Friday, March 13, 2009

Freeware for Mac

List of recommended freeware for mac.

  1. Paintbrush - Paintbrush is a simple paint program for Mac OS X, reminiscent of Microsoft Paint and Apple’s own now-defunct MacPaint. It provides users with a means to make simple images quickly, something which has been noticeably absent from the Mac for years.
  2. Seashore - Seashore is an open source image editor for Mac OS X's Cocoa framework. It features gradients, textures and anti-aliasing for both text and brush strokes. It supports multiple layers and alpha channel editing. It is based around the GIMP's technology and uses the same native file format.
  3. Burn - Simple CD/DVD burning utilities.
  4. Transmission - BT client
  5. VLC - Video player
  6. Adium - IM client
  7. Perian - Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats.
  8. Flip4Mac WMV component - to play .wmv file using quicktime.
  9. Carbon Copy Cloner - Backup software
  10. Stuffit Expander - Expand compressed file, eg. zip, rar, etc.
  11. Cyberduck - FTP client
  12. Skype - VOIP software
  13. HandBrake - Video converter
  14. iStat Pro - 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.
  15. Firefox - Web Browser
  16. Skim - Skim is a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X. It is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF, but is also great for viewing any PDF file.
  17. arCHMock - CHM files viewer for Mac OS X
  18. OpenTerminal - This application allows you to open a Terminal window with the path of the current Finder window