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<blockquote data-quote="the8thark" data-source="post: 1160580" data-attributes="member: 26315"><p><strong>Disk Inventory X</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.derlien.com/" target="_blank">Disk Inventory X</a></p><p>Why to get it: As the website says:</p><p>"If you've ever wondered where all your disk space has gone, Disk Inventory X will help you to answer this question."</p><p>This Application will give you a very nice visual representation of the contents of your hard drive. So you can find out if you have any files taking up too much space or anything. A very nice tool to have at your disposal.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Unarchiver</strong></p><p><a href="http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html" target="_blank">The Unarchiver</a></p><p>Why to get it: I think the website explains this well.</p><p>"The Unarchiver is a much more capable replacement for "Archive Utility.app", the built-in archive unpacker program on Mac OS X. The Unarchiver is designed to handle many more formats than Archive Utility, and to better fit in with the design of the Finder. It can also handle filenames in foreign character sets, created with non-English versions of other operating systems. I personally find it useful for opening Japanese archives, but it should handle many other languages just as well."</p><p></p><p>This Application can expand almost every type of compressed file archive you will ever come across in your travels on your Mac. It's my unpacker application of choice.</p><p></p><p><strong>UnararX</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.unrarx.com/" target="_blank">UnRarX - Mac OS X RAR Extraction Utility</a></p><p>Why to get it: If you need to expand passworded .rar archives this is one of the only applications that constantly works for me. If you have no need to expanded passworded .rare archives then don't bother downloading this Application. As The Unarchiver above does pretty much everything. I and a lot of people I know need this app "UnrarX" for this one feature. That's why it's listed here.</p><p></p><p><strong>istat Pro</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatpro/" target="_blank">istat Pro, a dashboard widget by iSlayer</a></p><p>Why to get it: From the website:</p><p>"iStat Pro is a highly configurable widget that lets you monitor every aspect of your Mac, including CPU, memory, disks, network, battery, temperatures, fans, load & uptime and processes. iStat Pro can do it all."</p><p>So if you need to check things like fan speeds or chip temperatures or bandwidth being used you can do it very easily.</p><p>And the link below explains exactly what a widget is and now to use them.</p><p><a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8937.html" target="_blank">Mac OS X 10.6 Help: Dashboard and widgets</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Quicksilver</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.blacktree.com/" target="_blank">Blacktree</a></p><p>Why to get it: here is the wikipedia article on the application. This explains exactly what the Application is and does.</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksilver_(software" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksilver_(software</a>)</p><p>I know this Application os very popular and is widely recommended. But personally I would try to learn and understand the Mac system if you are new to it before trying this Application out. And when you are relatively familiar with how OS X (The Mac's System) runs and how to use it then you can try this application. It's a personal thing. Some people love it. Others don't ever use it. But this Application very often tops the best free Mac application lists over and over. And for a good reason too. It's a darn good application. Just not for everyone.</p><p></p><p>My recommendation hereis play with the finder first as it is out of the box. Give it a week or so. Maybe longer, it up to you. Then feel free to try this application if you want to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the8thark, post: 1160580, member: 26315"] [b]Disk Inventory X[/b] [url=http://www.derlien.com/]Disk Inventory X[/url] Why to get it: As the website says: "If you've ever wondered where all your disk space has gone, Disk Inventory X will help you to answer this question." This Application will give you a very nice visual representation of the contents of your hard drive. So you can find out if you have any files taking up too much space or anything. A very nice tool to have at your disposal. [b]The Unarchiver[/b] [url=http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html]The Unarchiver[/url] Why to get it: I think the website explains this well. "The Unarchiver is a much more capable replacement for "Archive Utility.app", the built-in archive unpacker program on Mac OS X. The Unarchiver is designed to handle many more formats than Archive Utility, and to better fit in with the design of the Finder. It can also handle filenames in foreign character sets, created with non-English versions of other operating systems. I personally find it useful for opening Japanese archives, but it should handle many other languages just as well." This Application can expand almost every type of compressed file archive you will ever come across in your travels on your Mac. It's my unpacker application of choice. [b]UnararX[/b] [url=http://www.unrarx.com/]UnRarX - Mac OS X RAR Extraction Utility[/url] Why to get it: If you need to expand passworded .rar archives this is one of the only applications that constantly works for me. If you have no need to expanded passworded .rare archives then don't bother downloading this Application. As The Unarchiver above does pretty much everything. I and a lot of people I know need this app "UnrarX" for this one feature. That's why it's listed here. [b]istat Pro[/b] [url=http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatpro/]istat Pro, a dashboard widget by iSlayer[/url] Why to get it: From the website: "iStat Pro is a highly configurable widget that lets you monitor every aspect of your Mac, including CPU, memory, disks, network, battery, temperatures, fans, load & uptime and processes. iStat Pro can do it all." So if you need to check things like fan speeds or chip temperatures or bandwidth being used you can do it very easily. And the link below explains exactly what a widget is and now to use them. [url=http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8937.html]Mac OS X 10.6 Help: Dashboard and widgets[/url] [b]Quicksilver[/b] [url=http://www.blacktree.com/]Blacktree[/url] Why to get it: here is the wikipedia article on the application. This explains exactly what the Application is and does. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksilver_(software[/url]) I know this Application os very popular and is widely recommended. But personally I would try to learn and understand the Mac system if you are new to it before trying this Application out. And when you are relatively familiar with how OS X (The Mac's System) runs and how to use it then you can try this application. It's a personal thing. Some people love it. Others don't ever use it. But this Application very often tops the best free Mac application lists over and over. And for a good reason too. It's a darn good application. Just not for everyone. My recommendation hereis play with the finder first as it is out of the box. Give it a week or so. Maybe longer, it up to you. Then feel free to try this application if you want to. [/QUOTE]
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