iWork – Apple 办公工具- 文字编辑、幻灯片、表格
iBank – 个人财务管理
Moneydance – 个人财务管理
iBiz – 日程管理
NeoOffice – mac 下原生的办公软件（不过没win下的好用，输入法也有些问题，不建议您使用）
通讯传输类
Snak – IRC 客户端 (收费软件，但性价比很高了)
iTerm – 开源的终端程序
Vienna – Atom 与 RSS 阅读器
Azureus – BitTorrent 客户端 （俗称“毒蛙”）
Transmission – BitTorrent 客户端
Skype – 聊天工具
Poisoned – 点对点的前端程序
Vine Viewer, Server – VNC 远程控制协议
Newsfire – RSS 聚集
RBrowser – SSH, SFTP, ftp, 等的前端程序
Adium – 即时通讯工具
Transmit – 快而易用的 FTP 客户端与widget
Unison – Usenet newsreader
Cabos – Gnutella file sharing program based on LimeWire and Acquisition
Chicken of the VNC – VNC ke
X-Chat Aqua – Open source xchat IRC client port to Mac OS
Conversation – IRC client
Cyberduck – FTP and SFTP client
DropCopy – Drag and drop sharing of files on a LAN
Fugu – An SFTP, SCP and SSH connection client
Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection – Connect to Windows machines from Mac OS X
NetNewsWire Lite – RSS aggregator (and commercial big brother NetNewsWire)
开发工具
Locomotive – Ruby on Rails development tool
XCode – Apple development environment
Platypus – Create Mac OS X applications from scripts
编辑器
Skim – PDF viewer and notetaker – View and add notes to .pdf files
Mellelt – “Professional” word processor (like MS Word)
skEdit – text editor with a focus on web design and development
TextMate – King of the text editors
SubEthaEdit -Collaborative text file editing
Smultron – Text editor
Taco – HTML editor
TextWrangler – Another great text editor iTunes / iPod
Awaken – Alarm clock with iTunes music
iPodRip – Copy files and music to / from iPod, treat it as a disk
Gaslight – iTunes visualizer plug-in
iPodDisk -iPod + iDisk
iSquint – iPod video conversion
其它方面
iAlertU – Security alarm – Detects physical changes to a system (i.e. motion) and alarms – Like “lojack” for a laptop
Key Cue – Pop-up context-sensitive shortcut help (not sure it’s worth the money though)
Google Earth – Earth display and mapping software (including directions)
NetFlix Freak – manage NetFlix rental queue
Salling Clicker – Use your cell phone as a remote for your Mac
SuperCard – Authoring system for RAD and multimedia content (Hypercard)
Chmox – A CHM file (Compiled HTML/eBook) reader
iAlertU – Theft alarm for Macbook Pros
KoalaCalc – Scientific calculator
MacMame – Emulate old game consoles
TexShop – TeX frontend and previewer
多媒体
VisualHub – Universal video conversion tool
ImageWell – Fast and easy image editing and uploading
OmniGraffle – Diagramming tool (like Visio)
Inkscape – Open source vector-graphics drawing program (requires X11)
Guitar Shed – Complete tool set for guitarists
ToyViewer – Image editor and viewer
Pixen – Pixel-level graphics editor
VLC – DivX plus movie player
xACT – GUI for audio compression / conversion tools
Amadeus, Amadeus Pro – Great tool for audio enthusiast
Art Director’s Toolkit – Graphic design and production tools
EasyCrop – Crop, resize and email photos
GraphicConverterX – view and convert images between formats
Podcast Maker – Create and manage podcasts
Roxio Titanium – Media burning
Audio Hijack Pro – Capture audio from many sources
Audacity – Open source software for recording and editing sounds
Blender3D – 3D modeling, animation, rendering
Synergy – Control iTunes via your menu bar
VolumeLogic
- Automatic media player volume level matching and equalization
xScope – Measure, align, inspect on-screen graphics and layouts
FileJuicer – Extract images from a variety of source files
Galeria – Generate web page photo galleries from photos
Gimp.app – Gimp image editing bundle
Handbrake – DVD ripper / converter
网络类
HenWen – GUI for Snort network intrusion detection tool
Little Snitch – Outgoing networking connection alerter
Net Monitor – Network activity monitor
Macstumbler – Discover wifi networks
XNmap – Network scanner
SharePoints – Manage network sharing of directories
文件管理类
iGTD – A “getting things done” application – great todo list tracker / manager / prioritizer (and syncs too)
Journler – Multimedia journaling and blogging software, integrates with other Mac OS apps
Sidenote – Unobtrusive note taking
DEVONThink – organize all things digital
Circus Ponies NoteBook – Outliner, note taker
DVD Cache – Tracking thousands of movies, books, cds and games
MarsEdit – Web blog creation and publishing
NoteTaker – Idea and note management
OmniOutliner – Create, collect, and organize information
Yep – PDF file manager – Like iPhoto for .pdf files
xPad – Sort, categories, edit all your documents
VoodooPad – Notepad, “a garden for your thoughts”
系统
VMWare Fusion -Virtual machine – runs Windows, linux, Solaris et al within MacOSX
Parallels – Virtual machine – lively debate about whether Fusion or Parallels is better (both can be tried for free)
Overflow – An alternative to the dock – takes up less screen space than dragthing
Fan Control – Automatic fan speed control for your macbook – keep it cool(er)
AppleJack – Open source troubleshooting app, runs in single-user mode (at boot time)
Disk Inventory X – Graphical “treemap” view of disk space use
Unarchiver – Unpack various formats of packed files
TinkerTool – Change system preferences
TinkerTool System – Change system settings, behavior, delete apps, clean caches, etc
CandyBar – Change the look of your applications and icons
Default Folder X – Expanded functionality in “Save As..” dialogue boxes
Deja Vu – Manage and schedule regular file backups
DiskWarrior – Disk maintenance / repair tool
DV Backup – Backup to your DV camcorder
FileBuddy – Powerful, high-level file utility
Hardware Monitor – Display all available sensor info in Mac computers
info.xhead – Password management and secure database
Mac Pilot – Access unix-level features of Mac OS X
Path Finder – File manager (like Finder)
ShapeShifter- Change themes – look and feel of Mac OS
SuperDuper – Backup and restore, including boot disk
Butler – Launcher, bookmark manager, and more
DragThing – An alternative to the dock
Ziplight – .zip file index plugin for spotlight
MacJanitor – Execute and schedule OS X maintenance tasks
Mac Helpmate – System cleaner, tweaker, manager
XRay – Much-expanded version of Mac OS X Finder’s “Get Info” window
MainMenu – Systems management task app
Onyx – Change system configuration details
实用程序
iKey – Create your own shortcuts, save typing, automate keyboarding
EasyFind – Systemwide find without indexing (replacement for spotlight)
iClock – Alarm clock, date, time, timezone, info and more
iWipe – Securely delete files and disks
LaunchBar – Fast application launching
Macaroni – Automatic system maintenance / repair
You Control Desktops – Virtual desktop manager – full featured)
VirtueDesktops – Virtual desktop manager (likely discontinued when Leopard ships)
WindowShade X – Fancy window minimization options
Fink – Unix Ports of X-based applications
Fink Commander – GUI for Fink
Growl – Event notification when supported by other apps
Himmelbar – Automatically find and lauch apps from the menu bar
LinoType FontExplorer X – font management
LiteSwitch X – Fast keyboard application switcher
ManOpen – GUI man page viewer
MacTheRipper – Copy DVD contents
MAMP – Installation tool for Apache, MySQL, PHP; a one download web server
iPulse – Cool looking system performance monitoring tool
X11 – Run X11-based applications
Pacifist – Extractor / customer installer for packages
PTHPasteBoard6 – Clipboard manager
Quicksilver – Application launcher, keyboard shortcuts, and lots more
Minuteur – Nice, simple egg timer and stopwatch Web
RapidWeaver – Web site creation tool
Camino – Native web browser (but some question its stability)
CSSEdit – Visual CSS (web page format) style editor
Evocam – Web tool for displaying live video on web sites
Saft – Safari plugin – many extensions
URL Manager Pro – Multi-browser bookmark manager
DeepVacuum – Download entire websites and store them locally
Firefox – Open source web browser
Flock – New media-sharing centric web browser
HyperEdit – live HTML and PHP editor
myPhoto – iPhoto sharing on the web Widget
Widget update – Check for version updates for all active widgets
Application update – Check for version updates for all installed applications
其它的“最好”软件列表
www.pure-mac.com/collect.html – Collection management software list
weblog.mrbill.net/essential-mac-software – Essential applications list
physics.ucsd.edu/students/courses/fall2005/physics200a/mac_stuff.html – Tools for Physics Students
naib.dnsalias.org:8000/~markfickett/tmp/usefuldls.txt – Fickett’s useful downloads
osx.iusethis.com – Great site where you show the world what apps you run
freemacware – List of free mac OS software by category
The ultimate mac software list – Another list like this – someone else’s view
OS X Software Map Project – Cool site just getting off the ground – like this list but automated, user contributed
Cool Mac Apps – Speaking of cool – Post and vote for your favorite apps here
“最好”Mac OS X-中心网站
www.apple.com – The mothership
www.macupdate.com/index.php – Software ratings, update information
www.apple.com/downloads/macosx – Download listing at Apple (freeware, shareware, commercial, demo, widgets
www.softpedia.com – Free downloads encyclopedia
www.versiontracker.com/macosx – Software ratings, update information
www.macworld.com – The magazine website
www.appleinsider.com – Rumor central
www.macobserver.com – Rumor central
www.macrumors.com – Rumor central
www.macscoop.com – Rumor central
www.automatoractions.com – Mac scripts, actions, workflows
www.macinstruct.com – Tutorials, how-tos
www.dashboardwidgets.com – Dashboard widgets reviews
My name is Hugo Zhu.
