0 Best 30+ MAC Applications for Freelancers

Today, I would like to give some list of Mac applications for you (freelancer) as MAC OS user. These applications have included some functions are selected and adjusted to your field needs both free or paid. Includes : code editing, file and data transfer, collaboration, database management, image editing, invoicing, time tracking, tracking cost, etc.

Okay, let's see the full list ... Hopefully useful for you as a developer, designer, photographers, or any other profession.

Here are :

Free MAC Apps

• CocoaMySQL : CocoaMySQL is an application used to manage MySQL databases (locally or over the internet). It lets you add and remove databases and tables, change fields and indexes, view and filter the content of tables, add, edit and remove rows, perform custom queries and dump tables or entire databases.

• Scribus : Scribus is an Open Source program that brings professional page layout to Linux/UNIX, Mac OS X, OS/2 Warp 4/eComStation and Windows desktops. Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as color separations, CMYK and Spot Color support, ICC color management, and versatile PDF creation.

• Komodo Edit : Komodo Edit is a fast, smart, free and open-source code editor for Perl, Python, Tcl, PHP, Ruby, and Javascript.

• Anxiety : Anxiety is a super-lightweight To-do list application for Mac OS X Leopard that synchronizes with iCal and Mail. Its aim is to provide a streamlined, easily accessible interface to add and check off your tasks, while remaining poised to melt into the background at a moments notice.

• Cyberduck : With an easy to use interface, connect to FTP (File Transfer Protocol), SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer), WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning), Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Windows Azure, Rackspace Cloud Files and even Google Docs.

• Transmission : Transmission is designed for easy, powerful use. it only takes a few clicks to configure advanced features like watch directories, bad peer blocklists, and the web interface.

• Snippely : Snippely is a basic text and code organizational tool. Instead of storing bits of code, quick notes, and memos in text files all over your hard drive, this application will let you save and organize "snippets" in one convenient location.

• Caffeine : Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers.

• HDRtist : You can create HDR images easily and simply from multiple images with different exposures.

• Audacity : Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and multilingual audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to : record live audio, convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs, edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files, Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together, Change the speed or pitch of a recording, much more.

• Hugin : With Hugin you can assemble a mosaic of photographs into a complete immersive panorama, stitch any series of overlapping pictures and much more.

• Aquamacs : Aquamacs is an editor for Text, HTML, LaTeX, C++, Java, Python, R, Perl, Ruby, PHP, and more

• DeepVacuum : Useful download utility based on wget command line tool. Program includes a vast number of options to fine tune your downloads through both http and ftp protocols. Allows users to download: complete single pages, entire sites, ftp catalogs, link lists from a text file, pictures, music, clips and more.

• wunderlist : wunderlist is free task management tool is available for Mac OS X. Users can even sync their todo lists between multiple devices.

• Paparazzi! : Paparazzi! is a small utility for Mac OS X that makes screenshots of webpages.

• HyperDither : HyperDither is an OS X image processing utility that converts color or grayscale images to 1 bit black & white using a sophisticated dithering routine.

• NameChanger : NameChanger is designed for the sole purpose of renaming a list of files. To install just download the zip, open it and drag the app to your Applications Folder.

• KompoZer : KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing.

MAC Apps (Commercial)

• Pixelmator :  Pixelmator is a graphic editor developed for Mac OS X. Features selection, painting, retouching, navigation, and color correction tools; as well as layers-based image editing, GPU-powered image processing, color management, automation, and a transparent head-up display user interface for work with images. Pixelmator uses Core Image and OpenGL technologies that use the Mac's video card for image processing.

• SketchBook Pro : SketchBook Pro is a paint and draw sketching software enables you to transform your desktop computer, laptop, or tablet PC into the ultimate sketchbook.

• Lineform : Lineform is the ideal Mac app for vector art, diagrams and illustrations. Useful features combine with a simple interface to create a wonderfully intuitive artistic process. Lineform has all of the most popular tools, including everything from freeform gradients to compositing effects, enabling you to create the designs you want without getting in your way with superfluous “features” you don’t need.

• BBEdit : BBEdit is a text, code, and HTML editor made by Bare Bones Software. While it has support for many different languages, functions, and processes, it also allows users to write their own language modules, scripts, color schemes, and more.

• SubEthaEdit : SubEthaEdit is a collaborative real-time editor designed for Mac OS X. SubEthaEdit includes various advanced features: A UNIX command line utility to enable complex and interactive pipe workflows with your terminal.

• xScope : xScope is a powerful set of tools for Mac OS X that are ideal for measuring, aligning and inspecting on-screen graphics and layouts.

• Versions : Versions makes Subversion easy. Even if you're new to version control systems altogether. Commit your work, stay up to date, and easily track changes to your files.

• MAMP : MAMP is installed in the typical Mac fashion: very easily. MAMP will not compromise any existing Apache installation already running with your OS X. You can install Apache, PHP and MySQL without starting a script or having to change any configuration files.

• Fontcase : Fontcase is a font management application that provides an elegant and powerful workflow to help you organise the fonts you have installed on your system.

• Yummy FTP : Yummy FTP is an FTP and SFTP client application for the Apple Macintosh, built as native Mac OS X software from the ground up, with the goal of providing a reliable, powerful, yet easy to use file transfer utility.

• Coda : Coda is developed by Panic Software. Coda is a one-window web development application featuring all the tools a developer needs to build the future of the web.

• Transmit : Transmit also is developed by Panic Software. Transmit is an excellent FTP (file transfer protocol), SFTP, S3 (Amazon.com file hosting) and iDisk/WebDAV client that allows you to upload, download, and delete files over the internet. With the most Mac-like interface available, Transmit makes FTP as simple, fun, and easy as it can possibly be.

• CSSEdit : CSSEdit makes editing stylesheets easy and intuitive. With features like live inline previewing of styles and a unique grouping system, it offers a lot of punch in a low-cost package. Other features include CSS grabbing from other sites, favorites for often-used styles and font sets, etc.

• TextExpander : TextExpander is a customizable typing shortcut tool that saves time and keystrokes. With TextExpander, you can define abbreviations for frequently-used text strings and images, also known as snippets. When an abbreviation is typed, it expands automatically to the full snippet.

• TextMate : TextMate is a text-editing tool for Apple Mac OS. Features include declarative customizations, tabs for open documents, recordable macros, folding sections and snippets, shell integration, and an extensible bundle system.

• EditRocket : EditRocket is a source code editor, text editor, and software development tool with custom tools and support for programming languages : HTML, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, Java, Python, Ruby, Perl, XML, C, C++, Shell Script, and more.

• Timeline 3D : Timeline 3D is software for Mac OS X that makes it easy for you to present historical events in a way that reveals connections and clarifies relationships. Make timeline charts of world history, family trees, fictional events or business deadlines.

• Lumina : Lumina is focused to show you a simple way to track your time.

• MindNode : MindNode's focus and flexibility makes it the perfect brainstorming tool. The clutter-free interface lets you concentrate on generating and connecting your ideas, and an infinitely expanding canvas means that no matter how big or complicated your thoughts get, MindNode can keep up. MindNode can even automatically rearrange especially complicated mind maps to make them easier to read.

How do you think?

Glad to hear your opinion. Please if you have any other list. Thank you.

Happy freelancing, keep working, keep your health, and good luck for all! :)

reference : MacUpdate

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