#15. AppFresh So, now that you have downloaded apps 25-16, you’re going to need a way to keep these applications up to date.  To do this, you can launch the applications and check for updates on each one individually, or use AppFresh.  This application updates widgets, applications, preference panes and Apple updates.  It also integrates in nicely with your [...]

#19. Caffeine This is a small application, in both size and functionality, but I have found invaluable.  Using a MacBook Pro one of the things that bothers me is how often and how frequent the monitor dims and the computer goes to sleep.  However, sometimes, while not at the computer I want the computer to fall [...]

#20. VirtualBox VirtualBox is a OpenSource alternative to running Windows on your Mac. This isn’t BootCamp. No, this is similar to Parallels or VMware Fusion, without the price tag! Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT [...]

#22. Last.fm Last.fm is one of those applications that once you use it, you really understand how cool it is.  It’s basically a great music station on your computer.  Gives you the ability to scrobble your tracks, share your music taste, listen to personlised radio streams, and discover new music and people.  By typing in a [...]

I download and try almost any application I can get my hands on.  Over the next 25 days I decided to create a list of the best free mac applications that have survived getting deleted from my machine.   The first app is #25 on the list and it’s SuperDocker.  This is a great application [...]