| Product |
Description |
PathFinder |
A Finder replacement. Adds many important features, including
sorting of directories with folders first, much better display of
the current location in the directory tree, a preview pane, a shell
pop-down, and much more. |
| Bad Chrome Print Dialog |
To replace the Chrome "Print Preview" dialog with the "old" print dialog, open a Terminal window, and type:
defaults write com.google.Chrome DisablePrintPreview -boolean true |
DragThing |
A quick-launcher. Allows you to create tabbed-shortcut windows,
and docks for various functionality. Strange name, great product. |
Default Folder X |
Folder Picker. Enhances "Save" and "Save As..." dialogs to give you
more choices. |
Fugu |
Secure file transfer. Allows you to copy files to and from
machines that support SSH. |
smcFanControl |
Nice little application for precisely controlling the fans in your MacBook. |
Magic Mouse Driver |
Software update for Mac OSX Leopard (including PowerPC) mouse driver to support the Magic Mouse. |
MagicPrefs |
Preferences pane for MagicPrefs for Leopard. |
CoolIris |
Very cool plug-in for viewing images in your browser. |
TinkerTool |
Mac OS X tweaking tool. Offers advanced features for configuring your interface. |
SideTrack |
PowerBook touchpad driver. Allows you to use the right (or left) edge of the trackpad
on your PowerBook to control a scrollbar. |
ChangeDesktop |
Great, flexible application to manage the display of pictures on your desktop. |
Cyberduck |
Secure file transfer. Allows you to copy files to and from
machines that support SSH. Nice interface. |
SMARTReporter |
Monitors and displays the S.M.A.R.T. status of your hard drives. |
Teleport |
Allows you to control multiple Macs using a single Mac mouse and keyboard. |
Logitech Cordless MX Duo |
Must-have wireless keyboard and mouse combo. There are 8 buttons on the mouse, including
forward/back buttons -- great for browsing!
[UPDATE: Logitech has such bad support for Leopard that I can't recommend this device any more] |
Logitech Control Center |
Admin tool for Logitech keyboard and mice.
[UPDATE: Logitech has such bad support for Leopard that I can't recommend this software any more] |
SteerMouse |
A replacement for the Mac mouse driver. Gives any more options, and is very stable. |
Adobe Acrobat Reader for Mac |
PDF Reader for Mac |
Aquamacs |
Emacs editor |
Audacity |
Audio editing tool |
Double Take |
Really good photo-stitching software. |
HandBrake |
Good DVD opening software. |
SuperSuper! |
Solid backup software. |
GraphicConverter |
Great image-manipulation software that used to come free with the Mac. |
ImageMagick |
Powerful command-line image manipulation toolset. |
R |
R statistics package -- very powerful. |
ActiveState tcl/tk |
tcl/tk interpreter |
AP Grapher |
WiFi Signal Grapher. Plots the signall strength of a WiFi connection over time. |
MacStumbler |
WiFi Network Finder. Announces when a WiFi-enabled machine comes into range of
a WiFi network. Great for WAPDriving. |
keyspan |
Keyspan USB-to-RS232 adapter driver |
Version Tracker |
Good list of shareware programs for the Mac. |