

The GraphicsMagick tools for converting, cropping, and much more are free and can be installed via MacPorts.Google Wave - threaded conversations for medium sized collaborations ( blog post).Google Docs - great for small group spreadsheets, documents, or presentations ( blog posts).Extensive "drag and drop" capability to add new references and to associate PDFs with existing entries. Papers ($42, €29) - iTunes like app for research papers.Quicksilver - blog post, related posts.Emacs - official Emacs which is now available in native mode for MacOS X (no X11 needed).Bundles for pretty much every programming language. TextMate($50) - Can do everything TexShop can do and much more.Mailplane ($25, €21, £18) - Standalone app for Gmail.StayFocusd- restricts the amount of time you can spend browsing time-wasting websites.Download Statusbar- View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar.

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iTerm2 (donation) - give your Terminal app an upgrade ( blog posts).Awareness is less annoying and just sounds a chime when you've been working continuously for an hour. It will annoy the hell out of you, but it's for the best. Time Out, Anti-RSI, or Awareness - Remind you to take ~10 second microbreaks every ~5 minutes and longer breaks every hour.Try Homebrew ( blog post), MacPorts ( blog post) or Fink. (Much faster than Preview for postscript.) iWork or Microsoft Office X - or Open Office, NeoOffice, etc.Manages logins, identities, secure notes, software licenses, wallet items, and recently generated passwords. 1Password ($40) - Password manager with browser integration and iPhone sync.Things ($40) or OmniFocus($50) - ToDo lists that are intuitively obvious and syncs with iPhone.DropBox- keep files synced over multiple machines and/or share files with others.Also check out the blog posts about useful applications.
