Alarm Clock
Set the alarm to wake you up to the music of your choice and hit the snooze button with your Apple remote. Plus many more features.
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AntiRSI
Prevents RSI (repetitive strain injury) and other computer related stress by forcing you to take regular breaks, but without getting in the way. It detects natural breaks so it won’t force too many on you.
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Check Off
Menu bar items are just so handy, and here’s another nifty one—a to-do list. Put your items in categories, store extra information about them, give them colour codes, and sync them with your iPod.
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CRON-O-Meter
Stick to your diet with information on more than 7,000 foods, plus the ability to create recipes and chart your biometrics.
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FinderPop
Control-click in the Finder and get a menu with a ton of options.
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FlyGesture
Use pre-defined mouse gestures to invoke actions or chains of actions, similar to Automator.
Genius
Genius is a great little educational tool for memorizing the facts.
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Growl
Programs running in the background can let you know what they’re up to. Example: When a download is finished, up pops a little window to notify you. Growl is configurable to work with the programs you choose.
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iMedia Browser
Access your library of photos, music, videos and bookmarks in the same way Apple does with its iLife apps. Extend its capabilities with plug-ins.
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iRed Lite
Expand the capabilities of your Mac’s remote control so that it works not only with Front Row, but with several other programs such as iTunes or Keynote.
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Masterspell
A series of drills helps you turn your brain into the best spellchecker of all.
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Monocle
Universal search field allows you to choose from a variety of engines, including Google, Wikipedia, Windows Live Search and Yahoo! Search. Or add your own.
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Pathway
Find your way through Wikipedia with a graphical representation of the articles you’ve visited.
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ProVoc: Vocabulary Trainer
More than just flash cards, this app offers a slew of features to help you brush up on a second language. Or specialize in Spanish with Spanish Vocab. Or in French with French Vocab.
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Also try: Spanish Vocab
French Vocab
Quicksilver
This is a cool way of finding and launching files and applications. Unfortunately Quicksilver didn’t always work for me, but you may have better luck. Maybe Butler would work better.
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Skim
A PDF reader with advanced annotation capabilities.
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Spark
If you’re into hot keys, you’ll be hot for Spark. It’s not all that easy to get set up, but you could very well find it worth the effort. With Xkeys, you get to focus on the function keys.
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Stellarium
Gaze with wonder through Stellarium at the night sky constellations from wherever you happen to live on this planet. Then go outside and see the stars as they are. Other cool ways to check out the universe are Celestia and SkyORB.
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Timer
Stopwatch, alarm clock, countdown and clock utility all in one.
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TrailRunner
Plan routes for long distance sports such as running, biking and hiking. It calculates route distances and can export directions into your iPod.
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TypeTrainer4Mac
Back in the old days, I learned to type with a book called Typing Made Easy. I have to admit that book went flying across the room once or twice as frustration levels mounted. If only we had something like TypeTrainer4Mac back then.
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VirtualBox
Run Windows or Linux on your Mac with this open source alternative to Parallells or VMWare Fusion.
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VirtueDesktop
This virtual desktop manager offers plenty of features, eye candy and configurable options. It is based on the more lightweight Desktop Manager.
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Vocab
List words you’ve learned in European languages and see how well you’ve memorized them by plotting a graph.
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wClock
Ever wonder why the menu bar doesn’t display both the day and date? So have I. And it looks like Wolfware not only wondered, but came up with a solution called wClock. Speaking of menu calendars, you also might want to try MenuCalendarClock and MagiCal.
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Weather Vane
Put the current weather in your menu bar and get a five-day forecast by clicking. Works for cities around the world.
