Useful apps for mac osx

Tune up

• Speed Up Your Mac: Turn Off OS X Dashboard To Instantly Free Up RAM
• OS X Mavericks Has Hidden Wallpapers, Here’s How To Access Them
• smcFanControl

Migrate

• New Mac? Don’t Waste Time Installing Free Software; Use GetMacApps Instead
• Switching from Windows to Mac: What I learned:
  • Airmail
  • Twitter for Mac (win: Metrotwit)
  • Bartender (toolbar)
  • Anvil (multiple dev site on local host)
  • Sublime Text 3 (text editor)
  • Brackets (html editor)
  • Transmit (ftp/cloud client)
  • Cloudup, CloudApp (file sharing)
  • Parallels 9
  • dotfiles
• FreeRDP

The 11 Best Apps For Getting The Most Out Of Your Mac

1. Alfred (free) lets you do most common tasks on your Mac without ever taking your hands off of the keyboard.
   This one’s a no-brainer. Without ever having to click into an app, Alfred lets you find apps or files on your Mac, search the web, search your iTunes library, look at things you’ve previously copied to your clipboard, or send an email within seconds.
2. VLC plays most audio and video file formats that you might come across.
   Don’t waste time looking for format-specific apps or plug-ins — VLC can play pretty much anything you throw at it.
3. NameChanger (free) lets you quickly rename batches of files.
   If you take lots of photos on a standalone camera, NameChanger is a great way to quickly give your photos understandable names so you don’t have to deal with hundreds of files with names like “IMG_371.”
4. Bartender ($15) lets you clean up your menu bar and arrange it as you see fit.
   If you take advantage of lots of apps and utilities on your Mac, your menu bar can get rather cluttered. Bartender lets you put some of those icons away until you actually need to access them.
5. F.lux (free) adjusts your screen’s colors to match the time of day in order to reduce eyestrain.
   F.lux is perfect for those mornings when you have to get to work before the sun comes up. Instead of squinting for the first twenty minutes, you can open your laptop to a warmer, more comfortable screen.
6. Clear ($9.99) is the simplest way to create ordered lists of things you need to do.
   The interface couldn’t be simpler: dark colors mean higher priority. All you have to do is type in what you need to do (or any other list of things you might need to remember) and then quickly arrange them by order of importance.
7. Cobook Contacts ($9.99) integrates social media with your Mac’s contact database to make it way more useful.
   Can’t reach someone via phone or text? With Cobook installed, you’ll instantly have several other ways of reaching out to them via social media. Plus, it adds all of that to the same database that iCloud uses, so it’ll be synced over to your iPhone and iPad as well.
8. Fantastical ($19.99) takes all of the effort out of scheduling something on your calendar.
   It lets you quickly add items to your calendar with a keystroke and a few key details. A few days with Fantastical and you’ll find that keeping yourself on schedule starts to become second nature.
9. Pixelmator ($29.99) is the best alternative to Adobe Photoshop that won’t break the bank.
   Whether it’s for photo editing or graphic design, Adobe’s Photoshop is overpriced for what your average user will be able to do with it. For occasional image editing, you can’t do better than Pixelmator for the money.
10. TextExpander ($34.95) lets you create keystrokes that stand for longer phrases that you commonly use.
    With only a few of these phrases saved, you’ll find you save a ton of time writing things like emails or responses to instant messages.
11. 1Password ($49.99) creates incredibly strong passwords and remembers them for you.
    It’s easier and safer than keeping them on a sticky note or in a text file somewhere on your computer.

This Year’s 20 Must-Have Mac OS X Utilities

1. 1Password ($49.99)
2. Fantastical ($19.99)
3. ClipMenu (free)
4. aText ($5)
5. FlexiGlass ($9.99)
6. Bartender ($15)
7. RescueTime (free)
8. Uberlayer ($3.99)
9. Alfred (free)
10. Renamer ($19.99)
11. CleanMyMae 2 ($39.95)
12. Keyboard Maestro ($36)
13. Breaktime ($4.99)
14. Evernote (free)
15. Skitch (free)
16. Droplr (free)
17. Google Drive (free)
18. Dropbox (free)

 Must-have Mac utilities for Yosemite

• SnagIt ($49.95) – take screenshots. Grab – comes with system. SnapNDrag.
• Caffeine (Free) – to stop your Mac from going to sleep 
• Mountain ($5.99) – works with volumes
• DiskWarrior 4 ($99.95) – works not by patching corrupted directories but by creating new ones, and it verifies that the replacement is error-free before saying the job is done.
• AppCleaner (FREE) – scans your system, removing all traces of uninstalled and unwanted apps.
• iStat Menus ($16) – an advanced Mac system monitor, covering an enormous range of stats.
• Temperature Gauge Pro ($14.99) – a complete overview of system temperatures, but also allows to set temperatures at which the system fans kick into high gear.
• ForkLift 2 ($29.95, apple store $19.99) – file manager and FTP + SFTP + Amazon S3 + WEBDav client.
• BetterSnapTool – to resize open desktop windows in prearranged options.
• Cyberduck (FREE)
• OnyX (FREE)