Intro
ET OSX is a list of useful tools for the MacOS X, most of which live in the Applications folder on my startup drive. It started as a 'what's on my Mac' page on my personal site but quickly evolved into a blog of its own. I'm trying to focus most on of the tiny but useful utilities that sometimes save you lots of trouble and effort, and to omit for the most part the list of big guns, that one normally uses on a daily basis. The list serves two purposes, lets me easily answer 'how do I do this on the Mac' questions asked by other users, and helps me remember answers to the same questions myself.
RBrowser (www.rbrowser.com) - afaik a unique remote GUI-enabled file system browser for the MacOS X. Supports various protocols, such as sftp-ssh, ssl/tls-enabled ftp, plain old ftp. The gui is very similar to MacOS X's column view, so new users feel at home, and can perform sophisticated tasks as remote-to-remote folder synchronization by simply dragging and dropping between two Finder-like windows. Very useful for web site maintainers, allowing them to work on a local copy of the web site contents and easily auto-sync all between local and remote no matter what the protocol needed. Also useful for backups. Comes completely free (ftp and sftp) or you can purchase a license for $35 allowing you to work with all protocols. I think RBroser has been around since the OpenStep days.
iGetter (www.igetter.net) - a very well designed download accelerator/optimiser for the MacOS X. It speeds up downloads by uding multiple slots/requests for different segments of the file that is being downloaded. Very similar to the popular Windows tool FlashGet. iGetter is a shareware product with a 25 USD registration fee, made by Presenta, which is a Bulgarian software company.
