Top 10 OS X Shareware Applications of 2007
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:25 amHappy New Years Everyone! Today I’ll be listing my top 10 favorite shareware applications of 2007. Some of us will have common taste and I hope some of you might discover something new.
My Top 10
Textmate - An amazing text editor without the bloat. If you’re a web designer or programmer, this programs a must. Tons of great features such as collapsible text blocks, color coding text elements, macros and so much more. I bought this program in march of 2005 and It’s still my favorite.
1Password - The best password manager on OS X. Very secure, supports multiple login accounts, .Mac syncing, integrates with all the popular browsers and has an automatic form filler.
Garage Sale - A must for anyone who sells a good amount on Ebay. Integrates with iPhoto, has a built in scheduler and lots of Ebay templates to help sell your items. Quick, EZ and better than iSale.
Cha-Ching - A great lightweight money manager which supports QIF, OFX and QFX imports. Simple, clean and getting better all the time. I wouldn’t recommend this for businesses, but it’s great for the personal use.
Overflow - The best 3rd party application launcher out there in my opinion. This programs is very underrated and should be given a try.
CSS Edit - If you create or edit CSS files, this program will be your best friend. This has to be the best CSS editor I’ve ever seen on any OS. Extremely powerful!
Transmit - Great FTP program, powerful but yet simple to use.
iShowU - Advanced video screen Capture utility. Not much to say here, but I’ve tried them all and this is by far the best.
Mac Gourmet - A Great program my wife and I use every day. In fact, I bought an mac mini for our kitchen just for this program. Add, Create, Modify or import your favorite recipes with ease. It also creates a nice grocery list for planned out meals.
Unison - The best tool for people who use Usenet.
Please share your top 10 favorite apps of 2007 in comments.
January 2nd, 2008 at 5:23 am
heh - I have seven of those (don’t have Mac Gourmet, iShowU, or GarageSale) – and iShowU Seems to do exactly what I’m looking for an app to do.
My top ten shareware apps would be:
10.Disco
9. Pixelmator
8. Hordes of Orcs
7. Newsfire
5. Unison
4. TextMate
3. CandyBar
2. CSSEdit
1. Coda - Best development app ever!
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 am
10. Transmission
9. TexMate
8. Skype
7. Fireworks
6. Cyberduck
5. VoodoPad
4. MarEdit
3. NetNewWire
2. Adium
1. Safari
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:03 pm
They’re not all shareware, but these are the apps I can’t live without:
10. Connect360 - lets me play back content from my Mac on my Xbox 360
9. VLC - plays back movies in any format under the sun.
8. iShowU - for recording screencasts
7. Spanning Sync - for giving me a real roaming calendar
6. Fetch - for FTPing awesomely.
5. Adium - for letting me chat with my friends and coworkers
4. VMWare Fusion - for testing against IE 6 and 7, and for playing Civ 3
3. OmniPlan - for helping me manage my projects and schedules
2. Textmate - for hacking Ruby
1. iRooster - wakes me up every single day.
Cheers,
Aaron
author of iRooster
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:30 pm
I’ll have to give coda another try. I tried it once and couldn’t get into it. I try to force myself on it for a week.
January 2nd, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Excellent list; I’m hoping to grab some of these in macheist (assuming they end up in the bundle).
My top 10:
10. Transmit
9. Newsfire
8. AppZapper
7. Pixelmator
6. Candybar
5. VLC
4. Keynote/Pages
3. Adium
2. iTunes
1. Safari
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:17 pm
In no particular order, here are my CURRENT - top 10.
1. Adium -chat
2. Transmission -torrents
3. Transmit -FTP
4. Vienna -RSS
5. VLC -Media
6. AppZapper
7. iAlertU
8. Safari
9. Expose
10. iWeb
January 3rd, 2008 at 2:34 am
I don’t really have a top 10, but maintain a list of recommendations: http://divnull.com/lward/software.html
January 3rd, 2008 at 3:53 pm
I am surprised not to see Skitch on anyone’s list with its roaring popularity, I hope to try it out once I get a hold of an invite.
January 5th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
I really love YummySoup! over any of the other recipe applications. For burning files I prefer Burn, it’s opensource and it’s very useful.