Ok, so I am maybe not the amazing digger-upper of software that I might appear to be…a bunch of this list (but not all) is available by going and buying the MacHeist Bundle. It is seriously worth every bit of $50 (actually it is worth $250…I didn’t list every piece of software in the bundle, but it all deserves a woOhoO!) and the funds go to charity. How amazingly rad is that? MAC BUDDIES: GO BUY IT. (No one is paying me to say this.)
Onward.
- CandyBar 3 by Panic Software: Change up your icons ….all of them. Easily. No pain. Promise. ($29)
- WriteRoom by Hogbay Software: Gorgeous minimalist word processing. It’s very Doogie Howser. (You want it more now, don’t you?) ($24.95)
- Cha-Ching by Midnight Apps: Nothing like it out there….period. Great finances management…includes a budget builder. ($40)
- Overflow by Stunt Software: I am on the macbook right now, which has limited screen real estate. My dock was getting out of hand. Enter Overflow…ahhhh. Tidy. ($14.95)
- Wallet by Waterfall Software: My bank is so tired of me calling to have my password reset. It has to be ultra secure with letters and numbers. I can never remember it…now I don’t have to! Also very handy to store all the new serial numbers you get with the MacHeist Bundle (gobuyit). ($14.95…can you see what a good deal the bundle is yet?)
- Awaken by Embraceware: I used to have something sort of similar like this on my iMac (Mr Wednesday Sr. RIP). It was so lovely to go to sleep to music, have the computer shut itself down, and then have the computer wake itself up to play me more music. ($12.95)
- AdiumX: If you’re not chatting with Adium you’re missing out. Very customizable. Very friendly. Very good. (FREE)
- CSS Edit by Mac Rabbit: Web designers…If you don’t have the budget for Dreamweaver or the patience for pico, you need to consider CSS Edit. It is highly intuitive and delightful to use. (Around $50)
- Coda by Panic Software: Have a little more money in your web development software budget? Maybe you’d like to take a look at Coda. Maybe you’d like to buy me something off of my wishlist. I think the former is more likely than the latter, and that is ok because Coda deserves your attention. I can’t put it any better than their site does:
Text editor + Transmit + CSS editor + Terminal + Books + More = Whoah.
introducing coda. grow beautiful code. - Font Explorer X by Linotype: If you are like me (and you probably are, otherwise why are you reading?) you are a font SLUT. This is a really good thing when you’re laying out something and know your fonts like the back of your hand. Not so good for your system when it has to drag it’s butt through your 9000 fonts. FontExplorerX TO THE RESCUE. FontBook whimpers in shame. Activate and deactivate font on the fly without (usually) restarting your programs. Create font “playlists” for clients or projects. (FREE)
- Computer Cuisine Deluxe by Inaka Software: Have a gazillion recipes in your repertoire? Computer Cuisine Deluxe is going to be your buddy (if you like typing…it is probably obvious that I do.) Runs on the Mac or Windows platform. ($19.95)
Get anything? What did you like? Anything you didn’t like? (let me know. :: points to the comments :: )
astoundingly good post. like the new layout as well.
*golf clap*