Mac apps I use (late 2011 edition)

In an earlier post I wrote about Mac freeware applications, and now, as I'm still recovering from having the solid state drive (SSD) fail in my MacBook Air (MBA), I thought I'd make a list of the Mac applications I just had to reinstall on my MacBook Air.

Here then, in no particular order, is the list of Mac software applications I just reinstalled:

Browsers

• Chrome - the Chrome browser from Google
• Firefox - the Firefox web browser

I also use a few plugins with each browser, mostly related to ad blocking. I don't remember their names at the moment.

Software and web development apps

• MAMP - Mac, Apache, MySQL, PHP
• Textmate - text editor
• Eclipse - a programmer's IDE
• FastIcns - icns file creator
• Filezilla - FTP client
• Scala - programming language
• JRuby - programming language
• SmartGit - a Git client I use on open source projects
• Gimp - image editor
• SnapNDrag - Mac screenshots app
• Sea Monkey - includes the best, free Mac HTML editor
• Wikistar (a text editor I wrote for my own use)
• XCode - for Mac OS X programming

Apps that make the Mac better

These apps don't fit into any one category, though I guess most of them make the Mac easier to use:

• Hyde - hide your desktop
• Sizzling Keys - control iTunes from the keyboard
• Yemu Zip - a better way to make zip files
• Shades - better control over Mac screen brightness
• Growl - better Mac notifications
• iStat Menus - very nice system information (memory, cpu, and network use monitors)

Mac productivity apps

• Kindle Reader
• iWork
• Teleport - a command I wrote to replace the Unix cd command

I've probably forgotten a couple of apps, but those are the ones that comes to mind. The cool thing is that almost all of them are free.