Essential Applications for your Mac OS X

3 06 2008

After being a Mac user for almost 5 years now, I constantly find myself Googling “opensource mac” or “essential mac applications.”  I have seen hundreds of sites listing the best applications, but I wanted a list I could call my own.  All Mac users are different in how they use their macs, and my point of view comes from that of a systems admin.  So, here is my list of applications that I find I cannot live without.  Unlike the other sites, which usually show shiny application icons, this is going to be a down and dirty list of apps, text only. Some free, some not. (There may be apps out there that you like that I do not include, well good… post em in the comments!) These are in no specific order, other than how my fingers typed them. Lets go!

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