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.

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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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Impromptu

An OSX programming environment for composers, sound artists, VJs and graphic artists with an interest in live or interactive programming.

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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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Also try: Butler

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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Also try: Xkeys

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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Also try: Celestia   SkyORB

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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Also try: Desktop Manager

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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Also try: MenuCalendarClock   MagiCal

Weather Vane

Put the current weather in your menu bar and get a five-day forecast by clicking. Works for cities around the world.

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