Mac OS X (Recommended)

Add a new Mac to your Mac. Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard is packed with over 300 new features, installs easily, and works with the software and accessories you already have. Leopard brings a stunning new look to the desktop, and stacks provides a great new way to keep it clean. See your files right in the Finder and browse through them with Cover Flow. And make distant machines look like they're nearby with the new sidebar and Back to My Mac.

• v10.5 (more info) (purchase info)

Safari (Recommended)

Apple's new web browser. Since it is much faster and easer to use, we are recommending it over Internet Explorer.

• v3.1 (more info)
• 3.1 (more info)

iTunes (Recommended)

Digital music the Macintosh way. iTunes 4 is the world's best digital jukebox for Windows, with the #1 music store inside. With it, you can create your own personal digital music library to manage and listen to your music and audiobook collection, all with drag-and-drop simplicity.

• v7.6 (more info) (purchase info)
• v2.04 (more info)
• v7.6 (more info)

iLife (Recommended)

Never has it been so simple to get so much out of your photos, video, and music--and to share your memories with friends and family. The powerful new Events feature works the same way your memory does, automatically organizing your photos and video by the events where they were taken. The completely reinvented iMovie collects all your video clips in one library where you can make movies in seconds with drag-and-drop ease. GarageBand makes it simple to produce great music, whether you're an accomplished musician or you've never played a note. You can showcase photos and movies online with a few clicks in a .Mac Web Gallery, create stunning websites, photo books, calendars, DVDs, and much more. All with the new iLife '08.

• iLife '08 (more info) (purchase info)

Quicktime (Recommended)

Multimedia player for your OS. Now plays Flash files! Featuring 3GPP and 3GPP2, worldwide standards for the creation, delivery, and playback of multimedia over new, high-speed wireless networks. Built on MPEG-4 and powered by QuickTime, 3GPP and 3GPP2 extend the reach of rich multimedia to a new generation of handheld wireless devices. As the first widely distributed, freely available multimedia technology to deliver both 3GPP and 3GPP2 capabilities, QuickTime enables users all over the world to share 3G content with others via both computers and mobile devices.

• v7.4 (more info)
• v6.03 (more info)
• v7.4 (more info)

.Mac

Your own Mac.com email address and webpage, Virus Protection, Online Backup, 1GB of online storage & more...

• (more info) (purchase info)

Remote Desktop (Recommended)

Allows access to and control of your Macintosh while away.

• v3.2 (more info) (purchase info)

ChronoSync

ChronoSync is an easy to use data management tool that allows you to efficiently synchronize files and folders from one disk location to another. Using the document-based interface, you can easily identify a group of files, specify a destination, then schedule the action to occur as often as necessary. Perform trial syncs and compare files so you always know the status of every file. Filter out specific files and folders using rules and exclusions. Archive deleted files in case you need to restore an older version. ChronoSync monitors the state of all your files so it only copies files that have been changed, keeping your synchronization time to a minimum. Whether you are doing a simple backup or complex synchronization, ChronoSync is flexible enough to handle it.

• 3.3 (more info) (purchase info)

Print Setup Repair (Recommended)

Get you printers printing again! (Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Only) Printer Setup Repair is designed to rectify situations where the Printer Setup Utility will not open, printers cannot be added, CUPS fails to operate, and numerous other errors. Although Printer Setup Repair cannot fix every printing problem, it is capable of resolving most of the common ones. Printer Setup Repair can also be used to delete unwanted printer drivers, remove a build up of spool files, and recreate the /tmp symbolic link.

• 5.1 (more info) (purchase info)

Print Setup Repair (Recommended)

Get you printers printing again! (Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Only)

• 4.2 (more info) (purchase info)

Spotless (Recommended)

Spotless is a simple utility designed to enable and disable Spotlight content indexing of volumes with the click of a button.

• 1.2 (more info) (purchase info)

Print Center Repair (Recommended)

Get you printers printing again! (Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar Only)

• 3.0 (more info) (purchase info)

Print Center Repair

Get you printers printing again! (Mac OS X 10.1 Only)

• 1.42 (more info) (purchase info)

Yojimbo

Now for the first time, Mac users can organize and manage today's onslaught of information, even across multiple computers, with a natural user experience and the reliability expected from Bare Bones Software. Yojimbo revolutionizes information organization for individuals by providing an effortless mechanism to collect, store and find information as needed. An encryption subsystem allows customers to encrypt individual data items for storage, without interfering with ease of retrieval. Yojimbo encrypts data using the secure AES-256 algorithm standard. Its simple, flexible storage system allows for additional, personally-defined organization of data. Support for Mac OS X's Sync Services synchronization provides data portability for .Mac account holders, making irrelevant which computer was used to access, add or modify an item stored in Yojimbo.

• 1.5 (more info) (purchase info)

1Password (Recommended)

1Password is a unique Password Manager and Form Filler for Mac OS X. It makes web browsing more secure and more convenient at the same time.

• 2.5 (more info) (purchase info)

Transmit (Recommended)

The absolute best FTP program available. Need to transfer files to remote computers, including your .Mac account, this is the program that will allow you to do so. Very easy to use, great support and more features than any other FTP program out there.

• 3.6 (more info) (purchase info)

Stuffit Deluxe

Stuffit Deluxe is your complete information management solution! Compress, send, protect and backup your information with even greater speed and efficiency! Enhanced features include strong 512-bit encryption, on-the-fly disk segmentation, robust cross-platform compatibility, and integrated CD/DVD burning! Schedule automatic backups and transfer data and notifications via e-mail or FTP.

• v12.0 (more info) (purchase info)
• v7.0 (more info)
• v11.0 (more info) (purchase info)

Stuffit Expander

Free, award-winning StuffIt Expander™ gives you access to virtually any file you download from the Internet or receive in your email. Expander handles all common compression formats, including .sitx archives created by the new StuffIt X file format. Whether you come across a file compressed on a PC, Mac, or other platform, Expander helps you open it quickly and easily.

• v12.0 (more info)
• v11 (more info)

Flash Player (Recommended)

Multimedia plug-in for your web browser. The Adobe Flash Player displays content created with Adobe Flash such as web application front-ends, high-impact website user interfaces, interactive online advertising, and short-form to long-form animation.

• v9.0 (more info)
• v7.0 (more info)
• v9.0 (more info)

Shockwave Player (Recommended)

The Shockwave Player displays content created with Macromedia Director such as high-performance multi-user games, interactive 3D product simulations, online entertainment, and training applications. By using Xtra extensions, developers can extend the capabilities of the Shockwave Player to play back custom-built applications.

• v10.1 (more info)
• v10.1 (more info)
• v10.1 (more info)

Acrobat Reader

View .pdf documents

• v8.1 (more info)
• v5.1 (more info)
• v8.1 (more info)

Internet Explorer

Web browser

• v7.0 (more info)

Microsoft Office (Recommended)

Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Entourage (Microsoft Exchange version)

• Office 2008 (more info) (purchase info)
• Office 2001 (more info)
• Office 2007 (more info) (purchase info)

Office v.X (Recommended)

Updater

• Update 10.1.9 (more info)

GraphicConverter

View almost any graphic format from any computer platform

• v6.1 (more info)
• v6.1 (more info)

Kerio Mail Server (Recommended)

Secure mail server with access from anywhere. Kerio MailServer™ represents a new generation of mail servers designed for corporate networks. To help combat increasing security threats, Kerio MailServer™ offers a wide range of features to keep email from being intercepted, infected by computer viruses, or sent as spam. Available from S.E.A.L. Systems, email us for a quote.

• v6.5 (more info) (purchase info)
• v6.5 (more info) (purchase info)

Eric's Ultimate Solitaire (Recommended)

The best solitaire program available

• v3.0 (more info) (purchase info)
• v1.0 (more info) (purchase info)

Screen Saver (Recommended)

Looking for a great Screen Saver? Want to help search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence? Then download this Screensaver

• v5.10 (more info)
• v5.10 (more info)

SereneScreen Marine Aquarium (Recommended)

You've seen aquarium programs before, but you've never seen anything like this! Marine Life so vibrant you won't believe your eyes. Indescribable realism! Theses fish are actual 3D Models, not flat images dragged accross the screen.   Use the SereneScreen Marine Aquarium - Mac OS X as a screensaver or as a stand-alone program.

• v2.6 (more info) (purchase info)
• v2.0 (more info) (purchase info)
• v2.6 (more info) (purchase info)

Firefox

The award-winning Web browser is now faster, more secure, and fully customizable to your online life. With Firefox 2, we've added powerful new features that make your online experience even better.

• v2 (more info)
• v2 (more info)