 2D animation software package, designed from the ground-up for producing feature-film quality animation with fewer people and resources. New project with some bugs, needs help. Cross-platform. | 0 |
| Blender 2.37 | Integrated 3D creation suite. Open Source Community stills movies |
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| Jahshaka v3.0 | A cross-platform video and sound production program for editing, real time effects, animating, painting on moving video, mixing audio in any format at any resolution. Versions for PPC (OS X 10.4.6) MacIntel, Windows XP and Linux | 0 |
| Jahplayer | Plays uncompressed video and image sequences at resolutions as high as 2K and 4K in real-time and featuring image analysis tools and basic editorial functions. Python-based which facilitates scripting. Versions for PPC (OS X 10.4.6) MacIntel, Windows XP and Linux | 0 |
| Snapz Pro | Screen capturing tool, including movies saved n QuickTime. | demo |
| HandBrake | DVD to MPEG-4 converter.supoorting: VIDEO_TS folder, Audio: AC-3, PCM or MPEG audio tracks converting to: MPEG-4, H.264 and Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 pass-through . | 0 |
| 3ivx Delta | MPEG-4 video codec, supports 3ivx, DivX, XviD | 0 |
| Cellulo | Video player with playlists, full screen mode, DivX integration... | 0 |
| DivX | DiVX codec video encoder/decoder | 0 |
| DVD Capture | Screen capture from DVD player to file or clipboard | 0 |
| DVDBackup | DVD content backup tool (not updated in last year) | 0 |
| Forty-two | Convert DVDs to other formats: DivX, VCD, SVCD, DVD | 0 |
| MPlayer | Movie player for DivX & other formats | 0 |
| VLC Media Player | For DivX, VCD, DVD, MPEG-1/2/4, Ogg/Vorbis | 0 |
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| Amadeus II | Direct-to-disk sound editor & analyzer with MP3 support | demo |
| Audio Hijack | Add effects or record audio from any app that outputs audio | 0 |
| Audacity 1.2.4 | Open-source, cross-platform multi-track audio editor and recorder with VST and native effects, V .1.3 was surprisingly stable when I tried it on Panther in 5/06 and this version supports multi-track editing much better. |
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| MacFLAC 2.1.2 | GUI front-end for Free Lossless Audio Codec | 0 |
| EchoMac 1.14 | Connect to Amateur radio. |
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| Ardour | Hard disk recorder and multitrack digital audio editor application. OSX requirements . Min: OS X10.3.4+ and X11 and JackOSX and plug-ins | 0 |
| impromptu 0.94 | A collaborative programming environment for composers and sound artists with an interest in live or interactive programming. |
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| Fountain Music | iTunes visualization plugin | 0 |
| G-Force | Visual plugin for iTunes, SoundJam, Audion, Echo | 0 |
| iHam on iRye | Network remote control for iTunes | 0 |
| Kung-Tunes | Displays currently playing iTunes track on your site | 0 |
| Libra | Create, use, manage multiple iTunes music libraries | 0 |
| LineIn | Soft playthru from audio inputs | 0 |
| PTHiTunesNotifier | Overlay window shows iTunes current track info | 0 |
| SoundConverter | Batch sound converter for many formats | demo |
| ValEVarion 0.6 | Multi-temporal note generator. |
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| Pd (puredata) | Pd, a patchable environment for audio analysis, synthesis, and processing, with a rich set of multimedia capabilities. dwnld pg ....mailinglist | 0 |
| Spear | A frequency editor that interprets each harmonic of a sound as an editable trajectory through time. Results which closely resemble the original input sound (a resynthesis) can be generated but in almost all cases the resynthesis will not be exactly identical to the original sound. Hundreds of simultaneous partials can be synthesized in real-time. | 0 |
| SampleTank 2 2.08 | sample workstation including instrument sounds to create music tracks. |
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| Eqium 2.0 | Highly configurable EQ Plug. 11 Filter types. Unlimited Bands. For PC as well |
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| Sound Grinder | Audio conversion utility "one-window" concept, simultaneous conversions, and Rapid Convert™ functionality, | demo15 |
| XO Wave | Waveform editor that record, edits, syncs to video, mixes and burns! Has useful cross-fading tools and allows for infinite undos. | 0 |
| buzZer 1.01 | A polyphonic stereo softSynth AudioUnit. |
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| WireTap | Records any audio, streaming etc., playing on Mac to disk | demo |
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| Phoenix X | Client for the Livejournal online journal service | 0 |
| XJournal | Client for the LiveJournal.com weblog service | 0 |
| MacJournal | Tool for journals, logs, diaries, etc | 0 |
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| Mozilla Firefox | Highly Recommended web browser that you can add many useful plugs to like "Down Em All" and pop-up blockers. | 0 |
| Acqlite | P2P Gnutella (LimeWire) client | 0 |
| BitTorrent | Client for Torrent P2P networks | 0 |
| Comictastic | User-expandable comic strip viewer | 0 |
| DeepVacuum | Wget download/mirroring utility for ftp, http | 0 |
| Ircle X | Popular Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client | 0 |
| LimeWire X | Gnutella peer-to-peer file sharing client | 0 |
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| AbiWord | Open source featureful, crossplatform word processor compatible with MS Word docs and outputs in HTML. Requires X11. | 0 |
| NeoOffice | Open source a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation program, and graphics program. | beta |
| TextWrangler 2 | Full-featured and functional text editor good for programming (replaces BBEdit) dwnld | 0 |
| Taco HTML Edit | Fully featured HTML editor with tag coloring | 0 |
| MyMind | Outliner an a mind mapping application. Outputs in pdf. dwnload | dw |
| AntiWordService | Filter service to open Word docs in any Cocoa app | 0 |
| Babelizer | Humorous language translation toy | 0 |
| BBEdit Lite | Lite version of the powerful text editor | 0 |
| PTHPasteboard | Pasteboard buffer: stores multiple items in clipboard | 0 |
| SubEthaEdit | Rendezvous-based, collaborative text editor | 0 |
| WordService | Performs 32 operations on selected text | 0 |
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| Dead Pixel Identifier | Identifies dead pixels | 0 |
| Gimp-print | Printer drivers for HP, Epson, Canon, Lexmark | 0 |
| IOXperts WebCam Driver | USB/FireWire web cam driver | demo |
| Print Window | Print file listings directly from the Finder | 0 |
| Salling Clicker | Control a Mac with Sony Ericsson phone or Palm | demo |
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