Feel free to contribute and I'll add them to the categories. Most, if not all of these software should be Universal for PPC and Intel compatibility. This thread has been copied from Neowin Forums .
Internet Browsers
Internet Browsers
- WebKit - nightly builds of the WebKit engine - Free
- Firefox - the popular Gecko-based browser - Free
- Safari 4 beta - preview of the upcoming Safari browser - Free
- OmniWeb - Fast WebKit based browser with many extras - Free
- Shiira - Lite WebKit based brower designed as a Safari alternative - Free
- Camino - Gecko-based browser designed exclusively for OS X - Free
- Opera - Opera browser for OS X - free
- Adium - Highly customizable multiprotocal instant messenger. - Free
- MSN Messenger - Microsoft's MSN messenger designed for the mac platform - Free
- Chax - Heavy featured add-on for iChat. A must-download for iChat users - Free
- Mercury - an alternative java based MSN client - Free
- Skype - the popular internet calling software - Free
- Yahoo Messenger - Yahoo's chat service client - Free
- iWork - Apple's strong attempt at office productivity - $
- MS Office - Microsoft's Office suite for mac. Now Universal - $
- Bean - free word processor/rich text editor - Free
- OpenOffice - feature-filled office suite - Free
- NeoOffice - free and opensource alternative office suite - Free
- WriteRoom - for the ADD typist - $
- Schoolhouse - must-have assignment organizer for students - Free
- Scrivener - a writer's word processor - $
- ShoveBox - handy note and information capturing app - $
- OmniFocus - a professional task-management application (GTD) - $
- OmniGraffle - excellent flow chart and diagram application - $
- Sidenote - note taking app that sits on the side of your desktop - Free
- Adobe Creative Suite - Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, InDesign, etc - $
- Pixelmator - fast, lean, and stylish image editor - $
- Gimp - open source image editor renown for its plethora of features - Free
- Acorn - an easy yet powerful image editor - $
- DrawIt - one window image editor - $
- Fontcase - elegant font management - $
- Pixen - pixel image editor - Free
- iPalette - quick and easy way to find that perfect color whether in hex or RGB - Free
- ImageWell - fast and simple image editor - Free
- Aperture - Apple's professional RAW workflow app for photographers - $
- Lightroom - Adobe's counter to Aperture for RAW workflow - $
- GraphicConverter - all around image editor - $
- Picaresque - quickly customize images to look pretty for the web - $
- Seashore - open source image editor based on Gimp but in Cocoa - Free
- LiveQuartz - great simple and free image editor (includes layers etc) - Free
- Paintbrush - small bitmap editor - Free
- PhotoLine - image and graphics editing - $
- Raw Developer - raw image processing $
- VectorDesigner - intuitive vector drawing application - $
- VLC - the one stop "play anything" media player - Free
- Perian - must have component for QT which plays a wide assortment of codecs/containers - Free
- Bowtie - free and very flexible iTunes controller - Free
- Flip4Mac - WMV/WMA components for mac - Free
- Plex - OS X port of XBMC - Free
- Handbrake - video converter and dvd ripper - Free
- ffmpegX - open source video and audio encoding tool - Free
- Xee - fast and free image viewer (animated gifs!) - Free
- Max - high quality ripper with various codec support including flac, ogg, etc - Free
- Audio Hijack Pro - record sound streams from almost any source - $
- PandoraBoy - Pandora as a standalone application - Free
- MacTheRipper - another alternative DVD ripper - Free
- MPlayerOSX - the open source media player for OS X - Free
- Audacity - open source audio editor - Free
- Senuti - Get songs off your iPod (spell senuti backwards
) - Free
- Cog - a simple iTunes alternative - Free
- CoverSutra - Control iTunes without touching iTunes with this slick software in your menubar - $
- Magnifique - theming for 10.5 - Free
- CandyBar - system wide icon replacement and icon library management - $
- Dislaperture - brings back rounded corners in Leopard - Free
- Shapeshifter - theme changer for use with guikits (pre-10.5 only) - $
- LiteIcon - a free alternative to CandyBar - Free
- ThemePark - theme creation software for ShapeShifter - Free
- Uno - system wide unified theme for your mac (pre-10.5) - Free
- Visage Login - login screen customization - Free
- Desktopia - wallpaper changer based on the time of the day - Free
- Transmission - a free, lightweight BT program. Based on the libtorrent library - Free
- uTorrent - lightweight and native mac torrenting - Free
- Azureus - nice large and feature filled BT program written in Java - Free
- Acquisition - Gnutella client with one of the spiffiest UIs around - $
- Xtorrent - Fast and slick BT client (by Watanabe) - $
- Speed Download - download manager for OS X - $
- Onyx - all in one system utilities and varoius mac tweaks - Free
- Mac Pilot - tons of hidden tools and hidden features for your OS - $
- AppZapper - removes extra preference and config files left over when uninstalling apps - $
- Appcleaner - free alternative to AppZapper - Free
- CleanApp - like AppZapper, except it deletes based on application monitoring, rather than keywords - $
- iDefrag - advanced defragmentation of your hdd - $
- Hazel - personal housekeeper for your mac - $
- Tidy Up! - Searches for duplicate files and packages on your mac - $
- WhatSize - See what's taking up space on your mac - Free
- Monolingual - Remove unecessary language files which take up space on your hdd - Free
- Cocktail - general utlity to access system wide tweaks and utilities - $
- Xslimmer - remove unecessary code from your apps to free up disk space - $
- PathFinder - a feature-filled Finder replacement - $
- Hardware Monitor - monitor almost every sensor in your mac - $
- The Unarchiver - universal unarchiver for zips, rars, etc. - Free
- TimeMachineScheduler - can change the backup interval of your Time Machine - Free
- BetterZip - another archiving/extracting utility, similar to windows clients - $
- 1Password - keep track of all your passwords - $
- Find File - system searching by file name - Free
- AppFresh - check to see all your software is up to date! - Free
- MultiClutch - customize your multi touch trackpad gestures - Free
- coconutbattery - all the info you need to know about your battery - Free
- iPartition - intelligent partitioning without destroying data - $
- UnRarX - expand and restore corrupt rar archives - Free
- Pacifist - extract individual files & folders from pkg, dmg, tar, tgz, tar.gz - Free
- TinkerTool - similar to Cocktail which provides additional preference settings for your system - Free
- BitClamp - trusted strong encryption - $
- iStats - system monitoring tool - Free
- SecureFiles - create password protected encrypted disk images - Free
- SpringyArchiver - a powerful and clean archiver - $
- Chicken of the VNC - open source VNC client - Free
- Psst - adjust the volume of the startup chime - Free
- InsomniaX - disable sleep on your laptop - Free
- Burn - light and efficient burner for mac - Free
- Toast - "do-it-all" burning solution for mac - $
- SimplyBurns - open source cd/dvd burning - Free
- LiquidCD - another free cd/dvd burner - Free
- Little Snitch - detects any outgoing connections and monitors them - $
- iStumbler - find wifi access points - Free
- KisMAC - a network stumbler for OS X - Free
- PortMap - easy port mapping for your router - Free
- Lighthouse - dynamic port forwarding utility - $
- Quicksilver - must-have extensible app-launcher and data manger - Free
- Anxiety - an excellent little to-do app which syncs with iCal, leopard only - Free
- Witch - Switch to different windows, not just different applications, open/close minimized windows - Free
- Growl - system wide notification system extensible to many different applications - Free
- WinSwitch - advanced fast user switching with a keyboard shortcut - Free
- FFView - fast and efficient comic viewer - Free
- File List - batch file renamer - Free
- EverSave - autosaves documents in any program - Free
- Awaken - excellent alarm clock and sleep timer - $
- Paparazzi - makes full size screenshots of web pages - Free
- Wallet - keep track of all your serials, passwords, and keys. - $
- LightMe - instantly switch off your display with a keyboard shortcut - Free
- Mactracker - detailed information on every Apple Macintosh computer ever made - Free
- Sticky Windows - bring tab browsing to your desktop - $
- Overflow - Keep your dock organized with this handy application organizer - $
- iClip - multiple clipboard and scrap manager - $
- SiteCrawler - website downloading application - $
- Stellarium - a fantastic astronomy application, lean too - Free
- iShowU - record anything from your screen to share with others - $
- Jing - similar to iShowU but limited to only exporting to .swf, perfect for quick captures - Free
- LimeChat - simple, flexible, and eye pleasing IRC client - Free
- Colloquy - highly regarded modern IRC client designed to complement OS X in feel and navigation - Free
- Carbon Copy Cloner - can make exact copies of a disk or selected files/folders - Free
- SuperDuper - can create fully bootable backups of disks or files - $
- Time Machine - included in 10.5 Leopard, simple and automated backup - Free
- iBackup - simple backup utility - Free
- Inquisitor - spotlight-like searching on Safari! - Free
- Glims - adds a cocktail of features to Safari - Free
- PithHelmet - a safari adblocker, make sure to whitelist neowin! - $
- Saft - a Safari plugin with many extras - $
- Safari AdBlock - Adblock for safari - Free
- SafariStand - another Safari extra with loads of features - Free
- Folder QL - inspect a folder with Quick Look - Free
- BetterZip QL - inspect a zip file with Quick Look - Free
- Suspicious Package - preview contents of an installer package - Free
- Syntax Highlighting - syntax highlighting with Quick Look - Free
- FLV - preview FLV files - Free
- iStat Pro - huge assortment of systems stats in your dashboard - Free
- CharacterPal - keeps a handy table of easy to forget special characters - Free
- Minutes - an excellent little timer widget - Free
- Mini Battery Status - small widget to monitor your battery life with Growl alerts - Free
- AirPort Radar - airport status showing open/closed networks and signal strength - Free
- LittleWing Pinball - great little game for you Pinball addicts - $
- Klondike Forever - smooth and pretty solitaire game - Free
- Mine Swept - mine sweeper for mac - Free
- Quinn - arcade style tetris game - Free
