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Inthe past two posts (found here and here) I've discussed the first two reasons why I've stopped using Getting Things Done – otherwise known as GTD. I received many emails about this topic (beyond the comments left on each post) and – in the interest of full transparency – here are just a few examples of what was sent my way:
'I used to use GTD years ago and tried it again using THINGS when I switched from a PC to a MacBook a couple of months ago. I was driven more by the lack of Franklin Planning software for Mac and by horrific experiences with Microsoft Support for Outlook for Mac. You are spot on about GTD. I much prefer the Franklin methodology and I have reverted to using Informant and Outlook for Mac ( just the email).' – Jeff D.
In this post I'll talk about Nirvana, a very promising web application which already comes packed in a very Mac OS-like interface and aims at revolutionize the way you organize and complete tasks. Both on your Mac and your iPhone. Nirvana is a web based GTD application, which great support for keyboard shortcuts and a cool user interface design. OneNote Outlook integration on Mac I have been a user of Evernote for many years. I have recently decided that I would switch to OneNote as I use all the other Microsoft office products. I also prefer the organisational structure of OneNote over Evernote. However, the integration of Evernote into Outlook, OneDrive etc, is far superior. Fechner recommends setting up the six standard GTD lists: inbox, projects/desired outcomes, next action, waiting for, someday/maybe, and tickler. Once those are setup inside Reminders, you can. Download Things 3 for macOS 10.13.0 or later and enjoy it on your Mac. Get things done! The award-winning Things app helps you plan your day, manage your projects, and make real progress toward your goals. Best of all, it's easy to use. Within the hour, you'll have everything off your mind and neatly organized—from routine tasks to.
'I understand where you are coming from with GTD, but I am still using a modified (think less pure) version that works for me. I am a 50-something man who (finally) got diagnosed with adult ADHD three years ago. My title is unimportant, but project manager is one of the many hats I wear. I knock the big things out of the park, it was the little things that fell through the cracks that created headaches for me at work. That's where a system like GTD is particularly useful.' – Bob R.
'I reread the GTD book last year, bought the new paper-based guide, and listened to the GTD virtual study group. It's just not for me either. I have used a Franklin Planner for 20 years, and it works perfectly for my needs. There are a lot of people that say it's too business like, but as a stay-at-home mom/homeschooler it is the only thing that I found works for me.' – Cassandra S.
'I think of GTD as a set of interconnected models and evaluate it with the following questions: Are the models useful? Yes. Are they complete? Yes. Can they be simplified? I haven't found a way to simplify them so I'm curious to see what is offered as an alternative. You still need to capture and handle inputs. You still need to plan projects. If not GTD models, then what instead?' – Jay E.
'I don't find GTD too rigid—complex yes—but not rigid. You get to decide how many lists you should have and what should go on them. You can even have one giant next action list and one project list if that's how you want to roll. My lists have changed over time, if I find I'm not using a context very often, I just delete it. It feels very flexible to me.' – Jason C.
'I feel like you're putting into words the things I couldn't quite describe when first learning GTD. I have never fully adopted GTD and instead took the ideas I liked and customized them. I feel like GTD often overthinks productivity. So as you put it, we worry more about being productive and managing the whole system instead of actually doing work that matters.' – Paul M.
'I think you're right on point with GTD being too complicated. The core concepts are fantastic and I still apply them is a general sense; but the sheer number of lists I had (and the number of tasks on those lists) were a big reason why many things never got done.' – Ian P.
GTD can be a very polarizing as its ardent supporters can get incredibly defensive about it and those who are frustrated with it can condemn it just as easily.
I've done neither.
I wouldn't say I vehemently defended GTD over the years, although when I first started using it, I was incredibly evangelical about it.
As for slamming or condemning GTD, I'm not doing that either. I've just moved on from it… and here's the third reason why.
It's too fragile.
It may sound strange to say that GTD is fragile after suggesting in my previous post that it is too rigid, but hear me out. The fragility of GTD lies in the fact that it can break very easily due to its rigidity.
Think about an hourglass for a moment. It's rigid in its ideal form. But if it was to fall from a height (likely any height), it would break apart. Once it breaks, sand starts to leak out, and it's not getting back in there. So the only remedy is to get another hourglass… or to use another form of timer, like your mobile phone or watch.
GTD is a lot like that hourglass. Sure, you can always start over and reset yourself, but it's often just easier to go back to the basic to do list. The problem is that the basic to do list isn't nearly as effective as a segmented to do list.
Both the hourglass and GTD are elegant solutions. But both are too fragile to be reliable enough to stand the test of (ironically) time.
Now that I've outlined the three big reasons why I've left GTD behind, I bet you're asking: 'So if you're not using GTD as your productivity methodology, then what are you using?'
I've been using a productivity approach that is simple enough to start using today. It doesn't require any special application or notebook and is flexible enough to be used in the application – whether paper-based or digital – that you're using right now.
This approach is flexible enough to be used by virtually anyone – whether you are a CEO, an employee looking to start their own business or side project, or a stay-at-home parent who just wants to be able to get more of the right things done every day. And it's durable enough to not crack under the pressure and weight of everyday life, because as we all know no matter how much we plan our day very few days go according to plan.
This new approach is called The NOW Year™ Method.
I have been teaching The NOW Year™ Method to coaching clients for the past year and the results have been outstanding. This approach focuses on mode-based work as opposed to action or time-based work.
The NOW Year™ Method allows you to connect better with the items on your to do list so you have a better chance of dealing with the things that you need to do, don't get stuck trying to figure out what you ought to do, and ultimately get to what you want to do more frequently.
That's what the letters in 'NOW' stand for: Need to do, Ought to do, Want to do.
While I've stopped using GTD, I'll always be grateful for what it has provided for me over the years. David Allen's work has been a great help for me and I owe him a ton of gratitude for that.
But I've found something that works better for me. And based on what others have sent my way in response to this series (as well as what I've heard from my coaching clients), I know that what I've developed – The NOW Year™ Method – will work better for others too.
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There are many applications that can help you work faster and efficiently. Though, not many applications come cheap. For this post we tried to digg deep to find the best selection of free and/or open source Mac applications that will help you be a more efficient designer. We're covering from application launchers, GTD (Getting Things Done) to design utilities that can help you focus on what's important: create.
You may also want to take a look at the following related posts:
1. aLunch
aLunch is a very lightweight but powerful application that does what it is supposed to do and nothing more: a handy launcher that runs from within the menu bar. The application was written back in 2007, and two years later it still proves to be a strong contender.
aLunch helps you get all your apps organized and get an uncluttered dock. You can customize a hot key combination so a launcher window shows and let's you choose either a Launcher window or go to the Launcher Menu. You can use this application with a Mac running OSX 10.4 or higher. If you have an earlier OS X such as 10.3, you need to update to version 10.3.9 to use an earlier version of the application.
2. Adobe Kuler
Adobe's Creative Suite 4 applications – Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Fireworks and Flash – have an Extension panel that connects directly to Kuler, the web-hosted application for generating color themes. Not many designers take advantage of a powerful tool like this one. Logging into Kuler.com with your Adobe ID, you can create color swatches themes from a color, share, rate and search the community color schemes, and upload or use a Flickr image to extract color themes so you can download them as an Adobe Swatch Exchange file that's compatible with Adobe applications.
But you can also access the Kuler site from its own standalone application to get more flexibility. Also there is a Dashboard widget to help you browse through your color schemes and the communities. To install Kuler Desktop you need to have Mac OS X 10.4.11 or Mac OS X 10.5.4 and up, with Adobe Air and Flash Player installed.
3. Name Changer
Name Changer is a very straightforward and simple tool that will help you rename batches of files without the hassle of Automator or Photoshop batch change – the latter can get a little too technical for some users.
This application saves you the time of naming each file manually. Name Changer gives you a wide variety of options that go from select text replacement to fully customizable text replacement. Designed for OSX 10.5, NameChanger is a Universal Binary, so it runs on both Intel and PowerPC macs. If you have a OSX 10.3 or 10.4 Mac, there's a version that you can use too, so those Macs with earlier OS can still use the application.
4. YemuZip
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YemuZip is a more powerful Zip-archive application that with a simple drag and drop interface, makes creating zip files an easy task. YemuZip lets you choose between a PC-compatible format and a Mac format that preserve all the Mac-specific metadata.
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The tool lets you choose the destination of your zip file (same as source, Desktop or Documents) and can attach the file to an email message for easy sending. Runs on OS X 10.4 or later and it is an Universal Binary.
5. Dateline
A subtle replacement for having the date shown on the Menu bar, Dateline gives you a linear calendar on your desktop within a transparent window. One very useful feature is that it has direct access to iCal when double clicking on a day.
The background and text colors are fully customizable along with transparency to make it blend seamlessly with your current desktop. This application requires Mac OS X 10.5 and higher.
6. DropBox
DropBox is by far the easiest way to share files if you are on a low budget and do not want to be bothered with server side issues when sharing files with clients. Since it's an application that runs in the background, you can leave it running and it does the file updates on the machines seamlessly. You have a 2GB limit for the free accounts, 50GB for the Pro account at $99.00 per year or a 100GB for the Premium account at US$199 per year.
Another useful aspect of this app is that you can sign in and access your files from any browser, not necessarily from your Mac. The file sharing is done over SSL and encrypted with AES-256 before storage, so they are safe. From the visual side, a blue sync mark shows when the files are syncing and a green check mark appears when it's done. What's best, it's that it's not just for Mac, it's compatible with Windows and Linux.
Every time you update a file, Dropbox transfers what was updated from the original uploaded file, so working with large Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign documents is a breeze. If you need to share files with users that don't have Dropbox, you can use your Public folder and all the files in that folder will be given a unique link so you can send that for a direct download. And if you accidentally delete a file, you can 'undelete it' from the web interface. Overall, it's a time saving application when you want a fast way to share files with clients or co-workers.
7. Quicksilver
Quicksilver is a powerful application launcher, an application that will create catalogs of your frequently used apps, folders and documents. What's interesting is that the search grows and adapts from what you do everyday. One very useful feature, If you have all your contacts in Address Book is that you can search within Quicksilver the contact name and when you hit enter on the telephone number, it shows on big type over the screen, so it's a quick way of looking at a phone number without launching Address Book itself. An alternative: Namely.
You can enhance Quicksilver with plugins to do more powerful things, like uploading files using applications as Transmit, Queue albums on iTunes, emailing files or even moving the file's location without doing it from the Finder. To run Quicksilver, you need a Mac with OS X 10.4 or higher.
8. iClockr
This is a small application that tracks your work time. You can set up different projects, and tasks for each project, and associate them to a client. The concept around iClockr is to have actions timed, for that you create tasks to be timed and those tasks add up to create a project. Each task is timed with a stopwatch, even the application's dock icon changes to a stopwatch.
You can edit the task durations for better and more exact timing. iClockr also offers two modes to manage your times: Flat Rate or Range based. You can match each project with customers (within the application's Preferences pane). iClockr is a Mac Universal application that runs on Leopard only.
9. Caffeine
When video chatting or having a voice-only-call with a client, Caffeine has proved its place on Macs. Caffeine prevents your mac of going to sleep, dimming the screen and avoids the screen savers to start.
To get to the application's preferences, hold down the Command key while clicking to show the menu. Lightheads' website doesn't specify if Caffeine works with other OS versions different than Leopard.
10. iTool
iTool is a free application that offers a complete system maintenance and cleaning. It has a friendly user interface that guides you to complete the needed maitenance task.
Also, hidden on the Application menu (not found on the application's main window), you can reach other options to tweak the look of the Dock (2D or 3D) or the Finder among others. This application is Leopard only.
11. The Unarchiver
For those short on budget, there's a very light and powerfull free app called The Unarchiver. It allows you to extract many more file formats besides the .zip, such as .tar-gzip, .tar-bzip2, .rar, 7-zip, .lhA and stuffIt. Also it better handles filenames from foreign character sets, created with non-English versions of other operating systems.
The installation is very simple: copy the applications into your Applications folder and start using the application. The Unarchiver requires Mac OS X 10.3.9.
12. Paparazzi!
Paparazzi! is a small utility for Mac OS X that makes screenshots of web-pages. Paparazzi! allows you to define minimum size and capture size, so you can capture the best screenshot according to your needs. You can choose between saving the resulting picture as .jpeg, .pdf, .png or .tiff, also adding a thumbnail and thumbnail icon. Its current version, 0.4.3 works on Mac OS X 10.3 or later, and their 0.5 beta is Leopard only.
13. AllBookmarks
AllBookmarks is a small menu bar item that provides you with a quick access to your browser's bookmarks. It grabs Safari, Firefox and Flock bookmarks and also gives you access to 1Password 1Click bookmarks so you can navigate, fill a form and submit it with ease. The tool is a Universal Binary application which means that it works on Intel or PowerPC Macs, running OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
14. DockSpaces
DockSpaces is a small application that allows you to have up to 10 different docks, and swap them from the menu bar. You can also link a Dock with a Leopard's Spaces so you can redefine your productivity. With Growl notification, you know which dock you are using. You can change the configuration for each dock for a more personalized usage. This application is a Universal Binary and Leopard only.
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15. TaskMate
TaskMate is a very simple and light task management application. Create a task, check it off when completed and it disappears from your list. The completed tasks are visible on the sidebar that you can toggle on and off. TaskMate runs on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and it is a Universal Binary Application.
16. Symbol Caddy
The Symbol Caddy Dashboard widget keeps a bunch of common special characters at your fingertips. Keyboard mode copies the special character and HTML mode copies the HTML entity code. Mac OS X 10.5.0 or higher is required. CharacterPal does the same and is also freeware.
17. iZoom
iZoom is a simple application designed to allow you to easily resize and crop your photos for optimized display on your iPod photo, on the web, or in email messages to friends. Built using Java, iZoom is available for Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows. Currently, JPEG is the only supported image format.
18. JumpCut
Jumpcut is an application that provides 'clipboard buffering' — that is, access to text that you've cut or copied, even if you've subsequently cut or copied something else. The goal of Jumpcut's interface is to provide quick, natural, intuitive access to your clipboard's history. The application is available as a Universal Binary that requires OS X 10.3.9 or later. Users running earlier versions of OS X should try Jumpcut 0.54, which should work with OS X 10.1 and later. Source code is also available. Jumpcut is open sourced under the MIT License.
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19. Name Mangler
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YemuZip is a more powerful Zip-archive application that with a simple drag and drop interface, makes creating zip files an easy task. YemuZip lets you choose between a PC-compatible format and a Mac format that preserve all the Mac-specific metadata.
The tool lets you choose the destination of your zip file (same as source, Desktop or Documents) and can attach the file to an email message for easy sending. Runs on OS X 10.4 or later and it is an Universal Binary.
5. Dateline
A subtle replacement for having the date shown on the Menu bar, Dateline gives you a linear calendar on your desktop within a transparent window. One very useful feature is that it has direct access to iCal when double clicking on a day.
The background and text colors are fully customizable along with transparency to make it blend seamlessly with your current desktop. This application requires Mac OS X 10.5 and higher.
6. DropBox
DropBox is by far the easiest way to share files if you are on a low budget and do not want to be bothered with server side issues when sharing files with clients. Since it's an application that runs in the background, you can leave it running and it does the file updates on the machines seamlessly. You have a 2GB limit for the free accounts, 50GB for the Pro account at $99.00 per year or a 100GB for the Premium account at US$199 per year.
Another useful aspect of this app is that you can sign in and access your files from any browser, not necessarily from your Mac. The file sharing is done over SSL and encrypted with AES-256 before storage, so they are safe. From the visual side, a blue sync mark shows when the files are syncing and a green check mark appears when it's done. What's best, it's that it's not just for Mac, it's compatible with Windows and Linux.
Every time you update a file, Dropbox transfers what was updated from the original uploaded file, so working with large Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign documents is a breeze. If you need to share files with users that don't have Dropbox, you can use your Public folder and all the files in that folder will be given a unique link so you can send that for a direct download. And if you accidentally delete a file, you can 'undelete it' from the web interface. Overall, it's a time saving application when you want a fast way to share files with clients or co-workers.
7. Quicksilver
Quicksilver is a powerful application launcher, an application that will create catalogs of your frequently used apps, folders and documents. What's interesting is that the search grows and adapts from what you do everyday. One very useful feature, If you have all your contacts in Address Book is that you can search within Quicksilver the contact name and when you hit enter on the telephone number, it shows on big type over the screen, so it's a quick way of looking at a phone number without launching Address Book itself. An alternative: Namely.
You can enhance Quicksilver with plugins to do more powerful things, like uploading files using applications as Transmit, Queue albums on iTunes, emailing files or even moving the file's location without doing it from the Finder. To run Quicksilver, you need a Mac with OS X 10.4 or higher.
8. iClockr
This is a small application that tracks your work time. You can set up different projects, and tasks for each project, and associate them to a client. The concept around iClockr is to have actions timed, for that you create tasks to be timed and those tasks add up to create a project. Each task is timed with a stopwatch, even the application's dock icon changes to a stopwatch.
You can edit the task durations for better and more exact timing. iClockr also offers two modes to manage your times: Flat Rate or Range based. You can match each project with customers (within the application's Preferences pane). iClockr is a Mac Universal application that runs on Leopard only.
9. Caffeine
When video chatting or having a voice-only-call with a client, Caffeine has proved its place on Macs. Caffeine prevents your mac of going to sleep, dimming the screen and avoids the screen savers to start.
To get to the application's preferences, hold down the Command key while clicking to show the menu. Lightheads' website doesn't specify if Caffeine works with other OS versions different than Leopard.
10. iTool
iTool is a free application that offers a complete system maintenance and cleaning. It has a friendly user interface that guides you to complete the needed maitenance task.
Also, hidden on the Application menu (not found on the application's main window), you can reach other options to tweak the look of the Dock (2D or 3D) or the Finder among others. This application is Leopard only.
11. The Unarchiver
For those short on budget, there's a very light and powerfull free app called The Unarchiver. It allows you to extract many more file formats besides the .zip, such as .tar-gzip, .tar-bzip2, .rar, 7-zip, .lhA and stuffIt. Also it better handles filenames from foreign character sets, created with non-English versions of other operating systems.
The installation is very simple: copy the applications into your Applications folder and start using the application. The Unarchiver requires Mac OS X 10.3.9.
12. Paparazzi!
Paparazzi! is a small utility for Mac OS X that makes screenshots of web-pages. Paparazzi! allows you to define minimum size and capture size, so you can capture the best screenshot according to your needs. You can choose between saving the resulting picture as .jpeg, .pdf, .png or .tiff, also adding a thumbnail and thumbnail icon. Its current version, 0.4.3 works on Mac OS X 10.3 or later, and their 0.5 beta is Leopard only.
13. AllBookmarks
AllBookmarks is a small menu bar item that provides you with a quick access to your browser's bookmarks. It grabs Safari, Firefox and Flock bookmarks and also gives you access to 1Password 1Click bookmarks so you can navigate, fill a form and submit it with ease. The tool is a Universal Binary application which means that it works on Intel or PowerPC Macs, running OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
14. DockSpaces
DockSpaces is a small application that allows you to have up to 10 different docks, and swap them from the menu bar. You can also link a Dock with a Leopard's Spaces so you can redefine your productivity. With Growl notification, you know which dock you are using. You can change the configuration for each dock for a more personalized usage. This application is a Universal Binary and Leopard only.
Current Os For Mac
15. TaskMate
TaskMate is a very simple and light task management application. Create a task, check it off when completed and it disappears from your list. The completed tasks are visible on the sidebar that you can toggle on and off. TaskMate runs on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and it is a Universal Binary Application.
16. Symbol Caddy
The Symbol Caddy Dashboard widget keeps a bunch of common special characters at your fingertips. Keyboard mode copies the special character and HTML mode copies the HTML entity code. Mac OS X 10.5.0 or higher is required. CharacterPal does the same and is also freeware.
17. iZoom
iZoom is a simple application designed to allow you to easily resize and crop your photos for optimized display on your iPod photo, on the web, or in email messages to friends. Built using Java, iZoom is available for Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows. Currently, JPEG is the only supported image format.
18. JumpCut
Jumpcut is an application that provides 'clipboard buffering' — that is, access to text that you've cut or copied, even if you've subsequently cut or copied something else. The goal of Jumpcut's interface is to provide quick, natural, intuitive access to your clipboard's history. The application is available as a Universal Binary that requires OS X 10.3.9 or later. Users running earlier versions of OS X should try Jumpcut 0.54, which should work with OS X 10.1 and later. Source code is also available. Jumpcut is open sourced under the MIT License.
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19. Name Mangler
Name Mangler is a batch file renamer that supports all common renaming tasks: Find and Replace (including support for regular expressions); Number Sequentially; Change Case; Set Extension; Add Prefix/Suffix; Remove/Insert Characters. You can combine all of these using the Advanced renaming mode, which even comes with some extra features, such as conditional statements, nested counters etc. Name Mangler 2.0 runs natively on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs and requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
20. CyberDuck
Cyberduck is an open source FTP, SFTP-client and also a WebDAV, Mosso Cloud Files and Amazon S3 browser for the Mac. It features an easy to use interface with quickly accessible bookmarks. The outline view of the browser allows to browse large folder structures efficiently and you can quickly preview files with Quick Look. To edit files, a seamless integration with several external editors makes it easy to change content quickly. An alternative: Filezilla.
21. TextWrangler
TextWrangler is the powerful general purpose text editor, and Unix and server administrator's tool. Essentially, it is a free version of BBEdit (see below). It offers a broad range of support for different programming languages, and fantastic find and replace functionality. A reliable and powerful tool, especially considering its freeware status. (via appstorm.net). Requires: Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Alternatives: eMacs, Smultron, TextEdit (native Mac-app).
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22. Growl
Growl is a notification system for Mac OS X: it allows applications that support Growl to send you notifications. Growl offers you complete control over which notifications are shown and how they are displayed. You will not receive any notifications that you do not want, because you can easily turn notifications (specific ones or all of them) off. Growl requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
23. Gmail Notifr
Gmail Notifr sends you notifications about the received e-mails and other events in your Google account. It supports multiple accounts, checks mail at a specified interval, has Growl and sound notifications and has no background daemon processes installed as Google's official notifier. Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5+ (Leopard).
24. MAMP
MAMP installs a local server environment in a matter of seconds on your Mac OS X computer, be it PowerBook or iMac. MAMP will not compromise any existing Apache installation already running with your OS X. You can install Apache, PHP and MySQL without starting a script or having to change any configuration files.
25. And so many more!
Our friends from Appstorm.net have recently published The Ultimate Mac Setup For Web Designers: 60 Apps and 60 Open Source and Free Mac Apps which cover dozens of extremely useful and powerful applications that you can download and use for free. You can also check out the list of open source Mac applications on OpenSourceMac.org.
We missed some really cool open source Mac-application? Please let us know in the comments to this post!
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- aLunch A very handy launcher that runs from your Mac's menu bar.
- Kuler Color themes generator.
- Name Changer A powerful batch name changer.
- YemuZip Creating Zip files has never been so easy.
- Dateline Linear calendar for your desktop.
- DropBox Online file sharing system.
- Quicksilver Adaptive appliction launcher.
- Transmit Powerful FTP client software.
- iTunes Digital media player from Apple.
- iClockr Timing application for multiple projects.
- Caffeine Keep your mac from sleep.
- iTool Complete System Maintenance, cleaning and customizing the look of Leopard.
- The Unarchiver Unarchive with power.
- Paparazzi! Grab stunning screenshots of webpages.
- AllBookmarks Bookmarks from your menu bar.
- TaskMate Task management made easy with a OS X feel.
- Symbol Caddy Keeps a bunch of common special characters at your fingertips.
- iZoom Allows you to easily resize and crop your photos for optimized display.
- JumpCut Provides 'clipboard buffering' – access to text that you've cut or copied, even if you've subsequently cut or copied something else.
- Name Mangler A batch file renamer that supports all common renaming tasks.
- CyberDuck An open source FTP, SFTP-client.
- TextWrangler The powerful general purpose text editor, and Unix and server administrator's tool.
- Growl A notification system for Mac OS X.
- Gmail Notifr Sends you notifications about the received e-mails and other events in your Google account.
- MAMP Installs a local server environment in a matter of seconds on your Mac OS X computer.