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  • Caffeine

    Although Caffeine is a very simple and basic application, it definitely is one of my most used applications. Caffeine stops your computer from going to sleep when it's enabled - yep; it's as simple as that! It is definitely a great application, and it can be downloaded here on Apple's website.

  • Adium

    If you're one of those people who have many different IM account, Adium is for you. Adium offers support for over 15 IM accounts. It's a great application that allows a lot of flexibility. Give it a try and download it here on Apple's website.

  • Tomato Torrent

    Tomato Torrent or simply "Tomato" is a very basic BitTorrent application. Torrents are a method of P2P file sharing. Tomato Torrent doesn't take up much memory and makes downloading with Torrents just as simple as it should be. Head over here to download it on Tomato Torrent's website.

  • TextWrangler

    TextWrangler is a basic application that can do a lot of advanced text editing. I personally use TextWrangler for programming, web design, and changing system files on my Mac when I need to. It's a great application if you are interestd in programming. Give it a try and download it here on Apple's website.

  • VisualHub

    VisualHub is the only application on this list that costs money, but it's definitely worth the $23.32 to buy. If you convert videos a lot this application is for you. You can even convert to DVD formats if you want to burn something onto a DVD. Go to their website and try a free trial, I'm sure you'll love it.

  • VLC

    VLC is a must have for anyone who plays any type of videos on their computer. It's not likely that you'll find a video format that you won't be able to play on VLC, which is why it's so great. You can even extract clips from the videos you play (including DVDs). If you go to their website you can download VLC free of charge.

  • Handbrake

    Handbrake is a free application that you can use to extract chapters of DVDs to different video formats. It's free and great if you ever want to extract a chapter or two from your favorite movie. Go to their website and give it a try.

  • MacTheRipper

    MacTheRipper is a great simple application that rips DVDs to your computer. If you have a personal DVD collection that you want to back up, all you have to do is put the DVD into your computer and hit "Start"! It's great and you can download it free on their website.

  • Synergy

    Synergy is a bit more of an advanced program for Mac users. With Synergy you can share the mouse of your computer to multiple computers at once. It can be configured to use with Windows, Mac, and even Linux too. I use it with my Mac and a couple of Windows computers when I want to use them but stay on my MacBook. Synergy does not offer a GUI interface for Apple but there are a few applications online that can do that for you. Setting up Synergy over the terminal isn't very difficult, but it takes a little while the first time you do it. Head over to their website to download it and learn how to use it.

  • Firefox

    Almost everyone knows about Firefox and most will be appalled that Firefox is the last application on my list. I don't use Firefox too often because I find Safari suitable for most of the things that I like to do online. Sometimes I need to do a bit more, and I like the ability to do so many different things with Firefox and it's add-ons. Everyone needs to at least try Firefox, so give it a shot and download it at their website.
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