Favourite Macintosh Software

Mostly for my own reference, here's all the software that I install on a new Mac. Obviously, I'm not including all the bundled software here.

Essential

• Quicksilver – OS X feels broken without it.
• Adium – Multi-protocol Instant Messaging
• Colloquy – IRC
• NetNewsWire – RSS Reader
• TextMate – Text editor
• Transmission – BitTorrent
• VLC Media Player – Multi-format video player
• Flip4Mac Windows Media Components for Quicktime – Windows Media 9 support
• Skitch - Quick and easy screenshot/image annotation
• OmniGraffle - diagramming tool
• SSHKeychain – GUI SSH-agent
• Fugu – GUI SCP/SFTP client

Java Development

• IntelliJ IDEA – Java IDE
• YourKIT – Java profiler

Useful

• Flickr Export – Flickr iPhoto plugin
• Chax – iChat enhancer
• Mail Act-On – Quick keyboard actions for Mail.app
• Snapz Pro – Screenshots and screencasts (Screenflow looks like it might be better, though)
• NiceCast – Shoutcasting

Random

OS X workflow nirvana comes from having a seven-button mouse, and binding all the extra buttons to different Exposé functions. This way, moving to another window or grabbing files from the desktop become simple "click, move, release" operations. Here's the button setup for my Logitech mouse:

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