Utilities

1Passwd 3.1.3  shareware $39.95 universal Password manager/form filler integrates with Safari, Firefox, others.
http://agilewebsolutions.com/
Requirements: version 3.10 OSX 10.5 or later, 1Passwd 2.9.21 for Mac OS 10.4 or later, supported browsers on Disk
1Passwd is a state of the art Password Manager that brings you Security and Convenience. 1Passwd provides Anti-Phishing protection and goes beyond just Password Management. It adds Form Filling, AutoFill, and Strong Password Generation functionality all built directly into the most popular OS X browsers. 1Passwd stores all your information within the OS X Keychain, allowing you to store all your confidential information like passwords, credit card numbers and other sensitive data in ONE place. This provides you the best possible Security. Having this information available to you with ONE click from within your browser provides you the best more...possible Convenience. Supported browsers include Safari, Camino, Firefox, OmniWeb, DEVONagent, NetNewsWire, and Flock. Since all your data is in the Keychain, each browser extension can share the same data. This means you never need to manually copy your passwords from browser to browser ever again!

Ajoiner 2.2 Free (universal) File joining app.
Mesa Dynamics, info@mesadynamics.com, http://www.mesadynamics.com
Requirements: Mac OS 10.3.9 or later (PPC) Mac OS X 10.4.6 or later (Intel)
AJoiner is a small, lightweight application for joining split files. These files can be in any format, as long as they use Mastersplitter's naming convention (.001 - .999). AJoiner has several useful options for cancelling join operations if files are missing, automatically deleting segment files, and automatically launching joined files. AJoiner can also use pre-specified join locations, or just join to the same location as the original segments. I use this program to join VOB files (from my DVR) for further processing.

aLaunch 4.0 Free universal Application launcher accessed from your menubar.
http://mactips-lib.net/m/software/alunch/en/main.html
REQUIREMENTS OS10.5 and up. v3.6.5 for Tiger on disk.
It is an application launcher, and is operated via the status menu. You can chose to display icons at 16 pixels - 64 pixels. Files and folders can be registered with aLunch as well. Folders will be opened in the Finder. Different categories can be registered by using groups and separators.

Anacron 3.3 Free universal Auto-runs periodic maintenance scripts.
http://anacron.sourceforge.net/
REQUIREMENTS OS10.4 and up
Anacron runs the periodic daily, weekly, monthly clean up tasks.

AppDelete 3.1.1 shareware $7.99 (universal) Deletes apps and their associated files.
http://reggie.ashworth.googlepages.com/appdelete
Requirements: Mac OS 10.5 or later Version 2.2.3 for Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later on disk
AppDelete will delete the application you choose and any associated items (files and folders) that belong to that application. Now you will no longer have to hunt through your system to find these items and delete them manually. Or worse, just let them sit on your Mac forever even though the application is long gone! 

AppTrap 1.1.5 Free universal Delete all associated files to trashed applications.
http://konstochvanligasaker.se/apptrap/
REQUIREMENTS Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
Delete all associated files to trashed applications. AppTrap does pops up a dialogue asking if you'd like to delete all associated files with trashed applications, allowing for a more complete clean-up of your Mac.

AppZapper 2.0.1 shareware $12.95  Confidently uninstall virtually any application.
http://appzapper.com/
REQUIREMENTS Mac OS X 10.6.2 or later.
AppZapper allows you to confidently uninstall virtually any application as easily as it was installed -- just drag and drop. Drag one or more unwanted apps onto AppZapper and watch as it finds all the extra files and lets you delete them with a single click. A slick safety system remembers which apps you want to keep safe, and the log tracks all the files you've zapped. Put simply, AppZapper is the uninstaller Apple forgot.

Back-In-Time 1.4.8 Demo $29  Easy access to all data backed up by Time Machine.
http://www.tri-edre.fr/english/backintime.html
REQUIREMENTS Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
Back-In-Time... Transcend Time Machine restoration possibilities. Back-In-Time offers an easy access to all the data backed up by Time Machine.
Features that you can do with Back-In-Time only:
	•	Show how many versions of each document are available, and when they were saved.
	•	Show items that were deleted.
	•	Drag and Drop to copy items anywhere.
	•	Open multiple browsers at the same time.
	•	Handle multiple Time Machine disks.
	•	Access Time Machine data from other Macs.
	•	Preview different versions of each document.
	•	Can delete items in Time Machine backups.
	•	And much more...

BatChmod 1.6.2 Free  Change file ownership & permissions.
Renaud Boisjoly, renaud@mac.com, http://macchampion.com/arbysoft
(UNIVERSAL) Requirements: Mac OS X10.5  or later
BatChmod is a Cocoa utility for manipulating file and folder privileges in Mac OS X. It allows the manipulation of ownership as well as the privileges associated to the Owner, Group, or others.

Burn 2.4.1u Free Easily burn data, audio, video disks and more.
http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html
Requirements:Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later, Mac OS X 10.4 is needed for all features.
Burn... There are a lot of ways to approach burning discs. Burn keeps it simple, but still offers a lot of advanced options.
Create data discs with advanced data settings like, file permissions, the disc icon, file dates and more on the fly. Create video and audio discs without worrying about conversion. Create your personalized DVD-Video discs using themes. Recreate discs and disc images you all ready have. Burn doesn't reinvent the wheel, it uses many powerful open source Unix utilities and is also open source.
BurnAgain FS 1.5 trial $22 (universal) Mount CD/DVD like a harddisk volume to add, remove, edit files. (was BurnAgain).
freeridecoding, http://freeridecoding.com
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5 or later, Apple supported CD/DVD writer (internal or Firewire) 1.4 for Tiger on Disk
BurnAgain FS... Usually you cannot burn to a DVD more than once or burn to a CD more than once without creating a volume for each session burned. With BurnAgain FS you can do both. And even more: BurnAgain FS lets you change the content of your data CD or DVD simply using the Finder. With BurnAgain FS you can re-mount your disk like a harddisk volume and add files, remove files, even edit and change files several times. When finished, simply click "close" to burn your changes to the media. You can do this with CDR, CDRW, DVD+RW and DVD-RW, without erasing, until the disk is full. And you can even change the title of your disk prior to each burn.

BurnX Free 1.5 Free Burn CDs with quick drag & drop.
HernanSoft, support@hernansoft.com, www.hernansoft.com
Requirements: Mac OS 10.2.3 or later
This app lets you burn a CD or DVD by dragging and dropping files or folders to the main window, you can use sessions so multiple burns can be done in the same disc (CD only). It also has the ability to erase a CD or DVD.

Carbon Copy Cloner 2.3 donationware Easy-to-use backup/cloning utility.
Bombich Software, mike@bombich.com, http://www.bombich.com/software
Requirements: G3 or faster Mac, Mac OS X 10.2 or later
I still prefer this version for Jaguar through Tiger, although it does have less capabilities. A MUST HAVE FOR ANYONE USING HIS COMPUTER SERIOUSLY. Carbon Copy Cloner (known more conveniently as CCC), lets you make a bootable backup of your Mac OS X hard drive. It also includes a PSYNC features that lets you keep your backup synchonized. This works well through Tiger. Very simple and still my bootable backup software of choice except for Leopard Systems.

Carbon Copy Cloner 3.3.2 donationware Easy-to-use backup/cloning utility.
Bombich Software, mike@bombich.com, http://www.bombich.com/software
Requirements: G3 or faster Mac, Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later - ADDED SUPPORT FOR SNOW LEOPARD
Carbon Copy Cloner is uncrippled 'donationware', the developer suggests a $10 (USD) contribution. In its simplest form, CCC will clone one hard drive to another, copying every single block or file to create an exact replica of your source hard drive. This is very useful if, for example, your laptop is damaged and you must send it in for repair. New features allow more control of what you are cloning. Carbon Copy Cloner... Clone, synchronize, backup. Schedule and forget it. Try it 'til you trust it. CCC can also be used to perform regular backups of your data. When you select a source disk in CCC, you are presented with the contents of that disk (hidden items too). Simply uncheck the more...items that you do not want to backup, and CCC will provide ample indication what will and will not be copied. Select a target disk to which you would like to backup, then press the clone button. The key to a successful backup plan is to actually do the backups regularly. When left to a human, the task often gets tacked on to the end of a very long list of other things to do. When you eventually have a catastrophe, the data is simply gone. You know that feeling -- you just lost six years of family photos. Your kids being born, their first birthdays, their first everything. The answer to this is consistent and regular backups, placed on a schedule and handled automatically by your computer. CCC includes that functionality, and takes it even further.

ChronoSync 4.0.5 demo $40 (universal) Synchronize or backup files.
Econ Technologies, http://www.econtechnologies.com
Requirements: Mac OS 10.3 or later
Automatically synchronize files and folders between your laptop and desktop volumes, or schedule automatic, simple backups of important files. Synchronize files between folders, hard drives, removable media, laptops, file servers, or any computer, not just a Macintosh.

ClamXav 2.0.5 freeware (universal) Virus checker. for non existent Mac viruses.
http://www.clamxav.com
Requirements: Mac OS 10.4 or later (version for 10.3 downloadable) Updated for 10.6
ONLY INSTALL THIS IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLY FORWARDING INFECTED ATTACHMENTS TO PC USERS OR YOUR IT DEPT. MAKES YOU. ClamXav is a free virus checker for Mac OS X. It uses the tried, tested and very popular ClamAV open source antivirus engine as a back end. Back in the days before OS X, the number of viruses which attacked Macintosh users totalled somewhere between about 60 and 80. Today, the number of viruses actively attacking OS X users is...NONE! However, this doesn't mean we should get complacent about checking incoming email attachments or web downloads, for two reasons. Firstly, there's no guarantee that we Mac users will continue to enjoy the status quo, but more importantly, the majority of the computing world use machines running MS Windows, for which an enormous quantity of viruses exist, so we must be vigilant in checking the files we pass on to our friends and colleagues etc. For example, if you're a wise person and you've turned MS Office's macro support off then you're not going to notice that virus which is hiding inside this month's edition of Extreme Ironing.doc which your friend sent you. If you then forward that document to a less wise person who has not turned off the macro support, then you have most likely just sent him a shiny new Pandora's Box with a sign saying "Open this end"!

Cocktail 4.7.4 (Snow Leopard Edition) 4.6 (Leopard Edition) 4.4 (Tiger Edition), 3.7 (Panther Edition), and 3.5 (Jaguar Edition) shareware $14.95 universal General maintenance and optimization utility.
Maintain, info@maintain.se, http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/
Requirements: Mac OS X (various versions) See the folder
Cocktail serves up a scrumptious mix of maintenance tools and interface tweaks, all accessible via a comprehensive graphical interface and toolset. It is a smooth and powerful utility that simplifies the use of advanced UNIX functions. EDITORS NOTE: You need to make sure you have the most current version when using this. Minor OS changes sometimes cause problems.

DeLocalizer 1.1 freeware Removes non-english localization resources.
Bombich Software, mike@bombich.com, http://software.bombich.com/
Requires a G3 or faster Mac and Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
Free up extra space on your hard drive with this OS X utility. DeLocalizer will remove all non-American English localization resources. Localization resources provide the language support for an application—all strings of text that an application uses are defined in a localization file. Mac OS X also includes non-English localization files for people who speak other languages. While this is a wonderful technique for easily bringing applications to other languages, it can use up more space than you may be willing if you plan on using no more than one language. 

DiskAid 3.21 shareware $9.90 universal Use your iPhone or iPod touch as external Disk.
http://www.digidna.net/diskaid/
Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later, iPhone or iPod Touch.
DiskAid is a tool which enables to use your iPhone or iPod touch as external Disk. With DiskAid you can transfer files and folders betwen your iPhone or iPod Touch and your Computer. 

DiskTracker (OS X) 2.4 $30 shareware universal Catalogs files on your disks
http://www.disktracker.com/
Requirements: G3 or faster Mac, Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later. Leopard Tested.  V2.4.1 on disk for Snow Leopard
Portents, support@portents.com, http://www.disktracker.com
This powerful cataloging utility helps you keep track of what’s on your CDs, Jaz disks, Zip disks, external hard drives, iPod, servers, and more. Plus, it features a handy disk labeling system to create and print professional disk labels. A truly excellent program, especially if you have a number of removable media disks. You’ll need this to view the MacAddict disc catalog, which was created with this program. Don’t forget to send in your shareware fee if you use it.

DNS Change Removal Tool Freeware universal Tests and eliminates this OSX Trojan
http://www.securemac.com/
Requirements: OSX System
While RARE it is indeed possible you may have this one. Run this program! It clears it off if you have it and gives you a clean bill of health if not. DNSChanger Trojan Horse (aka RSPlug Trojan) is running wild lately with multiple variants surfacing rapidly and being distributed through more mainstream sites including gamer and technical download sites as well as pornographic and search engine optimized pages resulting in high rankings in search results. What is it? The DNSChanger Trojan Horse, also known as OSX.RSPlug.A and OSX/Puper, and OSX/Jahlav-C, has been found on numerous pornographic websites disguising itself as a video codec. Once downloaded and installed, DNSChanger changes the DNS settings on the computer, redirecting websites entered by the user to malicious sites. If personal information is entered on these malicious websites, it can lead to identity theft. Is DNSChanger spyware? Yes, due to the nature of installation in tricking the user as well as changing the information requested with altered data DNSChanger Trojan Horse is considered a trojan horse as well as spyware.

Dropbox 0.7.110 Freeware universal Online synchronization tool with Finder integration; free 2 GB account
http://www.dropbox.com/
Requirements: OSX 10.4 or later
Note: You must first sign up to use Dropbox. For a free 2GB account with 250MB bonus, click here.
Dropbox is an application that creates a special Finder folder that automatically syncs online and between your computers. It allows you to both backup files and keep them up-to-date between systems. The Dropbox application is available for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. A video on the site explains more.

DVD Player Patch 1.9 Freeware Modifies Apple DVD Player to honor user actions.
Mac OS X 10.3 or later (incl. DVD Player 4.6.5). 
This patch modifies the DVD Player that ships with Mac OS X 10.3 (a.k.a. Panther) or 10.4 (a.k.a. Tiger) so that it always honors user action. This means, you will be able to fast forward even if the movie is trying to prevent you from doing so, forcing you to view boring ads for a minute or two.  Ever watched a foreign country movie with its original soundtrack and being forced to read a poor translation at the same time? You should be able to switch forced subtitles off.  You will also be able to change the audio language on the fly.  You might have heard about this with different words, such as DVD "User Prohibition", UOP, "User Operation Prohibition" or "Prohibited User Operations", a "functionality" that gives the movie's publisher control over your DVD player remote control, deciding which buttons you can use and which you can't. This patch takes that control away from the publisher, and hands it back to you. Don't blame Apple (or your topset player manufacturer) for this, blame the movie industries that enforce this through their license system.  Lastly, this patch also removes the restriction introduced in Mac OS X 10.3.5 where an internal DVD drive is required to run the DVD Player.  This patch is localization independentÂ : while the patching tool it is in English only, once applied, the DVD Player will benefit from it, whatever language you use. 

Ejector 0.8.1 Freeware Universal Eject your iPod via the menu bar (iPodEject).
http://www.jeb.com.fr/en/ejector.shtml
REQUIREMENTS Mac OS X 10.3 or later.
Eject your iPod via the menu bar (iPodEject). Ejector adds an Eject icon to the Mac OS X menu bar. From it you can eject any disks, e.g. an iPod, a CD, a DVD, an USB Key and even a .dmg or a hard disk (including external one). You can then safely disconnect them from your mac. ersion 0.8.1 is a universal binary (it work natively on intel based macintosh)

File Juicer 4.22 Demo $17.95 Universal Extract images, video, or sound from files/folders.
http://echoone.com/filejuicer/
REQUIREMENTS Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later.
File Juicer is a drag & drop can opener and data archaeologist. Its specialty is to find and extract images, video, audio or text from files which are hard to open in other ways. It finds and extracts: JPEG, JP2, PNG, GIF, PDF, BMP, WMF, EMF, PICT, TIFF, Flash, Zip, HTML, WAV, AVI, MOV, MP4, MPG, MP3, AIFF, AU, WMV or text from files which contain data in those formats.

Growl 1.2 Freeware Universal Notification system for OS X apps.
http://growl.info/
REQUIREMENTS Mac OS X 10.5 or later.1.15 verson for Mac OS X 10.4 or later on disk
Growl is a notification system for Mac OS X: it allows applications that support Growl to send you notifications. Notifications are a way for your applications to provide you with new information, without you having to switch from the application you're already in.

Hazel 2.3.7 Demo $21.95 Your personal Mac OS X housekeeper.
http://www.noodlesoft.com/hazel.php
REQUIREMENTS Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Hazel is your personal housekeeper, organizing and cleaning folders based on rules you define. Hazel can also manage your trash and uninstall your applications. Organize your files using a familiar rule interface. Filter on the file's name, type, date, the site or email address it came from and more. And do more than just file. You can set color labels, Spotlight keywords and comments and even archive files. Hazel also cleans, sporting options to clean out incomplete and duplicate downloads. In addition, Hazel can manage your Trash for you, relieving you of having to empty it yourself. All this is done automatically in the background allowing you to focus on your real work.
Henwen 2.1.2 Freeware Network security package runs Snort.  - free Little Snitch Alternative but a bit dated.
http://seiryu.home.comcast.net/~seiryu/henwen.html
REQUIREMENTS Mac OS X 10.2 or later (not for Leopard)
HenWen is a network security package for Mac OS X that makes it easy to configure and run Snort, a free Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS). HenWen's goal is to simplify setting up and maintaining software that will scan network traffic for undesirable traffic a firewall may not block. Everything you need to have is bundled in; there is no compiling or command line use necessary.

HoudahSpot 2.7.2 Demo $25 File search tool based on Apple Spotlight technology.
http://www.houdah.com/houdahSpot/
REQUIREMENTS:10.5.2 version also on disk 10.6 compatible. 1.5.1 for Mac OS X 10.4 or later (FREE
HoudahSpot is the front-end most Spotlight users don't know they're missing. With HoudahSpot your files are at your fingertips. Keep frequently used files within reach. Retrieve the files you didn't know you still had. Create detailed queries to pinpoint the exact file you want to get to. Save queries for direct access to your favorite files.

iBackup 6.7.3 Freeware universal Backup and restore tool.
http://www.grapefruit.ch/iBackup/
REQUIREMENTS Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later. Snow Leopard Tested
iBackup is a simple to use backup/restore utility for scheduled backups of files, folders, applications and your system preferences like the dock, deskop picture, time settings, firewall, Bluetooth and system applications like AddressBook, Mail, Stickies, iChat, iTunes and more. You can edit these preferences settings and add your own. 

iPhone Explorer 1.183 Freeware universal View the files on your iPhone.
http://www.mypodapps.com/
REQUIREMENTS: Leopard OSX 10.5 or later
Phone Explorer... This iPhone browser for Mac lets you view the files on your iPhone. By using a drag and drop interface, you can quickly copy files and folders between your Mac and your iPhone or iTouch. It works with both jailbreaked and non-jailbreaked iPhones and works quickly with a standard USB cable.

LeopardAssist 2.3.3 Freeware universal Install Leopard on some unsupported Macs.
http://mac.profusehost.net/leopardassist/index.html
REQUIREMENTS Mac OS X 10.2 or later (10.4.11 is recommended, can be run from within 10.5).
LeopardAssist is a simple tool to install Leopard on older, unsupported Power Macs. It bypasses the 867 MHz processor check in Leopard install to allow systems that don't meet the requirements to complete installation. It achieves this by temporarily faking the clock speed in the device tree, changing it to 933MHz, and then launching the Leopard Installer. No modified Leopard DVD's, no hardware hacks or tweaks, just a one-time run application.

Little Snitch 2.2.3 Demo $29.95 universal Alerts you to outgoing network connections.
http://seiryu.home.comcast.net/~seiryu/henwen.html
REQUIREMENTS Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Snow Leopard Support
Little Snitch is a software firewall that protects your computer against unwanted guests from the Internet. But who protects your private data from being sent out? Little Snitch does! Little Snitch informs you whenever a program attempts to establish an outgoing Internet connection. You can then choose to allow or deny this connection, or define a rule how to handle similar, future connection attempts. This reliably prevents private data from being sent out without your knowledge. Little Snitch runs inconspicuously in the background and it can also detect network related activity of viruses, trojans and other malware.

Maintenance  freeware universal OS X maintenance utility. A MUST HAVE UTILITY
http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/maintenance.html
1.18 10.4 Tiger version, 1.27 Leopard, 1.32 for Snow Leopard
About Maintenance: A simple Automator Action fused with AppleScript aimed at keeping your Mac running healthy. Features include: Repair Permissions, Verify Preferences, Update Prebindings, Periodic Clean-up, Clean Cache, Update Locate, Whatis, LaunchServices Databases, Rebuild Spotlight Index, Force Empty Trash. Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard Versions on DVD.

MemoryStick 1.5 freeware universal View memory usage.
http://www.tidbits.com/matt/
REQUIREMENTS Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
View memory usage. Memory Stick is a simple utility to view your RAM usage in Mac OS X. Mac OS X uses RAM very intensively, and the amount of stress placed on your RAM can make a huge difference in performance. Yet Mac OS X provides no equivalent to the "About This Mac" display of RAM usage that was present in earlier systems. Thus, you can't even tell whether you've got enough RAM for your daily tasks. The purpose of MemoryStick is to make up for this by providing a graphical display of RAM usage. For detailed information on how to best more...use MemoryStick, select MemoryStick Help in the Help Menu after you launch MemoryStick. Version 1.5: Added Growl support.

MimMac - 1.10 Shareware $10 universal File backup and complete system cloner.
http://www.ascendantsoft.com/
(UNIVERSAL) Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher, Leopard Compatible, tested in Snow Leopard 
Clones, backups, and data synchronization made easy. MimMac is a fast, easy-to-use, and comprehensive backup and cloning utility, designed to make backing up, synchronizing, merging, and cloning your data as painless as possible. With MimMac, there's no need to set up complex scripts, or navigate a bloated interface just to do simple tasks such as running multiple simultaneous operations, or excluding items from your backup operation(s) -- everything is ready at hand in MimMac's straight-forward and compact interface. Gain control of your data. With MimMac's myriad of options, filters, exclusions, and mirroring capabilities, you have complete control.

Monolingual 1.4.3 freeware Universal Remove unwanted OS X language resources.
http://monolingual.sourceforge.net/
REQUIREMENTS Mac OS X 10.5 or later. v1.3.9 works with 10.3.9 and Tiger on disk
Remove unwanted OS X language resources. Monolingual is a program for removing unnecesary language resources from Mac OS X, in order to reclaim several hundred megabytes of disk space. It requires at least Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) and also works on Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger). I don't know about you, but I use my computer in only one (human) language--English. And I'm willing to bet that you do too, albeit perhaps not English. So why do you have a bunch of localization files for the Mac OS X operating system filling up your hard drive? Enter Monolingual -- a handy utility for reclaiming more...your space for more useful things...like international mp3 files, email or whatever you like. Monolingual was written by J. Schrier and I. Stein, and is released under the GNU General Public License. Source code is available. Japanese localization by Takehiko Hatatani, Polish localization by Mariusz Ostrowski, Swedish localization by Joel Arvidsson, German localization and documentation by Alex Thurley and Ingmar Stein, Icon by Adam Betts.

MuchoFileInfo 1.4 freeware Modify files, creator and type.
http://www.muchosoft.com/
REQUIREMENTS PowerPC, Mac OS 8.6 or later, CarbonLib. Works in X.
Modify files, creator and type. MuchoFileInfo is a simple utility, with which you can simply modify your files' creator and type, rename them or make them invisible. 

NameCleaner 2.5.5 Shareware $35 (universal) Manipulate file names to transfer to different platforms.
Sig Software, http://www.sigsoftware.com
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
NameCleaner is an industrial strength utility for Macintosh to manipulate file names and types. It is specially designed to help move files to and from Windows and Unix, including Boot Camp on Intel Macs. NameCleaner is very fast, focused on cross platform needs and has been extensively field tested for renaming between Macs and PCs. It has tens of thousands of users in some of the world's biggest companies, universities and government agencies.

OmniDisk Sweeper 1.7.2 Freeware universal Quickly find/delete big, useless files; now free.
http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnidisksweeper/
Requirements: Mac OSX  10.4 or later.
OmniDiskSweeper is a utility for quickly finding and deleting big, useless files and thus making space on your hard disks. It makes this easy by highlighting the biggest files on your disks, and by noting which files are used by the system, so you don't accidentally delete important files.

Onyx Freeware universal OS X maintenance & optimization tool.
http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs/english/apps.html
Requirements: Mac OSX - Versions for Jaguar through Snow Leopard on DVD.
OnyX is a multifunction utility for Mac OS X. It allows you to verify the Startup Disk and the structure of its System files, to run miscellaneous tasks of system maintenance, to configure the hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock and of some of Apple's own applications, to delete caches, to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome and more.

Peek-a-Boo 2.8.2 trial $19.95 universal System process viewer.
Clarkwood Software, rambunctious@clarkwoodsoftware.com, http://www.clarkwoodsoftware.com
Requirements: Mac OS 10.4 or later
Prioritize your Mac’s processes. This utility will allow you to monitor and adjust how CPU time is allotted. If you constantly run many applications at once, this may help your Mac process more efficiently.

Process Wizard 1.18 freeware Renice processes in OS X.
http://www.lachoseinteractive.net/en/products/processwizard/
REQUIREMENTS Mac OS X 10.1 or later.
Process Wizard is a menu hack that allows you to access to all the processes of your system (applications, background applications, user processes, non user processes) and to change their priority (Unix nice value). Ctrl-Click on a process to kill it.

Quicksilver 58 freeware universal Application launcher and much more.
http://quicksilver.en.softonic.com/mac
REQUIREMENTS Mac OS X 10.5 or later. An older, Version for Mac OS X 10.4-10.5 available here.
Application launcher and much more. Quicksilver is a unified, extensible interface for working with applications, contacts, music, and other data. Anyone using a computer (and the Macintosh is no exception) spends a lot of time locating files and applications, and then carrying out actions on those items. The Finder is a reasonably good tool for getting a visual overview of the contents of your disk, but it isn't ideal for quickly locating and manipulating files, especially if you have a deep and complicated folder structure, or if you prefer keyboard navigation to using the mouse. Quicksilver allows you to find what you need quickly more...and easily, while keeping your hands on the keyboard. For example, if you want to launch an application hidden in the depths of your file system, simply activate Quicksilver with a keystroke, type a few letters of the application's name, then hit Return or Enter to launch it. When you don't need Quicksilver, it keeps out of your way, preserving precious screen real estate, and yet you can summon it instantly with a key stroke - just like Mercury the winged messenger. Actually, Roman mythological texts are remarkably silent on whether Mercury could be summoned with a key stroke, but it would have been great if he could. Quicksilver will certainly make you feel as if you have god-like powers. Quicksilver indexes and parses selected parts of the contents of your hard drive in the Catalog, so that it locates and displays the items matching your search really quickly. If you are a programmer or an uber-geek, you will be glad to know that you can extend and customise Quicksilver until it does exactly what you want it to. The modular structure also means that the application will never be bloated: You only load the modules that you find useful. Corrects some visual glitches on Leopard. Fixes shelf/clipboard behavior in Leopard. Fixes For Plug-ins and App update.

rEFit 0.14 freeware universal - EFI maintenance and boot menu toolkit.
http://refit.sourceforge.net/
Requirements: Intel Mac, Mac OS X 10.4 or later
rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based machines like the Intel Macs. You can use it to boot multiple operating systems easily, including triple-boot setups with Boot Camp. It also provides an easy way to enter and explore the EFI pre-boot environment.

RsyncX 2.1 shareware - Comprehensive file management utility. Make Synchronized and bootable backups
http://archive.macosxlabs.org/rsyncx/rsyncx.html  Email RsyncX comments to rsyncxdev@umich.edu.
Requirements: PowerPC, Mac OS X 10.1.5 or later
RsyncX is an implementation of rsync with HFS+ support and configuration through a command line (Terminal) or graphical user interface. This release will not overwrite the existing version of rsync, and is completely compatible with all versions of rsync within the 2.6.0 protocol accepted range.

SimplyDisk 2.1.1 Shareware $19.95 universal Create fully customized disk images.
http://www.oaksoft.net/
REQUIREMENTS Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
SimplyDisk allows you to create fully customized Disk Images quickly and easily. If you want to distribute any kind of products in disk images, SimplyDisk saves you the tedious process of specifying the background image, the volume icon, the window presentation and more... You can also add a Software License Agreement, which will be displayed when the disk image mounts.
Set up the options. Create the disk image with a single-click, and convert it with another click. It's that easy!
SmallScreenX 2.3 freeware universal Simulate screens of lower resolutions.
http://osx.iusethis.com/app/smallscreenx
REQUIREMENTS Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
Simulate screens of lower resolutions. SmallScreenX is a Cocoa version of the old "Small Screen" utility for the old Mac OS (written by Daniel Schaerer many years ago), SmallScreenX is an indispensable tool for simulating screens of lower resolutions. It is particularly handy for web design, to ensure websites are usable for users with small screens. Version 2.3: Universal Binary

SmartBackup 2.5.3 shareware $22 (universal) Daily backups with Spotlight integration (was SyncupX).
by: freeridecoding.net
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6
SmartBackup is the ideal application for lightweight daily backups. Want to backup only the purchased songs out of your itunes music library? just create a "saved search" listing all protected AAC files and add this saved search to syncupx via drag&drop or the "add" menue. done. syncupx will backup all your purchased songs at the next backup. using the power of spotlight you can easily define a complete new kind of backup sets like "all jpeg files" etc.

Spotless 3.0 shareware  (universal) Enable/disable Spotlight auto-indexing for 10.6, 10.5 version available.
Fixamac Software, info@fixamac.net, http://www.fixamacsoftware.com
Requirements: Mac OS 10.5 or later. 10.4 version downloadable, 10.6 version downloadable
Spotless is the ultimate Spotlight content index manager which puts content indexing control right where is should be: back in the hands of the user.

SuperDuper 2.6.2 trial $27.95 (universal) Advanced disk cloning/recovery utility.
Shirt Pocket, http://www.shirt-pocket.com
Requirements: Mac OS 10.4 or later, 10.6 compatible
SuperDuper is an advanced, yet easy to use disk copying program. It can, of course, make a straight copy, or "clone" -- useful when you want to move all your data from one machine to another, or do a simple backup. In moments, you can completely duplicate your boot drive to another drive, partition, or image file. Clones for safety. To ensure you can safely roll back a system after the unexpected occurs. With a few clicks, you can easily "checkpoint" your system, preserving your computer's critical applications and files while you run on a working, bootable copy

SyncTwoFolders 1.6.6 Free universal  Syncs two user-specified folders.
http://tcfj.pagesperso-orange.fr/site/Prg_AutresRB.html
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or later, Intel version on website.
SyncTwoFolders simply synchronizes two folders.

USB OverDrive X 3.0.1 shareware $20 universal  USB driver handles most mice, trackballs, other input devices.
Alessandro Levi Montalcini, support@usboverdrive.com, http://www.usboverdrive.com
(UNIVERSAL) Requirements: Mac OS 10.4 or later
USB Overdrive is a universal USB driver that handles all USB mice, trackballs, joysticks and gamepads from any manufacturer and lets you configure them either globally or on an application-specific basis. It reads all kinds of wheels, buttons, switches and controls and supports scrolling, keyboard emulation, launching and complex macros as well as all the usual stuff like clicking, control-clicking and so forth.

World Clock Deluxe 4.7 shareware $19 universal Dock, menu bar, or floating palette clock.
MaBaSoft, info@mabasoft.net, http://www.mabasoft.net
Requirements: Mac OS 10.3.9 or later. Snow Leopard Compatible.
World Clock Deluxe is a powerful but easy-to-use time tool. With World Clock Deluxe, you can display multiple clocks in a horizontal or vertical palette, in the menubar, and in the Dock; show Coordinated Universal Time and Internet Time; assign labels and colors to clocks; calculate date and time conversions across different time zones; and show the current weather all over the world.

Youpi Optimizer 2.0.1 freeware universal Delete resources for extra HD space.
http://youpi-optimizer.en.softonic.com/mac
REQUIREMENTS Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
Delete resources for extra HD space. Youpi Optimizer is an application which enables you to delete resources localized in unused languages, and then free disk space. You can gain more than 100 MB of free space with a standard Mac OS X installation. Version 2.0.1: this version is a unique build for both Power PC and Intel based Mac .