Tools
There are tools for the MAC that make my life easier on the internets
- Skype – free – video conference with co-workers/clients
- Adium – free – chat using yahoo, AIM, MSN, or google accounts
- VLC – free – best full screen video player, also use for audio instead of iTunes
- Audacity – free – audio editor – splice/chop mp3/wav/ogg, make ringtones, etc
- Cyberduck – free – best ftp client, does sftp, scp, amazon s3, etc
- Transmission – free – my fav bit torrent client, find tv shows on mininova.org
- Handbrake – free – rip DVDs
The following is for software developers only – my essentials list
- JSON parser – cut’n’paste giant json string (or URL) and it makes it purty.
- nmap – check your local network (sudo nmap -sS -sV -O 192.168.1.1/24) or your friends server ()
- Carbon Copy – free, backup or clone harddrive. Essential when upgrading drives.
- Firebug – debug html/css/javascript (firefox plugin), firebug lite for IE, safari, etc
- wireshark – look at your network traffic – great for debugging (X11 on MAC)
- MAMP – setup local apache/mysql/php in 2 seconds .. or if u want more stuff,chadnorwood.com3A//www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html”>XAMPP.
- Eclipse – IDE for PHP/Java/etc – I installed PDT + eclipse (php dev tools) and subclipse (subversion support) plus a separate eclipse instance for java ee.
- Bug/Issues/Feature Tracking systems – Bugzilla, Trac, and JIRA.
- VirtualBox, VMWare – test/debug IE on mac (details)
- Project Management – Basecamp (create tasks, todo lists, milestones, track hours worked), Agile (set task estimates, priorities, etc)
- Diagramming/charting/visualizing – OmniGraffle (like visio but for mac)