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  1Password

  1Password is a Password Manager that uniquely brings you both Security and Convenience. It is the only program that provides Anti-Phishing protection and goes beyond password management by adding Web Form Filling and Automatic Strong Password Generation. All your confidential information, including passwords, identities, and credit cards, is kept in one secure place provided by Apple's OS X Keychain.

  1Password browser extensions support Safari, Camino, Firefox, OmniWeb, DEVONagent, NetNewsWire, Netscape Navigator, and Flock. All browser extensions share the data stored in the keychain which means you never need to manually copy your passwords between browsers or from the password manager to a browser ever again!

  1Password has received numerous awards, including 4.5 mice from Macworld magazine, MacLife Editors pick, and was the Pick of Week on MacBreak Weekly by both Leo Laporte and Merlin Mann.

  
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  Adobe Photoshop Elements

  Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 6 software for Macintosh combines power and simplicity so you can go beyond the basics. Make your photos look their best, share them in creative ways, and easily find and view them. Photoshop Elements also works great with iPhoto.

  
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  AppFresh

  AppFresh helps you to keep all applications (third-party and Apple), widgets, preference panes and application plugins on your Mac up to date, from one place. It works by checking the excellent iusethis.com for new versions and lets you download and install available updates easily.

  AppFresh not only gets update information from iusethis.com. If you have an user profile at iusethis.com you can manage it from within AppFresh and control which applications appear in your profile, even automatically. We can only recommend you sign up, it's free and lets you see how many users use a certain application. In AppFresh, the full iusethis.com application page with comments and links to similar apps is always just a click away.

  AppFresh can capture the installed version of an application along with your preferences and application data and store it in a safe place. This way, you're covered in case you decide you liked the last version of an application better. Create as many snapshots as you want to make sure you don't lose anything.

  AppFresh is currently work in progress, and we're not even calling it a beta. Make sure to check our development blog regularly. You are welcome to leave your feedback or suggestions for improvements there.

  
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  BackLight

  BackLight provides a menu extra that allows you to use screensavers as your desktop background. It can also change your screensaver and open the preferences. Having your screensaver on your desktop is quite a cool effect, but you should probably have a Quartz Extreme-capable machine if you want to handle the load.

  
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  Chmox

  Chmox is a OSX viewer for Windows Compiled HTML Help (CHM) files viewer

  
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  ChronoSync

  ChronoSync is an easy to use data management tool that allows you to efficiently synchronize files and folders from one disk location to another.

  
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  DejaMenu

  DejaMenu will display the current application's main menu as a context menu when a key combination is pressed.

  
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  DEVONthink Pro

  DEVONthink is the solution for the digital age, the one database for all your documents. And it's flexible. It adapts to your personal needs. Use it as your document repository, your filing cabinet, your e-mail archive or your project organizer.

  Contrast with DEVONthink Personal edition at http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/devonthink/comparison.html

  
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  Doozla

  Doozla is the easy-to-use drawing application for children. Four drawing options provide a guided start: an image, an iSight photo snap, a color-in image or a blank page.

  Doozla also includes a stack of artwork designed for coloring in and coloring over.

  Features:

  • Imagination inspiring worksheets
  • iSight support
  • Fullscreen, zero-distraction view
  • Vector drawing for smooth output
  • Tablet support

  
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  Dupin

  iTunes' "Show Duplicates" feature is helpful but you still have to examine every track to determine whether you want to keep or delete the tracks it finds. Smart Playlists are of dubious help and trying to locate all duplicates with them can be tedious as they can quickly crowd your Source list and slow iTunes down.

  Now there's Dupin.

  Dupin is your iTunes duplicates manager.

  
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  Ejector

  Ejector will add an Eject icon to the Mac OS X menu bar. From it you can eject any removable disks, e.g. an iPod, a CD, a DVD, an USB Key and even a .dmg. You can then safely disconnect them from your mac.

  
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  Final Vinyl

  Final Vinyl allows users to easily record their collection of old vinyl records using just the Griffin iMic and their turntable. Previously users wishing to record their old record collection had to hook up their entire stereo system just to power their turntable. Now users can connect the record player directly to their iMic, and using Final Vinyl record and save all their old albums. They can then make them into CDs, MP3s etc. Final Vinyl does more than just record old albums; it is a fully functional general audio recording application as well. It can be used to record instruments, microphones and reel-to-reel tapes plugged into the iMic. It includes a 10-band Equalizer that is capable of significantly altering and enhancing a user's sound input. For example, inexpensive microphones could be improved by tweaking the bass response. Old worn records can be fine tuned and tonally corrected. All this and more can be done using the completely free Final Vinyl combined with the Griffin iMic.

  
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  Firefox

  The award-winning Web browser is now faster, more secure, and fully customizable to your online life. With Firefox 2, we’ve added powerful new features that make your online experience even better.

  
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  Flip4Mac WMV

  Play wma content on your mac. Works as a Quicktime plugin.

  
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  Google Earth

  Google Earth puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop. View exotic locales like Maui and Paris as well as points of interest such as local restaurants, hospitals, schools, and more

  Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your

  
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  Google Notifier

  The Google Notifier is an application that shows you alerts in your menu bar, so you can see when you have new Gmail messages or upcoming Google Calendar events without having to open a web browser.

  
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  Growl

  Growl is a notification system for Mac OS X: it allows applications that support Growl to send you notifications.

  
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  GrowlMail

  GrowlMail is a plug-in for Apple Mail that posts a Growl notification every time new mail arrives containing the text of the message.

  
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  Handbrake

  HandBrake is a GPL'd multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter. HandBrake was originally available on the BeOS, but now has been ported over to MacOS X and to GNU/Linux. A Windows port is being worked on.

  
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  Hazel

  Hazel is your personal housekeeper, organizing and cleaning folders based on rules you define. Hazel can also manage your trash.

  Organize your files using a familiar rule interface. Filter on the file's name, type, date, the site or email address it came from and more. And do more than just file. You can set color labels, Spotlight keywords and comments and even archive files. In addition, Hazel can manage your Trash for you, relieving you of having to empty it yourself.

  All this is done automatically in the background allowing you to focus on your real work.

  
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  iBank

  An intuitive full-featured personal and small business financial manager built exclusively for Mac OS X.

  
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  Journler

  Journler is a notebook and entry based information manager. It is simple, it is elegant, it is powerful. Journler is designed to unite text and media in creative endeavor. It offers a place to store your thoughts and ideas while connecting them with media of any kind.

  Journler’s inline media viewer supports audio-video, images, PDFs, WebArchives, websites, email and Address Book contacts. When you’re ready to organize, Journler does entries by date and folder as well tiered folders and smart families with auto-tagging. Journler includes lightning search and on the fly filtering of your entries. There is Spotlight and AppleScript support as well as Mail, iWeb, iPod, and blogging integration. The new Drop Box and JPanel make it easy to get stuff in, while the Lexicon helps you find the relationships between your data.

  Chronicle. Organize. Find. Connect. Journaling is just the beginning.

  
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  KeyCue

  KeyCue helps you to use your Mac OS X applications more effectively. Just hold down the Command key for a while - KeyCue comes to help and shows a table of all currently available menu shortcuts. When you have found the desired shortcut in the KeyCue table, just type it and continue working as usual. The KeyCue window will disappear automatically.

  You no longer need to memorize and remember key combinations, just press the command key and KeyCue tells you what you want to know.

  Over time, you will automatically remember frequently used shortcuts and become a power user of your favorite applications, working much more efficiently.

  
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  LaCie LightScribe Labeler

  LaCie LightScribe Labeler for Mac
  Burn high quality labels from your DVD drive

  * As easy as Burn, Flip, Burn
  * Create customized labels with drag-and-drop ease
  * Exclusive LightScribe Labeling software on Macintosh bundled with LaCie's LightScribe drive

  
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  LaunchBar

  LaunchBar is an award winning productivity utility that provides instant access to your applications, documents, contacts and bookmarks, to your iTunes library, to search engines and more, just by entering short abbreviations of the searched item's name.

  
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  Little Snitch

  Little Snitch is a software firewall that protects your computer against unwanted guests from the Internet. But who protects your private data from being sent out? Little Snitch does!

  Little Snitch informs you whenever a program attempts to establish an outgoing Internet connection. You can then choose to allow or deny this connection, or define a rule how to handle similar, future connection attempts. This reliably prevents private data from being sent out without your knowledge. Little Snitch runs inconspicuously in the background and it can also detect network related activity of viruses, trojans and other malware.

  
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  Logitech Control Center

  The Logitech Control Center (LCC) is designed to support Mac OS X (Leopard, Tiger, Panther), and allows you to take full advantage of your Logitech keyboard, mouse or trackball. The LCC is an easy-to-use tool that gives you access to useful shortcuts and one-key actions that will make your time at the computer or on the Internet more productive, comfortable and enjoyable.

  
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  MacJournal

  MacJournal is the world's most popular journaling software for the Macintosh. Create a personal journal with two level security (password protection and encryption), record daily ideas, manage to do's and export them to multiple file formats, generate blogs to any of the popular blogging services or .mac account. Even record audio and podcast! MacJournal has the power and functionality to do it all.

  
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  MacTheRipper

  The DVD ripping tool for OS X.

  
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  MailTags

  The revolutionary enhancement that transforms Apple's Mail into a powerful email organization system. Add metadata tags such as project, keywords, due date, to your email. Create Smart Mailboxes and perform searches for your tags.

  
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  Microsoft IntelliType

  You can use IntelliType Pro and IntelliPoint software to customize the features of the Microsoft® mouse and keyboard. By using the software, you can reassign mouse buttons and keyboard keys to open a program, file, or Web page. You can also use the software to control the wheel settings, and assign commands and application-specific functions to the mouse buttons and keyboard keys.

  
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  Mindjet MindManager 6

  Great Mindmapping product.
  Just released on Mac OSX.

  
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  Missing Sync for Windows Mobile

  Syncing solution for Windows Mobile 5 smartphones and pocket pcs. Beta and buggy, but works all right.

  
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  Monolingual

  Monolingual is a program for removing unnecessary language resources from Mac OS X, in order to reclaim several hundred megabytes of disk space.

  
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  OmniFocus

  Task management shouldn’t be your full time job. We’ve built OmniFocus to take a load off your mind by managing your tasks the way that you want, freeing you to focus your attention on the things that matter to you most. Finish that novel. Spend more time with your friends and family. Grow your business. Let us worry about keeping your goals and tasks, both personal and professional, in one ordered, easy to access system that you can depend on.

  
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  OmniGraffle 4

  OmniGraffle lets you visualize and communicate graphically - even if you can't draw. A well-designed chart or diagram communicates information far better than words. Available in Standard and Professional editions. Includes Universal support for both Intel and PowerPC-based Macintoshes.

  
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  OmniOutliner Pro

  OmniOutliner Professional is the deluxe version of OmniOutliner, a flexible program for creating, collecting, and organizing information.

  
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  OmniWeb

  OmniWeb is a browser for Mac OS X with a unique way of viewing tabs, specific site preferences, and a whole lotta other stuff.

  
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  OnyX

  OnyX is a multifunction utility for Mac OS X (PowerPC and Intel). It allows you to verify the Startup Disk and the structure of its System files, to run misc tasks of system maintenance, to configure the hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock and of some of Apple's own applications, to delete caches, to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome and more.

  
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  Plaxo

  Plaxo Toolbar for Mac synchronizes your Mac OS X Address Book with your Plaxo Universal Address Book. Wherever you install a Plaxo toolbar, your address book will be consistent and stay up-to-date automatically. You can also access your address book on the web through Plaxo Online.

  
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  Plaxo Uninstaller

  plaxo stuff

  
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  Quicksilver

  Quicksilver is a tool that lets you open programs, documents, contacts, bookmarks, etc.

  Unlike other launchers it also supports other actions, not just opening, like composing a mail to a person, or browsing the iTunes library directly, etc.

  
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  RapidoSerial

  RapidoSerial is an application to store both serial numbers, license files and other related
  informations. Protect your investment of licenses. RapidoSerial is a way to backup them.

  RapidoSerial organizes all your information in a secure location.

  
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  RapidoWrite

  Nice little app to speed up typing. Store abbreviations and sentences and re-use them. Small footprint, free, good.

  
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  RealPlayer

  The Mac OS X version of RealPlayer. Useful for playing RealAudio and RealVideo files.

  • Download and play Flash video
  • PerfectPlay enabled pausing and seeking within live clips
  • Playlist window
  • Play RealMedia, QuickTime, Windows Media, and Flash Video

  
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  ScanSnap Manager

  Enables Mac users to scan with Fujitsu ScanSnap S510M / S500M / fi-5110EOXM scanners.

  
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  Skim

  Skim is a free PDF reading and note-taking app for Mac OS X that is designed to make reading research papers and manuals better.

  Just like in Preview, you can search, scan, and zoom through PDFs, but you also get some custom features for your workflow, like:
  - Adding and editing notes
  - Highlighting important text
  - Making "snapshots" for reference
  - Reading in full screen
  - Giving presentations
  and more.

  
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  Skype

  What we've got is a simple bit of software we want to give you. It'll let you make free calls to your friends all over the world. And we don't want any money for it. It's free.

  You could think of us as the big, free Internet telephony company. We prefer to think of ourselves as a big group hug, even a present. Yes! that's it; we're a present; but without the ribbon.

  
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  Smart Scroll

  Smart Scroll (formerly Smart Scroll X) offers smooth and easy iPhone-like scrolling:

  • Super Scroll makes your scroll wheel or trackpad smoother, faster and more comfortable. And it lets you reverse scrolling on the Mac to match your iPhone. Try it!
  • Grab Scroll gives you a Hand tool to easily move (and "throw"!) any window's contents.

  Other features include Universal Scroll Keys that let you scroll from the keyboard, FileMaker Pro and AppleWorks enhancements, and more.

  
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  SpamSieve

  SpamSieve gives you back your inbox by bringing powerful Bayesian spam filtering to popular e-mail clients. It learns what your spam looks like, so it can block nearly all of it. It looks at your address book and learns what your good messages look like, so it won't confuse them with spam. Other spam filters get worse over time as spammers adapt to their rules; SpamSieve actually gets better over time as you train it with more messages. SpamSieve doesn't delete any messages--it only marks them in your e-mail client--so you'll never lose any mail.

  
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  Speed Download

  Developed exclusively for Mac OS X Tiger and later, Speed Download 4 marks the next generation of powerful and reliable, time-saving download managers. Faster and more secure, more features, easier to use and sporting a new look, this latest Speed Download release sets a new standard for download manager innovation, and is designed to be your central, unified hub for almost all the downloading and file transfer activities you do online.

  Some of the new features include the following:
  - a gorgeous new interface, thanks to the great job done by IconDrawer.
  - a re-engineered 'universal' download engine optimized for maximum performance,
  - a powerful database to manage all your downloads, uploads, and file transfers,
  - a FTP client (with SSL) that satisfies the basic FTP needs of most users,
  - a secure, high performance P2P file sharing utility (with encryption),
  - a high performance utility for downloading web content for offline viewing,
  - .Mac iDisk integration,
  - auto-resuming file transfers all the time,
  - unlimited UNDOs throughout the entire application,
  - smart folder technology,
  - and much more!

  
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  Spirited Away

  Spirited Away (who's namesake is a well-received anime) is a tiny os x app that hides inactive windows on your os x desktop.

  It's a great way for a user to keep focus on their most foreground app.

  I use it to fool everyone around me that I am not ADD.

  
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  StuffIt Expander

  Stuffit Expander is a compression and decompression tool with support for a lot of formats.

  
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  SuperDuper!

  SuperDuper can make a full backup, or "clone" — in moments, you can completely duplicate your boot drive to another drive, partition, or image file.

  
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  Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor

  This is a great program that vikings teach you how to type. Made for all platforms even OS 9, but of course I bought it for osx. It has been worth the money for me.

  
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  TextWrangler

  TextWrangler is BBEdits little brother. You can code HTML or PHP with it. It has multiple file search, syntax coloring, etc.

  
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  Think

  Think allows one single application to be run, full screen at any one time. The idea is for the program to hide all other applications, menu bar, and dock, to aid concentration allowing you to focus on what you are doing and remove all other distractions.

  
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  Toast Titanium

  Roxio Toast® 8 sets the standard for burning CDs, DVDs, and now Blu-ray discs on the Mac. Create superior sounding audio CDs with crossfades. Enjoy your TV shows anywhere with exclusive EyeTV burning and TiVoToGo™ transfers to DVD or iPod®. Copy your audio CDs, movies and DVDs. It's your digital life, Toast It!

  Please note that there is no demo available.

  
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  Tofu

  Tofu is a little application to make reading text easier. It reformats text into narrow columns, like in newpapers, so your eye can follow the lines easier. You can jump to any point in your text by simply typing some letters near it (without choosing any command first). There's a system-wide Service so you can, for example, grab some text from a web page. And it lets you use your voice to navigate text, so you can literally sit back and read.

  
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  TomTom HOME

  Update your TomTom with the latest software and services automatically
  Automatically updates your Safety Cameras (requires a subscription)
  Easily install maps and services
  Easily make and restore backups of your TomTom
  Receive free Traffic Alerts on your computer
  Easily download free services and shop for more
  Use your TomTom through your computer to do the following:
  Prepare your trips on your computer (not supported for NAVIGATOR 6)
  Try out PLUS services (e.g. TomTom Buddies, TomTom Traffic, etc.) that normally require a wireless data connection
  Report Safety Cameras

  
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  Typinator

  Have you ever experienced the tedium and frustration of having to repeatedly type your name, e-mail address, home page url, and other words or phrases again, again and again? Or do you frequently need to quickly insert images like your signature, location plan, or company logo into documents? Do you often introduce errors when retyping standard business text?

  Typinator boosts your productivity and eliminates errors by automating the process of inserting frequently used text and graphics.

  Configuration is easy - You just define abbreviations and their replacement text or picture.

  Usage is even easier - Whenever you type one of these abbreviations in an arbitrary application, Typinator inserts the corresponding replacement.

  Save your time and annoyance and let Typinator type repeating texts and pictures for you.

  You can use Typinator to...
  quickly type greeting phrases,
  set up a list of standard text fragments to be used in e-mail replies,
  insert the current date and/or time in arbitrary formats with a few keystrokes,
  Auto-correct your most frequent typos in all applications system-wide,
  "type" pictures, such as smilies or bullets,
  insert Unicode symbols by typing a few special regular characters (e.g., type "->" to insert an arrow symbol),
  define shorthands for frequently used Unix commands,
  quickly create templates for code fragments, if you are a programmer, and more

  
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  UnRarX

  UnRarX is a Mac OS X Cocoa application that allows you to expand rar archives and restore corrupted or missing archives using par2.

  
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  VLC

  VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

  It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

  It doesn't need any external codec or program to work.

  
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  VMware Fusion

  VMware Fusion is the most seamless way to run Window on your Intel-based Mac. VMware Fusion allows you to run more than 60 ×86 operating systems, such as Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solaris, in virtual machines at the same time as Mac OS X, without rebooting.

  VMware Fusion is built on VMware's rock-solid and advanced desktop virtualization platform that is used by over four million users today.

  It's mature virtualization platform makes it the only virtualization product for Mac OS X that allows for SMP virtual machines (up to 2 cores assigned to a virtual machine), up to 8 GB of memory in a virtual machine, and allows you to use the full 16 GB available in a Mac Pro.

  You can see a demo on YouTube, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIApJMzGzDQ

  
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  WhatSize

  WhatSize is a simple tool that allows the user to quickly measure the size in bytes of a given folder and all subfolders and files within it.

  Use it free as long as you wish or purchase a license for $12.99 to support development and have access to the System Administrator functionality.

  
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  Wikipedia Widget

  [The Wikipedia Widget is] a Dashboard widget for browsing Wikipedia. Search for articles and view from the Dashboard, complete with pictures and links.

  
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  Witch

  Witch lets you access all of your windows by pressing a shortcut and choosing from a clearly arranged list of window titles.

  Moreover, you can use Witch to...

  � Directly access minimized windows without using your mouse

  � Close minimized windows without bringing them to front first

  � Zoom, de-/minimize, and close windows on the fly

  
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  xchm

  xCHM allows to read Microsoft ITSS/CHM format files also known as HTML help files.

  It can show the content tree if one is available, print pages, change font face and size, remember bookmarks, display a searchable index, and search for words in the current page and the whole book.

  
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  Xcode

  Xcode is Apple Computer's integrated development environment for Mac OS X. It includes all the tools you need to create, debug, and optimize your own Universal applications, targeting both Intel and PowerPC platforms. At the heart of Xcode is a graphical workbench that tightly integrates a syntax-highlighting text editor, a robust build control system, a debugger, and the powerful GCC compiler capable of targeting both Intel and PowerPC regardless of host platform.