My Favorite OpenSource/Free OS X Apps.

many of these applications are available on both the PC and Mac, but my aim was to list a few of my favorite go to applications for OS X. When i got a MacBook Pro from work i was kind of lost. I had my Windoes Tool Kit. applications that i use to speed up my productivity. ACDSEE, Flash FPX, Win RAR, NotePad 2, and so on, but there isn’t as many “good” open source applications for Windows as there is for OS X. The only free app that i listed previously is NotePad2.

Apple has a better community of Designers, Developers that are willing to share there tools. although i have found that some of the better Open source Alternatives will run you between $20-30. Not to bad.

Adium

Adium – my favorite application that Covers all major IM clients, Google Tlak, MSN, ICQ, AOL, and so on. it is easily sikkned and has a number of addons found at Adium Xtras. the thing i like most is its simple compact and isnt crammed full of useless features.

AirRadar

AirRadar – Best for finding Open Wifi Signals or mesuing signal strength over time on a selected network.

AppCleaner

AppCleaner – When I started using OS X for the first time I had no clue how to uninstall an application, I figured deleting it was the best solution to remove it not knowing that there were preference and user setting files in various places.  App Zapper was an application I had heard of but not willing to pay for an application to simple Uninstall something. AppCleaner does an excellent job and has a fun interface.

Aptana Studio

Aptana Studio – An open source application for Web Developers based on Eclipse. They have come a long way in the past year with feature improvements newly supported languages and seem to be genuine with the community regularly polling for feature requests.

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