Useful Software

Friday, January 2, 2009

Here’s a list (for my own benefit, as much as anyone else!) of useful OS X software:

VLC – All round media player – useful for obscure formats, as well as everyday use. FREE

Handbrake – very good quality video converter. FREE

Firefox – alternative browser to Safari. FREE

Reveal – EXIF data viewer and editor. FREE

GPSPhotoLinker – takes GPX files from GPS trackers, and geo-tags RAW photo files. FREE

Transmission – BitTorrent client. FREE

Menumeters – system monitoring tools. FREE

Perian – Quicktime components for common (PC) video formats. FREE

Aperture Assistant – flowchart based image manipulation in Aperture.

Sofortbild – tethered shooting application for Nikon DSLRs. FREE

Adium – instant messaging client. FREE

AppTrap – application removal tool. FREE

Unarchiver – exactly what it says. FREE

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