Useful "Little" Mac Programs

I've been using the Macintosh since 1988, when I switched from an AT&T computer with two floppy drives (no hard drive) running DOS. Still makes me cringe. Suddenly I found myself with a huge hard drive (40 gigs!), a mouse, and a wonderful graphical user interface. In those days, the Mac was way way WAY ahead of the PC world (and still is, BTW).

While I've always used the heavy-duty programs (Photoshop, Pagemaker, Word, PowerPoint, etc.), a number of very useful utilities and miscellaneous programs have come and gone. Right now, here are some of the "little" programs that I find useful.

  • DefaultFolder makes quick work in dialogue boxes.
  • iTunesRating, a menubar item, lets me rate songs while working in other programs.
  • BBEdit, for writing and editing blog posts (I'm using it now), and writing and editing HTML. Will read most any text file.
  • Fetch, my FTP program. I've tried bunches of others, but always prefer Fetch. Especially the integration with BBEdit.
  • Databackup, for backing up my stuff.
  • Disclabel designs and prints DVD/CD labels.
  • Dragthing, a launcher, stays on tbe left side of my screen.
  • FontAgentPro keeps my zillions of fonts organized.
  • Microsoft Expression Media (formerly iView) for viewing gobs of photos (when I don't want to import them into iPhoto).
  • SnapzProx takes my screenshots.
  • ThumbsUp (freeware) is great for making thumbnails.
  • Art Directors Toolkit continually helps me out in Photoshop and Dreamweaver.

Got any other little program that have stood the test of time for you?

Posted on November 1, 2007 11:10 AM|

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