Must Have Freeware apps

[jas2188]

Here's a list of freeware apps that I use frequently and find them useful.

Adium: a chat program that allows users to connect through many different accounts such as MSN, AOL, Gtalk, Jabber, ICQ, and many others http://www.adium.com

VLC (Video Lan Client): Great video player that plays nearly all video formats including WMA, ISO, MOV, AVI, MP4 http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Opera or Camino: I personally like both of them just as much. They are clean and quite fast. http://www.opera.com or http://www.caminobrowser.org/

NeoOffice: A great Office suite if you can't afford Microsoft Office for Mac. Office for Mac is usually faster and more stable but it also costs money. Neooffice does a sufficient job for an alternative to office http://www.neooffice.org

GimpShop: This is also a good alternative to Photoshop. Again, Gimpshop isn't as good, but it is very well done. http://www.gimpshop.net

Desktop Manager: Great way to have multiple desktops for your mac. http://desktopmanager.berlios.de/

Cyberduck: A great FTP or sFTP client. Which again is free. http://cyberduck.ch/

Handbrake: An easy way to rip your DVD collection to your harddrive. http://handbrake.m0k.org/

iBackup: An very easy way to back up your files to an external harddrive. http://www.grapefruit.ch/iBackup/

More to come...

 

[yuriwalkiw]

Quicksilver is a fabulous app launcher/ searcher/ itunes manager/ general time saver. It is free and can be found at htttp://quicksilver.blacktree.com/

Transmission is a great BitTorrent client that has a great interface and is free. It is at http://transmission.m0k.org/

iSquint is fabulous for converting videos you get off the internet into iPod compatible vids. It works with avis, wmas, youtube videos etc. It is at http://isquint.org/

 

[Aaagogo]

stuffit expander is a must too

 

[schweb]

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