Must have apps for Mac OS X Snow Leopard

November 5th, 2009 by Sandy Tanamas in Mac OS X Cool Software

These are my must have apps for Snow Leopard as of today.

15 Must Have Apps in Snow Leopard

  1. Quicksilver from http://blacktree.com
    I  just throw the dock away!

  2. Visor from http://blacktree.com. http://visor.binaryage.com/
    This is a terminal application that can be trigger by a keystroke. Sometime it crashes on Snow Leopard, though

  3. DiggUpdate from http://www.dbachrach.com/opensoft/
    It will update Digg’s top stories. You can filter which categories to show up on this app.

  4. MenuCalendarClock from http://www.objectpark.net/
    This menubar app will give you a monthly calendar with just a click. It will also show your todos and events!

  5. MenuMeter from http://www.ragingmenace.com/
    I only activate the network profile, so I will know if the conenction is on or off.

  6. Flip4Mac from http://flip4mac.com &  Perian from http://perian.org/
    This will give you the capabilities to watch Windows Media video or others with your Quicktime

  7. Geektools from http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/geektool/
    Great tools to show any information on your desktop. I use it to display my GCal, Twitter timeline, date and server monitoring.

  8. Cyberduck from http://cyberduck.sh
    Great Free FTP client!

  9. Smultron from http://smultron.sourceforge.net
    Great free text editor. Mainly I use this app for PHP programming

  10. 1Password from http://agilewebsolutions.com
    Great password management which is integrated to your browser

  11. Caffeine from http://www.lightheadsw.com/
    Preventing your Mac to go to sleep in just a click away

  12. ScreenFlow from http://www.varasoftware.com/
    The best screencast software around, very easy to use.

  13. Zipeg from http://www.zipeg.com/
    It’s a free, full feature and an alternative to WinZip™, WinRar™, StuffIt™

  14. OpenTerminal from http://homepage.mac.com/thomasw/OpenTerminal/
    Great shortcut to your Terminal.app from the Finder. It’ll give you full path of what’s in the Finder.app

  15. Onyx from http://www.titanium.free.fr
    Speed up your system with this utility which can delete any unwanted files, logs, fixing corrupted files.

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7 Comments

SéraphineNovember 6th, 2009 at 3:01 am

The current version of Visor can be found here: http://visor.binaryage.com/

Sandy TanamasNovember 6th, 2009 at 8:29 am

Thanks Séraphine! I just corrected the address. But in fact, my version is the latest, and still experiencing a bit instability. But it’s a great app, so I just keep using ‘em

MauNovember 7th, 2009 at 4:23 am

But Quicksilver is not working as it should on Snow Leopard. I have no preferences… I just threw it away along with the dock… and started using Google QSB, until it gets fixed.

Sandy TanamasNovember 7th, 2009 at 8:02 am

Hi Mau,
Yes, Quicksilver using this method (http://www.appledoes.com/quicksilver-and-snow-leopard-finally-work-hand-in-hand.html) will work fine but no preference pane. I don’t access the preference that often, but I do use the trigger and catalog often enough. QSB has a good future, but for now, can’t be compared to QS. QS is so much powerful, if you explore how to do everything with keystrokes.

MauNovember 9th, 2009 at 7:35 pm

Sandy,
Agreed. I am just waiting to hear when it gets fixed and I will definitely go back to it. QSB is serving well so far… not fancy scripting or other QS triggers are available, but for an app launcher, it is working just fine.

MauNovember 28th, 2009 at 3:27 am

And what do you know… it seems to be that QuickSilver is now compatible with Snow Leopard. Go get some at blacktree.com

GawinDecember 24th, 2009 at 2:56 am

iStats Menu: http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatmenus/

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