This is a list of ‘life-saving’ applications that I use on the Mac, in no particular order. Feel free to add some favourites, I always enjoy trying out new apps.
quicksilver (launcher of things)
skitch (screenshots + image editing)
twitterrific (twitter client)
growl (system-wide notification engine)
transmission (bittorrent client)
visor (drop-down terminal)
omnifocus (GTD)
webkit / safari (browser)1
itunes (music management)
little snitch (outbound firewall)
netnewswire + newsgator (rss)
marsedit (blogging client)
hazel (maintenance/automation utility)
istat pro (system information at a glance)
keycue (remember those shortcuts)
leech (download manager)
yep (pdf manager)
time machine (backup)
caffeine (control mac sleep)
memory cell (application memory usage)
the unarchiver
- WebKit is the engine/open-source project behind Safari; I like the bleeding edge [↩]
