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| Mint |
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The best free replacement for Quicken
or Microsoft Money. It grabs your credit card and bank transactions
and automatically categorizes them for you. Sends email reminders
when bills are due. I prefer spreadsheets over Mint to predict
future balances. |
| PocketSmith |
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Personal financial management website
concentrating on future expenditures. |
| Google Docs |
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Document, spreadsheet, and presentation software. |
| Open Office |
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Document, spreadsheet, and presentation software. |
| Neo Office |
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Document, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing and database software. |
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| Internet |
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| Adobe
Reader |
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Read documents in this standardized
format (PDF). |
| Chrome |
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Web browser. I'm using Chrome more than Firefox. I'm not sure why. |
| Firefox |
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Web browser. Has more customization than Chrome. |
| FluidApps |
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Turn each web page into its own app. If
the web browser crashes, your dozens of open web pages don't all
crash with it. |
| Gmail |
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Online email. I don't have to
worry about if I'm at home, at work, on a PC, or on a Mac. |
| Google
Toolbar |
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Web pop-up ad stopper, quick search
feature for Internet Explorer or Firefox. Use Internet Explorer
to download the IE version. Use Firefox to download the Firefox
version. |
| Opera |
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Web browser. |
| Thunderbird |
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E-mail program. I prefer
Gmail or
Yahoo!. |
| Yahoo! Mail |
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Online email. I don't have to
worry about if I'm at home, at work, on a PC, or on a Mac. |
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| IM/Web Cam |
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| Adium X |
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Popular chat client with support for
AIM, Yahoo, MSN, Jabber, etc. No video chat. |
| QNext |
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All-in-one instant messaging (Qnext,
MSN, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, iChat and Jabber), music streaming,
photo and file sharing, voice over IP, video conferencing, drag and
drop file transfers, online games and remote PC access with application
sharing. Up to 8 way voice chat and 4 way video chat. |
| Skype |
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Free computer to computer phone calls with
video conference capability. |
| Yahoo
Messenger! |
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Instant messaging software with video
conference capability. |
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| Chrome Add-ons |
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| AdBlock |
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Blocks ads. |
| Auto Copy |
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The highlighted text in a web page is automatically copied and ready for pasting into something else. |
| Explain and Send Screenshots |
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Copy some or all of the web page including what you can't see. |
| ForecastFox |
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Weather forecasts from AccuWeather.com. |
| Google Mail Checker Plus |
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Icon changes if you have a new email in your G-Mail account. |
| LastPass Password Manager |
Yes |
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User IDs and passwords stored in Chrome are not secure. LastPass is secure. Synchs user IDs and passwords to all of the computers using the same account. |
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| Firefox Add-ons |
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| AutoCopy |
Yes |
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Anything highlighted on a web page
is automatically copied to the Windows clipboard. It saves
a step. |
| ColorZilla |
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Displays the color values of the eye
dropper. I use it for web page coding. The same can be done
by copying and pasting a photo into Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. It
saves a step. |
| ForecastFox |
Yes |
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Weather forecasts from AccuWeather.com. |
| Google Redesigned |
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Makes Gmail look great. |
| Tab Mix Plus |
Yes |
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Enhances Firefox's tab browsing capabilities. |
| LastPass Password Manager |
Yes |
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User IDs and passwords stored in Firefox are not secure. LastPass is secure. Synchs user IDs and passwords to all of the computers using the same account. |
| LinkChecker |
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Checks if the links on a web page
are still good. It's a quick way to check my web pages for
dead links to other web sites. |
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| Utilities |
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| Carbon Copy Cloner |
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Make bootable backups of your hard
drive. Compliments TimeMachine. |
| Cyberduck |
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Transfer files to your web site via
FTP. |
| Disk Inventory X |
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See what files are taking up the most
space on your hard drive. |
| DropBox |
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Cross-platform, instantaneous file
sync. |
| Evernote |
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Capture, search, retrieve on anything. |
| Growl |
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Universal system notifier. |
| InstantShot! |
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Screen capture utility with multiple
features. |
| iProcrastinate |
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Homework manager. |
| IPSecuritas |
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Create a secure VPN internet connection
with an unsecured wi-fi hot spot. Encrypts user IDs and passwords
for a wireless connection at airports, hotels and coffee shops. |
| LogMeIn |
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Remote Access to Your PC or Mac. |
| Mac Janitor |
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Runs scripts that are normally done
over night to delete unused, temporary files. |
| MagicPrefs |
Yes |
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Adds faster mouse movements that Windows users prefer to the Apple Magic Mouse. |
| Secrets |
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An easy way to tweak Leopard's hidden
features. |
| Skitch |
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Screen capture and share across the
internet. Drag items to it. Drag it to items. |
| Songbird |
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Music player that challenges iTunes. |
| TextWrangler |
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Full-featured text editor. |
| TrueCrypt |
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Encrypt entire drive. Great
for USB drives, but it requires administrator privileges and/or
the software to be installed on each computer. |
| SecureFiles |
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Add an encrypted folder to your desktop for sensitive documents. Super easy to use. |
| The Unarchiver |
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When StuffIt Expander doesn't know
what that .TAR file is, The Unarchiver will. |
| uTorrent |
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File sharing app. |
| VirtualBox |
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Virtual Mac software. Install
Windows on a Mac or iInstall a second copy of OS X for testing
software. |
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| Multimedia |
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| GIMP |
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Photoshop like photo editor. |
| Handbrake |
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DVD to MPEG4 converter. |
| iTunes |
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Download music legally, move songs
to an iPod, play and organize music. |
| JAlbum |
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Web photo album generator. |
| Picasa |
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An alternative to iPhoto. |
| VLC |
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Plays DVDs. Includes codecs. |
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