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

Internet

 

Having a Mac that's not connected to the Internet is like running a three-legged race with only two legs. Er ... um ... well, it's just not as fun.

 

Firefox 2.0 - Customizable, standards-compliant Web browser

You need: Mac OS 10.2 or later

If you want to trick out your browser, get Firefox - it's so hip and customizable, it can be your low-rider and monster truck at the same time. From weather status to Web-design help to themes that customize the look of your browser, there are thousands of add-ons to make Firefox more fun and more useful - check out p78 for some of our favorites.

 

Mozilla interface image

Firefox gives you ultimate browsing flexibility.

 

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Cyberduck 2.7.3 - Mac-savvy FTP utility

You need: Mac OS 10.3.9 or later

Certainly, Mac OS X has a few built-in ways of using FTP, but none of them are as easy to use as Cyberduck. From Bonjour support to Spotlight integration, this app speaks fluent Mac. It'll even hand text files back and forth with TextWrangler - that's a can't-miss freebie twofer!

 

Cyberduck interface

Use Cyberduck to manage all of your FTP connections.

 

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Chicken of the VNC 2.0b4 - Remote desktop control

You need: Mac OS 10.3.9 or later

Ever need to control another Mac across the country (or even across the room) but you're too cheap to pop the $299 (10 systems) or $499 (unlimited systems) for Apple's Remote Desktop? Well, by enabling VNC support in Mac OS X Tiger and downloading Chicken of the VNC, you can do it all without spending one thin dime.

 

vnc support interface

Use VNC to see and control the desktop on other Macs - or even Windows or Linux machines.

 

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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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avatarHey, thanks!

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

That's pretty sweet. Thanks a ton!

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avatarDon't forget Inkscape! A

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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avatarGoogle spreadsheets and word

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2007-05-06 20:58

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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avatarIt's deja-vu all over again

Submitted by MacAddict Reader (not verified) on Tue, 2007-05-08 12:33

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

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avatarfree stuff for mac #38

Submitted by Kim (not verified) on Tue, 2007-05-08 14:46

Google's Picasa Web can be used with iPhoto to make quick photo albums for those who may not have .mac service.
As of today, google offers 1 Gb of free page space.
It's free and cool.

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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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