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The Best 37 Free Items for Your Mac
Posted 05/04/2007 at 6:20:54pm | by Dave Hamilton

Utilities

 

We all need to keep our Macs running smoothly, and these free utilities are the key to getting - and staying - there.

 

MenuMeters - Compact, thorough system-activity monitor

You need: Mac OS 10.2 or later

Something that should simply be included with Mac OS X, MenuMeters is an excellent way to monitor your system's health and status. This System Preference pane allows you to put disk, CPU, memory, and network usage graphs and readouts in your Mac's menubar, giving you at-a-glance access to vital system stats.

 

With MenuMeters, you can easily see what your Mac is up to.

 

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OnyX 1.7.8 - Multifunctional Mac OS X maintenance utility

You need: Mac OS 10.4 or later (version for Mac OS 10.1.5 through 10.3.x also available)

OnyX is a must-have utility for any Mac OS X user. Allowing you to run all of the standard (and some not-so-standard) system maintenance tasks, clean your Mac's caches, and even customize your Mac-using experience, OnyX will help keep your Mac running smoothly.

 

OnyX 1.7.8 interface

Use OnyX to help keep your Mac clean and running well.

 

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Mactracker 4.2 - Details about every Mac (and clone) ever released

You need: Mac OS 10.3.9 or later (versions for Mac OS 10.2 through 10.2.8, Windows 2000/XP/Vista, and iPod also available)

The next time your old college roommate calls and asks you what kind of memory she needs to upgrade her Power Computing PowerCenter Pro, you'll have the answer right at your fingertips, thanks to Mactracker. You could even use this to host a Mac geek party and play all the startup chimes from every Mac ever made. The fun never stops!

 

Macintosh interface image

A whopping 16MHz in 1989 - how did we ever survive?

 

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avatarFreeMacMusic

Submitted by nayrk (not verified) on Fri, 2007-05-04 04:21

FreeMacMusic has been taken down by the owner. FreeMacWare is still as awesome as ever though.

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Submitted by Nic (not verified) on Fri, 2007-05-04 11:33

That's pretty sweet. Thanks a ton!

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2007-05-04 22:34

Don't forget Inkscape!

A very good open source vector drawing program. I even find it easier to do some things in Inkscape than Illustratior CS2. Excellent support for SVG too.

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avatarInternet Archive link wrong

Submitted by Charles (not verified) on Sun, 2007-05-06 06:12

Correct link is http://www.archive.org, not .com.

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avatar"Internet Archive link wrong"

Submitted by rmyslewski (not verified) on Sun, 2007-05-06 09:43

Good catch - my bad.

Fixed.

Thanks.

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Google spreadsheets and word processor is great, however, it doesn't work well with Safari - I'd go as far as saying one of them won't work at all. You need to install FireFox to get it to work.

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Because absolutely none of us read the final issue of MacAddict.

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As of today, google offers 1 Gb of free page space.
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