From the article: Tom’s Budget Software Picks
Each week I pick a software application that meets our goals for quality software with extraordinary value. I would like to hear from you, our About: Macs readers. Please nominate your favorite software applications in any of the following categories: utilities, games, productivity, development, education, graphics, and multimedia. Feel free to nominate multiple applications in multiple categories. I'll gather your nominations and look at each application. One of your favorites just may end up being selected as a Tom's Budget Software Pick. Software Nomination
software nomination
- Launchbar is the most complete launch and keystroke utility simplifying and speeding up almost every action you can imagine, as well as adding capability. View, access and manipulate almost anything on your Mac with one or two keystrokes. I couldn't work without it.
- —urippa
software vote
- MacFamily Tree I realize it's the Only family tree program for the Mac but it has made some recent updates that make it more user friendly, and if emailed a question the developer responds with an answer quickly.
- —lgdsmom
Tembo
- Tembo really makes finding files as easy as it should be.
- —Guest Peter
iPassword & Quicksilver
- My favorite low cost application is 1 password, I use it as often as any other application on my Mac. The producers keep it up to date and the auto downloads are free and timely. I have gotten so used to it, I couldn't do without it. It is the best password manager out there. Quicksilver is the very best free app on my Mac. I don't even know what to call it but it will pull up folders or applications almost instantly and keeps my dock from getting microscopic. I use it constantly.
- —Guest Kenneth Vestal
SpeedyMac from ALTOMAC
- I tried Blast, as your web site recommends it: but I didn't like it - much too 'fussy' for my taste. I have since discovered SpeedyMac from ALTOMAC www.altomac.com, a similar program that lists recently opened files, folders etc. - but in my humble opinion much better. For me now an essential utility. Try it and see if you agree.
- —Guest Peter Coode
SuperDuper
- My favorite low cost backup solution. There are others that are low cost or free as well, but I feel that this product fills the need a little bit better than the competition. The author is extremely responsive, (within minutes by email), to support and other issues within the realm of backup and the Mac. I am willing to pay a few bucks just to have access to this superior knowledge-base related to Mac backup issues.
- —HarryO53
CCC CarbonCopyCloner
- CCC is unmatched in WinWorld. Nothing Windows can back up the OS; only data. When a Mac OS or drive is damaged or crashes, your CCC backup can restore to a new drive in minutes, WITH all your data! And it's FREE! (DonationWare) http://www.tucows.com/preview/291721
- —Rodgerick
print shop
- I enjoy making custom cards, signs, banners, stationery, etc. Great graphics!
- —joysand4
KeyQue
- My favorite is KeyQue, showing all available shortcut keys in any program at any time by just holding down the apple-button for 2 seconds.
- —Guest Midgard
Skitch
- Absolutely the best free screen capture software ever invented.
- —Marziah
my selection..
- 1. NotationalVelocity 2. ImageTool 3. Vienna 4. Noted 5. ClipMenu 6. AppCleaner 7. Stainless and Sunrise(browsers)
- —snappir
Remember?
- Written by Dave Warker (http://warker.com/). Remember? is an occasion management app which I have been using for over 15 years. It has become an invaluable tool for keeping track of my daily, weekly, monthly and annual appointments, tasks, events and personal occasions (birthdays, etc.). It's there when needed and out of the way when it's not needed.
- —albertfrank
Fruitmenu
- -a system preference from Unsanity. I hate the dock and this is a replacement for it which is vastly superior.
- —Guest Robin Fairchild
WindowDragon
- WindowDragon was created because it is often inconvenient to click on a window's title bar or resize button to move and resize windows. WindowDragon allows a window's entire structure to be used as move or resize zone. In other words, WindowDragon makes it possible to move or resize a window by clicking anywhere within that window. Additionally, WindowDragon allows you to resize a window from any corner, and it allows you to drag all of an application's windows in tandem.
- —Guest Sequitur
OCR for text-to-speech
- I had patch over one eye for several days and went looking for some software to read documents via the built-in Mac Speech. It is mostly very expensive. However Velocraptor is a neat little OCR utility that simply converts a scanned image file to PDF. A few keystrokes an the Mac text-to-speech will read it to me http://www.velocraptor.com/index.html I also use Graphic Converter daily. I have wriiten some Applescript that grabs a snapshot of a portion of the screen and dumps it in Graphic Converter for processing: http://idisk.mac.com/mpaineau-Public/snap2GC.scpt
- —Guest Michael Paine
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