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Mac Organizer Freeware

Anxiety

Quite possibly the coolest to-do list ever. A translucent window floats above your work, allowing you to add to-do items. The items automatically sync with your lists in Mail and iCal. Leopard only.

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BirthdayBook

Get a customizable popup message to remind you of birthdays and anniversaries. Lots of features.

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Books

Sort, store and search your library of books by title and author. A nice interface makes for a smooth experience as you keep track of all your reading.

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Caboodle

Organize text and pictures into categories of your choosing with a simple drag and drop. Find them later with live search.

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Cashbox

Have you got a hole in your pocket where the money runs out? Cashbox might not plug the hole, but at least you’ll be able to keep better track of your finances.

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Also try: iCompta

Do It

Manage categorized to-do lists with the option of linking each item to a file on your computer, a URL or a contact from your address book, which can be opened directly from the Do It window. Items can be set as reminders in iCal.

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DVDTheque

Catalog your movie collection using a wide array of options.

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iGTD

Sort tasks by project, priority, due date and, in the getting-things-done spirit, by context.

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Jumpcut

Save up multiple snippets of text and paste them at will from the menu bar or from a translucent display invoked by a keyboard shortcut. KoopClip works in a similar manner.

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Also try: KoolClip

MacJournal

MacJournal is a great way to file away snippets of information or organize or thoughts. You could even use it as a journal, and publish your thoughts to a blog. This program recently went commercial, but there is still a freeware version available — it’s just not being developed any more.

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Measuring Cup

Organize a database of recipes by category.

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Also try: Yum

MindNode

A simple and intuitive interface for creating visually appealing mindmaps. Multiple maps can be made on one canvas.

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Minuteur

Keep track of the passage of time with this combination egg timer and stop watch. Very nice design.

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MyMind

I don’t know much about outliners, but at first glance MyMind seems to be pretty good. And if that’s not what you had in mind, there’s always FreeMind. Another one that may be more to your liking is Idea Knot.

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Also try: FreeMind   Idea Knot

Namely

Activate Namely with a shortcut, then start typing part of an application’s name to see a list of matches. Pick the one you want and launch it. Over time, Namely learns your most-used apps.

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Notational Velocity

Nodeless note-taking with instantaneous incremental searches and full access from the keyboard.

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Palm Desktop

Keep track of contacts, appointments, to-do lists and memos in a single, integrated application. Palm Desktop synchronizes with a Palm handheld, but you can use it without.

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PandoCalendar

PandoCalendar is frequently recommended and I can see why — it’s quite well done. But I still prefer iCal.

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Pastor

Pastor is a password-protected spot to stash serial numbers, passwords and the like. Once I got started, I was amazed at how many I had. Now they’re all in one, easy-to-find place instead of all over the place.

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PTHPasteboard

Keeps track of the last 20 (changeable in preferences) items that you copied or cut and allows you to paste them at any time.

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Punakea

Use tags to organize your files, relate them to one another and set priorities for getting things done.

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RapidoSerial

Store serial numbers, passwords and other important information with colourful drag and drop.

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Schoolhouse

Sort and organize your assignments, exams, and projects quickly and easily. Publish assignments to the web automatically for anyone to subscribe to. Chart scores over the course of the term.

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Sidenote

Here’s an amazing little program that allows you to organize all those miscellaneous notes that don’t seem to have anywhere else to go. Sidenote has lots of features and a spiffy interface.

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SketchBox

A version of Sticky Notes with tabs revealing layers for text, drawings and alarm clock reminders. Arrange all your notes in thumbnail view or store them as searchable text.

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SpendThrift

Rob Colonna built this simple, personal finance app for himself, and he’s making it available for everyone. Just be careful. If you find a bug, he’ll likely be able to fix it. But maybe not.

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TinyAlarm

Set your Mac to make the sound-alert of your choice at whatever time you want — just like an alarm clock — with this menu item.

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Voodoo Pad Lite

Create your own little world wide web with hyperlinks to every bit of information you can imagine. Voodoo Pad Lite works the way you think. If you like the idea of own little WikiWikiWeb, look at WikiNotes.

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Also try: WikiNotes

xPad

Keep snippets, notes, pictures and other random items organized by category.

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