What free applications should I install on my Mac?
Here are some of the most pouplar free applications you might want to install to your Mac:
Great To Have
- Adobe Flash - Required to play some online media content
- Adobe Reader - Occasionally useful when Preview fails
- Firefox - Keep an alternative web browser around in case Safari has issues
- VLC - Allows you to play a few video and audio formats that your built-in software won't handle
- Perian - Solves most of the "file type not supported" issues in QuickTime to allow you to play more audio and video formats
Nice To Have
- Stuffit Expander - Unzips file types like .TAR
- Skitch - Makes taking screen shots and marking up graphics a breeze
- Dropbox - Sync your files between multiple devices so you always have the documents you need, 2 GB of storage is free (which is plenty for day-to-day documents)
- Evernote - Extremely popular way to save notes, web pages, and more. Can sync between mutliple computers and your mobile devices so you always have them with you.
You Might Want
- Adobe Air - Allows you to run some third-party applications
- Chrome - Google's web browser
- Skype - Popular voice and video-conferencing application for Mac & Windows users
Published November 1, 2011 5:40 PM
Last modified on November 2, 2011 10:18 AM
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