If you’ve just got yourself a new Mac and totally clueless what to install, this article is for you. If you are looking for alternatives for some applications you are currently using in your Mac, the following list might come in handy too. This week, we’d like to showcase you a list of useful yet free applications you can install for your Mac. Full list after jump.
Productivity
Anxiety
Provides a streamlined, easily accessible interface to add and check off your tasks, while remaining poised to melt into the background at a moments notice.
Appointments
Keep record of customers, contact persons and important events related to them.
BackBoard
A Mac app to collect notes and tasks.
Camouflage
Hides all the icons and leaves nothing but the pure wallpaper
Evernote
Easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere.
EventSync
Allows you to sync your Facebook events with iCal.
HimmelBar
HimmelBar provides an icon in the menu bar to quickly access your installed applications by scanning standard locations such as local, user, network and developer applications.
iClockr
Simple way to track your time.
MindNode
Simple-to-use mindmapping applications for the Macintosh that help to visually collect, classify and structure ideas as well as organize, study and solve problems.
NameChanger
Designed for the sole purpose of renaming a list of files.
Namely
Fast way to open applications.
Punakea
Allows you to tag your files and bookmarks, freeing you of the strict hierarchy of the Finder’s folder structure.
Quicksilver
A unified, extensible interface for working with applications, contacts, music, and other data.
SketchBox
Sticky Notes Manager for your Mac Desktop.
Slife
Time and activity analytics application that automatically keeps track of where you spend your time on your computer.
SyncMate
Help you keep all your documents, text messages, contacts, calendar entries and events and other stuff well organized.
TaskMate
Simple Mac to-do list application.
Think
Helps you to concentrate on your current task and activity.
Todos
Todos shows you all your applications in a complete dock.
Tools and Utilities
AppFresh
Helps you to keep all applications, widgets, preference panes and application plugins installed on your Mac up to date.
Burn
Mac’s application to burn discs, with a lot of advanced options.
Font Explorer X
Font management tool.
Garagebuy
Help you find and purchase items on eBay.
Set Icon
Small application that lets you quickly and easily set a custom icon for one your drives either from an ICNS file or any old image file that Mac OS supports.
TextWrangler
Powerful general purpose text editor, and Unix and server administrator’s tool.
NeoOffice
Full-featured set of office applications (including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database programs) for Mac OS X.
Emacs
An Editor for Text, HTML, LaTeX, C++, Java, Python, Perl, Ruby, PHP, and more…
Readers
Adobe Reader
Read PDF files with this Adobe Acrobat reader.
NetNewsWire
RSS reader for Mac by NewsGator
NewsFire
A great RSS reader for Mac whom recently made free.
ThunderBird
Powerful email application from Mozilla.
System
AppCleaner
AppCleaner is a small application which allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps.
Caffeine
Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers. Click it again to go back. Hold down the Command key while clicking to show the menu.
Carbon Copy Cloner
Clone, synchronize, backup. Schedule and forget it.
Deeper
Allows you to enable and disable the hidden functions of Finder, Dock, Dashboard, Exposé, Safari, Login window and many Apple’s applications.
EverSave
Allows you to save all of your documents in a specific time interval or by changing the frontmost application.
Growl
Growl lets Mac OS X applications unintrusively tell you when things happen.
iStat pro
Highly configurable widget that lets you monitor every aspect of your Mac, including CPU, memory, disks, network, battery, temperatures, fans, load & uptime and processes.
Loginox
Easily customize your Mac’s login screen.
MacLoc
After clicking on MacLoc, it will appear that you’ve logged out, however upon entering your username and password, all open documents and applications will be right where you left them.
Mactracker
Provides detailed information on every Apple Macintosh computer ever made, including items such as processor speed, memory, optical drives, graphic cards, supported Mac OS versions, and expansion options.
OnyX
Allows you to verify the Startup Disk and the structure of its System files, run miscellaneous tasks of system maintenance, configure some hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock, Dashboard, Exposé, Safari, Login window.
Monolingual
A program for removing unnecessary language resources from Mac OS X, in order to reclaim several hundred megabytes of disk space.
PresentYourApps
Lets you hide the Dock and menu bar for every Cocoa application you choose.
SMARTReporter
Application that can warn you of some hard disk drive failures before they actually happen.
SuperDocker
Tweak your Mac’s dock.
Chat Clients
Adium
Free instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more.
Colloquy
Advanced IRC, SILC & ICB client.
Gabtastik
Gabtastik lets you keep chat sessions open on your OS X desktop outside of your regular web browser, using minimal screen real estate and system memory.
Messenger
Think of it as Mac’s MSN Messenger.
Skype
Skype for Mac.
Stay tuned for Part II
Be sure to keep an eye on next week’s Part II where we’ll cover more free Mac applications categories of:
- Internet & Network Utilities
- Audio and Video
- Imaging
- More tools
We’ve missed out something or you’ve got some Mac applications to suggest? Feel free to contact us.
Updates: We’ve got Part 2!
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Comments
pemmax March 10th, 2009
Nice work. I can`t wait for next part ;-)
ReplyBen Lind March 10th, 2009
Really great list! I just recently got a mac, so I’m still learning everything it can do. This list should come in handy.
Replygoldfish300 March 11th, 2009
nice work !! love that keep it up .
Replycan’t wait for part II :)
laberso March 11th, 2009
Cool. Thanks for this list.
ReplyMarta March 11th, 2009
Thanks a lot! I loved the dock skins! Keep doing the nice work! :D
ReplyNavdeep March 11th, 2009
Amazing list…
Replyabdusfauzi March 11th, 2009
thats a bunch of useful apps!
ReplyI have almost all of them! Adium Rocks! hehe.
aerie9 March 11th, 2009
Awesome list! I’m subscribed to most of the Apple blogs, but this list is totally comprehensive and offered up several gems I haven’t heard about before… Looking forward to part II
ReplyOle Bülow March 11th, 2009
Nice post with some great free apps.. :o) Thumbs up
ReplyDaryn St. Pierre March 11th, 2009
Wow! This a gold mine of great applications. Mind Node, NeoOffice, Quicksilver, AppCleaner, TextWrangler… this is the best Mac app list I’ve seen in a while. Great work! I can’t wait for part 2.
Replyalian March 11th, 2009
Very nice, i am beginer on Mac – this is so much userful ;)
ReplyGary March 11th, 2009
thanks for cool list of free apps for the mac os x..
Replyjoe March 11th, 2009
I love this blog, however this time besides the great Adium, Growl and AppCleaner this list is almost useless.
ReplyEric Sornoso March 11th, 2009
Great Stuff. I can’t wait to download, and use these new toys this weekend. :)
ReplyAl March 11th, 2009
Just a quick suggestion for a great quality RSS reader: Vienna
ReplyRobert March 11th, 2009
Thanks for the list – nice work. Looking forward to part 2….
ReplyAbulafio March 11th, 2009
Beautiful and useful collection! I think you forgot Vienna as RSS reader (I use it for read your rss…!)
Thanks a lot!
PS: Ops, Al suggest Vienna yet… now we are 2!
ReplyStefan March 11th, 2009
Thanks for compiling the list; tweeted it already via @susuh . :)
ReplyBen March 11th, 2009
Awesome man. I’ll slowly digest these.
ReplySheona Hamilton-Grant March 11th, 2009
Smashing! Tahnk you!
ReplySteve March 11th, 2009
Really cool, thanks
As for Autosave , there is also “Save Circle” a tiny jewel
I also very, very warmly recommend Tineye and its FFox plugin
google it: I don’t like to leave links on comments
Tineye is a reverse image search engine. a must in my book.
I’ll RT this blog :-) ASAP!
ReplyBruno March 11th, 2009
Just remember that the current FontExplorer X is no longer freeware, but its previous version is: Linotype FontExplorer X 1.2.3 (http://fex.linotype.com/download/mac/FontExplorerX123.dmg).
ReplyTeam Nirvana March 11th, 2009
An amazing list there.
Very good compilation to get to know more intuitive applications for a Mac.
Thanks for sharing these.
ReplyJonathon March 11th, 2009
You are missing TextMate, the best text editor out. In addition, iSerial Reader, Remote Desktop Connection (to connect to your windows computer at work),VisualHub, AudialHub, Audacity, Picasa, Transmission, Cyberduck. Do not really have time to explain what they all do but besure to reseach them.
ReplyWinBingo March 11th, 2009
woaaah a lots of apps, thanks for the list!
ReplySean March 12th, 2009
Awesome list – several apps I had stopped using when they weren’t free and now I’ll have to give them another look. For example, I started using Slife when they were in beta, then they started charging to track more than a small number of applications (6 if my memory serves correctly), and now, according to their faqs, they are free again. Similarly is NetNewsWire, which for a while had different versions – a $$$ aka full featured and a free aka lite featured version.
ReplyAdam March 12th, 2009
Textmate is great, but not free.
ReplyJAYSEN March 12th, 2009
I LOVE YOU
ReplyMichele March 12th, 2009
Very very very nice.
ReplyaBDALLAH Mohamed March 12th, 2009
nice app real helpful .
ReplyJohn Montgomery Rouse March 12th, 2009
We see many of these lists but really this IS the best list I’ve seen – I actually downloaded 4 strightaway – thanks and a great job!
ReplyHazman March 12th, 2009
Thanks mate…very nice compilation. Can’t wait for part II. When will that be?
ReplyMBzle March 12th, 2009
Great Post!
thanks!
ReplyHtoo Tay Zar March 12th, 2009
Great I’ve bookmarked this. Really want to see more Mac tips & tricks and free softwares & games compilation.
ReplyGlobal Warming March 12th, 2009
N1, but I missed dropbox.
Replytom March 13th, 2009
Haven’t you say “FREE APPS”?
ReplyCheck FontExplorer
artsist March 13th, 2009
Good Job, Thanks.
ReplyGabe March 13th, 2009
Awesome job! Thank you very much!! :D
Replyhongkiat March 14th, 2009
Thanks for the feedbacks. I’ll be including most of them in the Part II. Stay tuned :-)
ReplyiShervin March 16th, 2009
Amazing… Thanks…
ReplyTim March 16th, 2009
Unbelievably useful post. Thank you!
Replynruth March 17th, 2009
OpenOffice.net is a supported OSX app now, so worth mentioning as an alternative to NeoOffice (which is based on oo anyway?).
Add Skim as a pdf reader too.
Replytimuism March 17th, 2009
Quicksilver is an incredible application. Great list.
ReplyGuest March 18th, 2009
Can’t believe you mentioned Adobe Reader but not Skim. What can AR do that Preview can’t.
Skim, on the other hand, is amazing.
Replyalex March 21st, 2009
Hi
Great List you have here!!
I kind of like a couple of those.
And inf you’re done in RSS readers, I must say that VIENNA is the greatest rss reader for Mac.
Great Work.
I can’t wait to see more!!
ReplyMarshall Taylor March 22nd, 2009
Brilliant list, very useful, many thanks.
Replyvenu March 23rd, 2009
Amazing stuff…..Thanx.
ReplyMariana Caminha March 24th, 2009
Thanks for the tips! Just for MAC LOVERS!
ReplyClare Swindlehurst March 25th, 2009
Amazing list – I’ve just downloaded 80% of these apps – now I’m off to play with them!
Replydounz March 29th, 2009
thats awsome thx,plz let me knw of part 2
ReplyAnita April 22nd, 2009
Great, useful information, thanks.
ReplyThomas Bastien April 22nd, 2009
Thanks a lot for all these tools
I saved 3.4 GB of HD using Monolingual
Looking forward part II
BigMacTom
ReplyUmar May 1st, 2009
Pretty cool list
ReplyMarten May 4th, 2009
Name Changer – perfect.
ReplyMarten May 4th, 2009
Link please – oh I’ll do it ;)
Replyhttp://skim-app.sourceforge.net/
Monika Halim May 14th, 2009
you got a broken link on TaskMate :) great compilation btw!
ReplyAlejandro May 19th, 2009
After years using Windows i got to the conclusion Mac is better. i mean its faster and better looking
ReplyCasino Hawk June 9th, 2009
This is a great list, personally my favourite is AppCleaner since it’s easy to dispose of the apps that I no longer use.
ReplyTony Harewood June 13th, 2009
A listing this good & there’s more to come?!
ReplyVladimir Chen June 24th, 2009
Thanks for a great list. There is another one here http://www.opensourcemac.org/
ReplyAlicia July 17th, 2009
This is wonderful! Thanks!
Replyspoonjuice July 31st, 2009
Thanks for such a good info.
I came across with this interesting Mac application : Funbooth
Download trial version from: http://www.spoonjuice.com/funbooth/
have fun…!!!
Spoon
ReplyCarterx August 8th, 2009
great list, will have to check some of these out.
Also, check out this list of free mac apps http://tinyurl.com/freemacapps
Replyrobb August 17th, 2009
eventsync is totally rocks !!
ReplyDenise September 5th, 2009
Thank you for this list, I downloaded some apps including QuickSilver and Himmerlbar, the latter is so functional and useful for me!<333
Replyfradouan September 15th, 2009
super bien merci
ReplyAlyssa Myers September 28th, 2009
This list is invaluable! I use Adium everyday and Onyx at least once a month. There are some great apps on this list that I didn’t know about!
ReplyRocasone From Chile September 29th, 2009
Thanks…! is great, Viva Chile!
Replyward21 October 3rd, 2009
hi great site i really recommend it
ReplyAnthony October 26th, 2009
Excellent work for a newcomer to Mac.
ReplyLove it! Please keep it up!
A+++
Pasta recipes November 3rd, 2009
Great list, i just love adium. It’s amazing how many apps for mac are available, but always hungry for more, thanks for all the ideas! It’s great food for though to think how much is available for free when we just take some time to search a bit!
Replysajjad November 15th, 2009
i want to recived all n73 applicationd .
ReplySam Thorpe December 11th, 2009
I AGREE!! I just love adium too!! What a fanTAStic coincidink!! xx
ReplyiDoc December 13th, 2009
Did I hear Handbrake?
ReplyMyo tha January 2nd, 2010
Well done!!! Absolutely done!!! Great and so wonderful!!!
Replydavid January 27th, 2010
I love you, my soul mate, forever and ever ; )
ReplyValeriu February 2nd, 2010
I’l like to post my tool – RenameX. For mass file renaming.
ReplyYou can download the latest version here – http://v.1oo.im/2010/02/01/i-just-updated-renamex-v1-2/
Maybe someone has the time to check it and give me some feedback. Thanks a lot!
jeey March 1st, 2010
wow, cool! thanks a million!
Replyand you can get more free MAC stuff here: http://www.ifunia.com/resources.html hope you can enjoy yourself !
yves March 3rd, 2010
“useful yet free”
ReplyFontexporer is free? … it’s only trial. I feel cheated.
Sorry, horrible post.
Steve Patterson March 20th, 2010
Hey thanks nice collection. Keep up the great work!
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