Friday 24 August 2012

12 free useful software for Mac


Did you recently switched from Win to Mac? Then you must be in search of software available for Mac. So here I am providing you the list of software, all free, that you can download and install easily. There are some useful utilities that will anyhow helps to ease your work on Mac. 

1.Firefox:
Mozilla firefox is one of the best web-browser available. It has many striking features that will make working on net much faster and safer. Latest version available is 14.0.1 and this updated version provides more security, faster browsing, add-on syncing, etc.

2. Google chrome:
Google chrome is a very simplified and easy-to-use browser developed by Google itself. It will save the favourite pages as thumbnails so that you just need to click on the thumbnail from the main screen to visit pages. Its also secure and faster than Mozilla Firefox. Google chrome is faster because it creates new process for each tab and also its startup is faster than firefox.

3.Adobe Reader:
Adobe reader is used to read all types of PDF files and format. You can download it from the official adobe site.

4. Dropbox:
Dropbox is the online backup and storage facility. You can backup and store data online in dropbox and can access it from anywhere using your dropbox account.

5. Evernote:
Evernote is used to store data and access it from anywhere and anytime by using any device. Whenever you add something new or update your data, it gets synchronized automatically and will becomes accessible from anywhere using your account. There are two types of acounts in evernote i.e. Free and Premium.

6. iAntivirus:
iAntivirus is a very effective antivirus build just for Mac OS X. It keeps the system protected from Trojan viruses and malwares. It can be downloaded from Apple official website.

7. Quick Silver:
It is basically an app that provides access to everything you have on your Mac hard drive. Quick silver will find you data you need quicky using keyboard shortcuts.

8. Stellar Speedup Mac(Demo):
This tool speedups Mac by removing all the unused and unwanted files and applications. It removes all the junk files, cache & temporary files, unwanted widgets, uninstall unused applications. It will boost up the Mac performance and processing speed. Its demo version is available free and to get full access to this amazing cleaning tool you need to buy it. But in my opinion its totally worth buying this product.

9. VLC media player:
You must have used VLC player on windows system. This tool has the same functionality on Mac too. It can play audio - video files. It has a very user-friendly interface and it supports more video formats than any other player.

10. Transmission:
This app is used to download the torrent files. It is a very little but effective tool for torrent download.

11. The Unarchiver:
This tool will allow you to unarchive the different types of archive files. It is very simple and easy to use. It supports many languages and supports almost every type of archive file.

12. iStumbler:
iStubmbler is a very useful tool to find and manage the wireless connections and provides plugins for finding airport network, bluetooth devices, etc.

All the above mentioned apps will surely going to ease your work and make experience of working on Mac hassle-free.