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

Audio & Video

 

The Mac rocks when it comes to audio and video stuff, and these apps will make sure that you rock right along with it.

 

VLC Media Player 0.8.6b - Multiformat movie and audio player

You need: Mac OS 10.3.9 or later

VLC picks up where QuickTime Player leaves off. There are plenty of video formats that just don't play properly in QuickTime, and for those (and others), VLC is your go-to app.

 

VLC Media Player image

VLC plays movies that QuickTime Player wouln't touch.

 

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HandBrake 0.8.5b1 - Rip DVDs to your Mac or iPod

You need: Mac OS 10.3.9 or later

Just pop your DVD into your Mac, and HandBrake will convert it to a file playable by QuickTime or on your iPod. Just make sure you're not breaking the law when you do it, OK?

 

HandBrake 0.8.5b1 - Rip DVDs to your Mac or iPod

Handbrake's interface doesn't look pretty, but the movies it creates sure do.

 

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Audacity 1.3.2 beta - Full-featured audio editor

You need: Mac OS 10.3 or later

With Audacity, you can easily take audio files, edit them, cut them up, stitch them together, and even record them from scratch. Audacity now supports Audio Units plug-ins, as well.

 

Audacity interface

Support for multiple file types makes Audacity a real workhorse.

 

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

Don't forget Inkscape!

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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.

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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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