15 Best Freeware Apps for the Mac
Best of the Web has the article with the above title. Some of the list we have heard of repeatedly in the past, but there are a couple of new ones.
1. Quicksilver - This single key launch application creates a catalog of frequently performed searches and tasks.
2. Adium - iChat is a great way for Mac users to use AIM, but iChat gets a little hairier to use with Google Talk, MSN Messenger or other chat networks.
3. Flip4Mac WMV Player (Quicktime Codec) - for Windows Media files
4. TextWrangler - The baby brother of pro text editor BBEdit
5. Gimp - Allows both single image retouching a la Photoshop and batch image processing a la Photoshop Elements.
6. Firefox
7. Azureus - BitTorrent client
8. StuffIt Expander
9. iSquint - Convert video files into an iPod or TV-friendly format
10. Carbon Copy Cloner
11. GeekTool - GeekTool embeds file content, web text and web images in the desktop.
12. MenuMeters - MenuMeters keeps system stats like CPU, memory, network and disk activity in the upper-righthand system menu.
13. Burn - Disk burning utility for VCD, SVCD, DVD and DivX disks, try Burn.
14. Neo Office
15. VLC - Cross-platform multimedia player VLC
See the details at Best of the Web. Check out some of the other pages there too.
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