MUST HAVE

super useful app like finder on steroids http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/

most excellent project timer widget http://www.microcore.dk/TheDailyGrind/

good countdown timer widget http://www.metabang.com/widgets/stop-it/index.html

list of osx shortcuts widget http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/reference/xcuts.html

dashboard wiki ( not super useful but fun ) widget http://inkspotting.com/wikity/

All the linux programs ( for mac ) – recommended http://www.macports.org/

There is something very similar called http://finkproject.org/

trick out safari http://pimpmysafari.com/plugins/safaristand

PRODUCTIVITY

open office with cocoa mac look and feel http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php

project management just started using this one, no opinion yet http://bargiel.home.pl/iGTD/

mailing list software http://imailistproj.sourceforge.net/

billing and invoicing http://www.prettygoodsoftware.org/

screencast software ( make a movie of your screen as you do something ) http://www.shinywhitebox.com/home/home.html

enveloper maker http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/easyenvelopes/

set alerts for most anything on your system, alot of good software plugs into this http://growl.info/

PROGRAMMING

terminal replacement, tabbed terminal http://iterm.sourceforge.net/

cocoa mysql http://cocoamysql.sourceforge.net/download.php

enable the local mailserver for testing of php mail functions http://cutedgesystems.com/software/PostfixEnabler/

text editor http://macromates.com/

really useful firefox plugins https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60

COMMUNICATION

RSS news aggregator (free and good) http://www.utsire.com/shrook/

multi client chat http://www.adiumx.com/

ftp / sftp http://cyberduck.ch/ or http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/

irc client http://colloquy.info/

vnc http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/

remote desktop ( terminal services ) http://www.microsoft.com/mac/otherproducts/otherproducts.aspx?pid=remotedesktopclient

control outbound connections http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html

bittorrent client http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

wifi sniffer http://www.istumbler.net/

network sniffer http://kismac.de/

MEDIA

RIP MP3’S AT HIGH SPEED uses lame to rip mp3’s and itunes to give them the names. Must compile lame for osx, install apple development tools, you need the c++ compiler, you will not need to actually compile stuff, macports does this for you. install macports, then from terminal as root, “port install lame” http://blacktree.com/apps/iTunes-LAME/

movie viewer http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

view windows media files http://www.flip4mac.com/

mount your ipod and retreve music without Itunes http://ipoddisk.ourbiti.com/

sound editor http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

guitar tuner http://www.silencetostatic.com/software/guitartuner1.0.zip

HELPFUL

windows helpfile viewer for osx http://chmox.sourceforge.net/

mind mapping software ( helps get ducks in row or vector in java speak ) http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Screenshots

FUN

mac saber http://isnoop.net/blog/2006/05/20/macsaber-turn-your-mac-into-a-jedi-weapon/

screensaver of earth with live overlays of clouds. http://www.osxplanet.com/

alot of cool screensavers ( he wrote winamp ) http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/screenshots/