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http://macitbetter.com/BetterZip-Quick-Look-Generator/
AWESOME! Adds a quick look option to see inside zip files. Just copy to /Library/QuickLook and then press space on a zip file, genius, simple, should be part of OSX.
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http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/
Handy equivalent to baobab on Mac. Analyses disk usage and presents it in a much more useful way than GrandPerspective with it's tree thing. Very handy. Not free(dom) but free (beer).
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https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt
Useful mac app that enables keyboard shortcuts to resize and position windows Handy. Might not be necessary in addition to BetterTouchTool though.
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http://www.joshuawise.com/horndis#available_versions
Great little application which enables (very seamlessly) USB tethering on a mac for android devices. Beautiful. Open source
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http://www.echoditto.com/blog/never-touch-your-local-etchosts-file-os-x-again
Very useful guide on how to setup dnsmasq on OS X. Weird stuff with /etc/resolver/tld whereby the resolver is only used for a particular domain. Useful in some ways, weird in others.
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https://code.google.com/p/adb-fastboot-install/
Package containing the adb and fastboot binaries and a handful of simple shell scripts to drop them into the appropriate places on mac / linux. Nice.
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http://fplanque.com/dev/mac/mac-osx-terminal-page-up-down-home-end-of-line
Simple fix on how to enable home / end / pgup / pgdn on OSX terminal. Map keycodes home 33OH end 33OF pgup 33[5~ pgdn 33[6~ in Terminal > Settings > Terminal. :-)
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http://totalterminal.binaryage.com/#installation
Guake like terminal for OSX.
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http://www.derlien.com/
Open source GPL app that will analyse disk usage on OSX.
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http://www.macresearch.org/tutorial_backups_with_launchd
Tutorial on how to have launchd automatically run scripts (such as rysnc) when USB devices are plugged in, automated backup when a USB drive is plugged in for example.
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http://blog.arnaudlacour.com/2012/11/backing-up-to-usb-drive-when-plugged-in.html
Tutorial on how to set up OSX to automatically backup when a USB drive is plugged in. Neat.
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http://manytricks.com/witch/
Window based alt-tab instead of application based alt-tab for the mac, at a cost of $14. Interesting...
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http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/5721/tinkertool
Exposes additional preference settings for OSX allowing things like sloppy focus (activate window on mouseover) and probably other cool stuff. Must have.
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http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/
Great little (free, beer) app for OSX that shows detailed battery information.
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http://pilotmoon.com/popclip/
$5 app for OSX that pops up the iOS style cut copy paste options above any selected text. Supports an MIT licensed extension system. Might support auto-copying, if not, probably easy enough with an extension.
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http://lifehacker.com/5985248/top-10-underhyped-mac-apps
Good wee article on lifehacker hilghlighting 10 underrated mac apps worth having. A few are free, and some seem worth checking out.
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http://lifehacker.com/5643460/how-to-track-and-potentially-recover-your-stolen-laptop-or-android-with-prey
Install this, prey, on phone (and laptop?). It's remote wipe, track, etc software, and it's free up to 3 devices apparently.
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http://jumpcut.sourceforge.net/
Simple clipboard buffer (keeps a clipboard history). Not quite select / middle click, but a step in the right direction.
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http://www.boastr.de/#features
A must have mouse customisation app for OSX which is free (as in beer?). Includes awesomeness like snap windows to positions and other genius. Looks outstandingly useful.
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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3508926?start=0&tstart=0
Apparently one can secure a mac by issuing the command `sudo pmset -a destroyfvkeyonstandby 1` which tells it to destroy the FileVault keys on standby, whether standby to memory or disk.
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http://www.wunderlist.com/
Funky open source web app around task management that syncs and has a client across Mac, Win, iPhone, Android. Apparently no linux support. Built on top of Titanium from appcelerator.
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http://www.appcelerator.com/
Incredibly interesting app development platform that builds apps for all platforms (desktop & mobile, including linux, yay!) quickly with a single API. Open source, free, pay for premium support. Very, very interesting business.
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http://spanningsync.com/
Keep your mac synced with Google Contacts and Google Calendar. Yay for those Google loving mac using punks who want to use an Android device. Useless for us freedom lovers...
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http://awn.wetpaint.com/
AWN is a Mac doc like window / app manager / launcher for Gnome / Linux.
