Full Free Must Haves for Mac?

Kimbot

Folks,

Just bought myself a MacBook Pro and I am loving it. However i'm not too informed on Mac's so can anyone tell me what full free apps/games etc I need to be getting myself?

Hopefully we could come up with a Mac Freebies Essential list sticky.

jimmyendless

Well I had these in my bookmarks;

http://macspecialist.org/content/articles/essential_apps/

http://paulstamatiou.com/10-apps-every-new-mac-user-should-download/

Dont be at yourself

Perian - for codecs
Handbrake - for video encoding
Skype - for video calls
VLC - for media playback
Spotify - for music
Plex - media centre

silvine

Growl for notifications
VCL for playing every kind of media possible
Text Expander if you type a lot
Plex if you're going to watch a media centre set up
Evernote for keeping information in one place
ClamX AV to scan for viruses

cup of tea

Openoffice.org very like microsoft word and saves you forking out for it.Best download to my mac to date.

dubmick

NekkidBibleMan wrote: »

Perian - for codecs
Handbrake - for video encoding
Skype - for video calls
VLC - for media playback
Spotify - for music
Plex - media centre

Spotify is no use for Irish based people yeah?

jimmyendless

istumble for more detailed info about wifi networks
Gimp - free photoshop clone
OpenOffice is a great free substitute for Office except mine doesn'y have a grammar check.
Camino - basic, quick browser.

Dont be at yourself

dubmick wrote: »

Spotify is no use for Irish based people yeah?

You need a proxy to download it, and then it checks your IP every ten days or so, I think.

I have a premium account, which lets me use it anywhere in the world.

deckstunt

Handbrake -for video converting
0xEd - a Hex editor
Startup sound - it allows you to turn down/off the OS X start up 'fanfare' noise
AppTrap- when deleting apps it removes the app's ancillary files from your hard drive.
Audacity- sound editing
Avidemux - for video editing
Burn- adds a bit more CD/DVD burning functionality
Checksum - lets you check MD5, SHA checksums
Gimp- raster graphics edtior
Inscape- vector graphics editor

Hugin - panorama stitching
OpenOffice.org - word processor, spread sheet etc
The Unarchiver - un-zipping support for multiple compressed archive files.
TextWrangler - text editor
Smultron - Text editor
Transmission - Bit Torrent client
VLC- audio and video player
XLD - similar to EAC (Exact Audio Copy) on windows

Soundflower - allows you to feed the audio form one app to another, so if you wanted to record the audio form Firefox in Audacity you'd use it.
Firefox - web browser

GrandPerspective- will give you a graph of the your hard drive usage
Disk Inventory X - similar to GrandPerspective

Free GPS apps
GPSbable - converts multiple formats
LoadMyTracks - loads track to GPS un
PhotoGPSEditor- geotags photos
GPSPhotoLinker -geotags photos
Garmin RoadTrip - free map manager from Garmin

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I haven't used these, but probably will in near future:
Ardour - a very impressive professional looking audio editing app
iAntivirus - its meant to a good free antivirus for OS X

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Some sites that list free apps (in no particular order)

Lifehacker pack
01 digitalrevolution blog: Recommended OSX Freeware List
02 digitalrevolution blog: Recommended OSX Freeware List (Continued)
03 digitalrevolution blog: Recommended OSX Freeware List (Continued)
http://alternativeto.net/desktop/?profile=mac
http://www.macspecialist.org/content/articles/essential_apps/
http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2008/01/top-100-essential-mac-applications.html

http://os.cqu.edu.au/macosx/README.html
http://www.mac-freeware.com/
http://usingmac.com/2009/7/8/mac-free-system-tools
http://usingmac.com/2009/7/29/85-useful-free-mac-apps-for-designers
http://www.opensourcemac.org/