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Here are some of the most easy to use and useful open source mac tools and gears round the block. See everything from messenger, email clients, writing , listening to music, browsing or even running windows Software on am mac if you like. Take a peek it’s worth your while if your a mac user and don’t want to pay outrageous amounts for propriety software that in most occasions isn’t even remotely better.



If you like windows open source instead try over here instead.
IM - Instant Messaging


Adium


Why install three separate instant messengers when you can connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo and GoogleTalk in a single, beautiful app? Plus it’s 100% free and open source. Everybody needs Adium.



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Auto Update


AppFresh


Keeps all of your Mac applications up-to-date, automatically. Still in beta, but so necessary.



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Writing and Office


xPad


For most writing a word processor is overkill. xPad is the perfect simple alternative. Your notes sit in a sidebar and save automatically when you quit. Way better than stickies or TextEdit.



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Writeroom


A full-screen writing space that eliminates distractions. If you use your Mac for writing, you have to try this.



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NeoOffice


NeoOffice is a full-featured, office suite compatible with Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, and Excel. Plus it’s 100% free and open source. Friends don’t let friends pay for Microsoft Office.



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Reading (e.g. books)


Tofu


Makes reading on your computer much more like reading a book. Drag or paste text into Tofu and it arranges everything in crisp, classy columns that scroll side to side (not up and down). Ergonomic reading for Mac.




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Web Browser


Mozilla Firefox


The premier free, open-source browser, considered by many to be the world’s best. Clutch for sites that don’t support Safari. What sets it apart from Safari is the huge universe of plugins and extensions.



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Camino


Based on the same Mozilla foundation as Firefox, Camino is a more native OS X app. Fast and simple.



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Privacy


Vidalia


Rock-solid anonymous web browsing for everyone. This TOR frontend keeps you anonymous on the web using open source software and military-grade techniques. To use with Firefox see: TorButton.



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Todo Lists


Basecamp


This is web software, but it will become as central to your work experience as any desktop app. Seriously, Basecamp will make you more productive and change the way your organization works. Try it!



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Q Emulator


Not as polished as Parallels, but 100% free and open source. Lets you run Windows on G4 and G5 Macs too (though this will be slow).



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Video


Miro


Miro can play any video format (much more than quicktime), download torrents, permanently save videos from YouTube, and watch video podcasts. Beautiful interface, 100% free and open source.



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VLC


Plays more video files than most players: Quicktime, AVI, DIVX, OGG, and more. Great for playing DVDs too.



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Video Ripping / Burning


Burn


Burns to DVD, VCD, and SVCD. Take your downloaded videos and burn them to disks you can watch on regular DVD players. For VCD and SVCD you don’t even need a DVD burner. Free and open source!



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Handbrake


DVD ripper with MPEG-4 / H.264 encoding. The simplest way to save DVDs on your computer.



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Graphics and Photo Editing


Seashore


“Photoshop” your photos without buying Photoshop. 100% free and open source, based on the open source image editor “Gimp”.



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Xee


Fast image viewer and image browser.



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iPod Ripping


Senuti


Get music off of your iPod onto any computer.



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iPodDisk


Copy music off your iPod in the finder, like a regular disk drive.



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Telephone


Skype


Talk with any Skype user for free. Buy some credits and you can call any number in the world, cheap. Perfect for when your cellphone is out of batteries… or on the other side of the room, lazy.



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Alarm Clock


Aurora


Use your Mac as an alarm clock and wake up to your favorite music. Wakes from sleep, so no need to leave your computer on all night.



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Nintendo Emulator


Sixty Force


Trouble finding good games for you Mac? Then turn it into a Nintendo64! MarioKart works great, even on a Powerbook G4.



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Nestopia


Kick it old school with this NES emulator for Mac.




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iEatBrainz


iEatBrainz automatically adds the right song, artist, and album info to your iTunes music. No more messy iTunes Library.



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Maps


Google Earth


The 3D map of the world that just gets better and better…and creepier. Total must-have.



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Wifi Scanning


KisMac


The best wireless scanner for Mac. Find wireless access when you’re on the go. 100% free and open source.


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RSS Readers


NetNewsWire


The slick integration of tabbed browsing makes this RSS reader our top pick.

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Vienna


Very nice, native RSS client. 100% free and open source.

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Cyberduck


Very good all-around ftp program. 100% free and open source.



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Utilities


UnRarX


Uncompress RAR files on your Mac. Many new Mac users will be puzzled the first time they download a RAR file. Do them a favor and download UnRarX for them!



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IRC


Colloquy


Great IRC client. 100% free and open source.



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Media Center


Centerstage


Full-screen interface for playing audio, video, and photos. Connect it to your TV.



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Note Taking


Freemind


An innovative application for note taking and outlining. Takes time to get used to, but some people swear by it.



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Personal Finance


Cashbox


Simple, easy to use application for managing personal finances.



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Buddi


A personal finance and budgeting program, aimed at those who have little or no financial background.



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MSN Chat

AMSN Messenger

More Web Browsing


Shiira


Fast, nice web browser.



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SunriseBrowser


Good webkit-based browser created with special tools for web designers.



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Seamonkey


Full-featured Mozilla browser, used to be called ‘Mozilla Suite’.



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PDF Viewer


Skim


PDF viewer.



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Screensaver


Electric Sheep


Immersive, trippy screensaver.



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More Filesharing


Tomato Torrent


Download torrents. Nice and simple.



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Also see: Poisoned - Azureus

3D Graphics and Modeling


Blender


Powerful 3D Modeling software.



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Also see: Persistence of Vision Raytracer - Art of Illusion - Wings 3D - Quesa - Open Media Toolkit

MP3 Management


iEatBrainz


Fills in the correct metadata (title, artist, etc) for MP3s in your collection.



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Planetariums and Outer Space


Celestia


Open-source 3D planetarium software. Akin to traveling through space (outer space).



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Stellarium


“Renders realistic skys in realtime.” See what you would see if your city wasn’t so light-polluted. Used in real planetariums.



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Also see: macORSA - Orbit Reconstruction, Simulation, and Analysis

Comic Viewer


Jomic


Read digital comics.



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Dance Dance Revolution


Stepmania


Dance Dance Revolution clone. Can connect to external dance pads.



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Games


Cube


Nice first-person shooter.



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Marathon: Aleph One


Engine for Bungie’s free FPS series Marathon. Play online, solo play with rich original story, many total conversions and thousands of maps.



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Zombies


3D zombie strategy game.



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Armagetron Advanced


3D Tron game.



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BZFlag


First-person tank game.



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Battle for Wesnoth


Fantasy / Strategy Game



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Also see: Snes9X (SNES emulator), Frozen Bubble, PySol for Mac (card games),

PLANESHIFT (3D Fantasy MMORPG), VDrift (drift racing simulation).

del.icio.us Client


Cocoalicious


Let’s you easily post to del.icio.us.



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Free File Hosting


CC Publisher


Host Creative Commons video or audio files for free on archive.org with this easy uploader.



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Others:





 


Viewers


Comic viewer: Comical

Comic viewer: FFView


OpenDocument viewing application: ODF Viewer


RSS and Usenet


RSS Reader: Feed



Cross-platform RSS reader: BlogBridge



RSS video podcast player: I/ON



Usenet Reader: OSXnews


IM, IRC, Chat


Multi-IM: Fire


Powerful IRC client: X-Chat Aqua



Videoconferencing client: XMeeting



PBX / Voip system: Asterisk


Graphics and Art


Draw on a moving canvas: Cosmic Painter



Image editor: Seashore



An artwork scaling calculator: Scaletron!



A Paint-like program designed for pixel-pushers: Pixen




A VRML/X3D Browser: FreeWRL




Video


Realtime Editing and Effects System: Jahshaka



Video transcoder: ffmpegX




MPEG convertor: MPEG Streamclip


Music and Audio


OGG Vorbis encoder (ogg is an open source audio codec): Ogg Drop




Music notation: LilyPond



Play and compose live music: Miraton



Max/MSP style realtime music and multimedia environment: Pd



Manage chords, lyrics, and projection: OpenSong


Wifi / Networking


Discover open wifi networks: iStumbler



A Prism/Prism2 driver 802.11: WirelessDriver



Fast, lightweight VNC client: Chicken of the VNC



VNC server providing remote access to the GUI, keyboard and mouse: OSXvnc


Utilities


Book management: Books

CD / DVD Burning: SimplyBurns



Disable sleep on a Mac: InsomniaX



Protect your laptop with a car-alarm style alarm: Multialarm


Remove extra languages from OSX to save disk space: Monolingual

System event notifications: Growl



System performance monitors: MenuMeters



Virtual desktop tool: Desktop Manager



Virus checker: ClamXav



Share mouse and keyboard between 2 or more computers: SynergyKM and Quick Synergy



Check available RAM: Memtest



Monitor CPU, RAM, battery, CPU temp, network, I/O, and more: X Resource Graph



Control your Mac via Bluetooth: Romeo


Writing and Typesetting


Screenplay writing and pre-production support: Celtx



Bibliography manager, BibTeX .bib format: BibDesk



Typesetting - TeX previewer for Mac OS X: TeXShop



Typesetting: iTexMac


Education


Education course management system: Moodle



Student information system: Focus / SIS



Another student information system: Centre


Programming

Development platform: Eclipse

SQL Editor: YourSQL


Math and Engineering


General purpose computer algebra system: Yacas

GNU S language: R

MATLAB style rapid engineering and scientific prototyping / data processing: FreeMat

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