10 Must have apps for Mac

10 Must have apps for Mac


Firefox: Safari is wonderful, but Firefox is rated as NO.1 as it's faster, compatible and stable. Firefox was well known as its security, speed and powerful features. With the qualities of plug-ins, you will find catching the screen can be as easy as 1-2-3; changing between IE and Firefox only needs one click; etc.. It is an innovation on the way you enjoying the Internet.

 
VLC media player: FREE but powerful media player. MKV sometimes became the hardest video format to be played, not all the media player can play it. VLC media player did a quite good job on this format. It can successfully play just about everything you throw at it, except Windows Media.It can also be used as a streaming server, with extended features (video on demand, on the fly transcoding.

Windows Media Player We have mentioned that some Windows Media can not be played by VLC, then it's time to Windows Media Player turns up. you cannot traverse the internet without coming across some video encoded in the Windows Media format. The only way to play these files is with the Windows Media Player. Unlike Quicktime, which has been kept up-to-date for Windows users, Windows Media Player has a horrid interface and lacks much functionality.

Adium:
Chat is a must have action while you are on the Internet. Adium is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, GTalk and more.Adium is the best IM tool for Mac with lots of great features like tabbed chats, video chat which iChat sourly lacks, skinning.


Quicksilver is a single key launch application that lets you perform tasks and searches rapidly. Just assign shortcut keys to frequently used applications, files, folders and tasks.When opened, it will create a catalog of applications and some frequently used folders and documents. Activate it, and you can search for and open anything in its catalog instantly.

Parallels DesktopParallels Desktop for Mac enables you to run Windows, Linux, and more side-by-side with Mac OS X on any Intel-powered Mac, without rebooting. With Parallels’ award-winning virtualization technology, you can run Mac OS X and your favorite Windows applications at the same time. You can even drag-and-drop files between desktops!

TextWrangler TextWrangler is the best Mac text editor out there. You just never know when you're going to need this application to take notes, edit Mac OS X system files, or perform a search and replace on a large chunk of text.

StuffIt Expander expands all your compressed and encoded files! With it, you can access any file, download, or attachment. It helps you scan your compressed or encoded files for viruses.StuffIt now allows you to open Zip archives encrypted using the 256bit AES method!Futher more, it is always FREE! Expander never nags you for payment!

Twitterrific Do you know about Twitter? It is, admittedly, a completely irrelevant way to send text messages over the Internet. It sounds stupid, but you'd be surprised at how addictive it can be. Twitterrific is a free application from the Iconfactory that brings Twitter right to your Mac's desktop. This little application looks sexy and does a great job of getting you hooked on Twitter! Twitterrific makes it so easy to send and receive messages that you'll be addicted in no time flat.