Adding Reply Topic What's your favorite Mac software? Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post pleaseremove Posted at 6:47 am on April 9, 2008 OK, I'm looking through at free OSX software. Basically i have taken my Mac back to OSX after it's time as an Ubuntu machine and I'm looking at getting it working just how i would like. I want your suggestions for the best free Mac software out there. It doesn't have to be open-source, although always nice. These can be productivity apps, music editing, web browsers, whatever. Hopefully if we get enough this could turn into a nice little list for Mac users.

Replies 420trendz Posted at 7:33 am on Jan. 15, 2009 OnyX - Use it to clean your Mac SimplifyMedia - Control you're iTunes from your iPod Touch or iPhone via wireless network. cerulean Posted at 12:29 pm on Nov. 8, 2008 i like iwork. you have to pay for it thou, but it's all worth it. and in case you like making a mindmap, MindNod is quite a good freeware. ElfQrin Posted at 1:40 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 I really enjoy Schoolhouse2 for managing my homework and assignments on my Mac. http://www.loganscollins.com/schoolhouse/ pleaseremove Posted at 12:03 pm on April 19, 2008 Quote: from Cingular Wireless at 7:59 pm on April 19, 2008 I use Camino browser sometimes. - Google Earth - Alarm Clock - Yep, thats the name of it. Its a really cool program that plays music at a time you set and even wakes your Mac up from sleep. I use it as my primary alarm clock. - Frostwire for Music downloading What version of OS X do you use? I'm on 10.4, and if this list is every going to be any good, i would expect all the apps to be 10.4 and above and available as a universal binary. Cingular Wireless Posted at 11:59 am on April 19, 2008 I use Camino browser sometimes. - Google Earth - Alarm Clock - Yep, thats the name of it. Its a really cool program that plays music at a time you set and even wakes your Mac up from sleep. I use it as my primary alarm clock. - Frostwire for Music downloading What version of OS X do you use? Mikoto Posted at 3:14 am on April 11, 2008 Ah, I wasn't aware they came with iLife, thought they were an OS X thing. I'll edit them out in just a second. pleaseremove Posted at 7:37 am on April 9, 2008 As a quick note, iMovie and iPohoto do not count as free. They are part of iLife which is not free software, it is pay for software that happens to come with new Macs. So you either have this anyway which means you don't need it as part of the list, or its not free and doesn't qualify to be on the list. Thanks for your suggestions so far though, hadn't heard of a couple of those. Tsugaru Posted at 7:21 am on April 9, 2008 Post from this position was omitted due to content violations Mikoto Posted at 7:10 am on April 9, 2008 iTunes - Music player. Free from Apple and included with OS X. Audacity - Music/audio editing. Free download (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) and open source. Coco View - Image organising. Free download (http://www.stalkingwolf.net/software/cocoviewx/) Growl - Notification, brilliant app. Free download (http://growl.info/) Open Office - Word processing/spreadsheets etc. Free open source. (http://www.openoffice.org/) Adium - Instant messenger. Free download. (http://www.adiumx.com Firefox - Web browser, brilliant. Free download. (http://getfirefox.com Caffeine - Screen light app. Free (http://osx.iusethis.com/app/caffeine) Colloquy - IRC client. Free download (http://colloquy.info) Transmission - Bittorrent client.(http://transmissionbt.com) That's basically the list of free software I use on my Mac. I rarely use stuff you have to pay for if there's a good alternative, and OS X is pretty good for having little apps for certain uses. I definitely recommend Growl, as it works with loads of apps. By no means a definitive list, I'll add more if I come to think of them. All 9 previous replies displayed.