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.
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xCHM


xCHM (xchm.sourceforge.net) - another .chm viewer for the MacOS. This one is cross-platform, available for MacOS X and Windows(?). Opensource, published under the GPL.

Flip4Mac


Flip4Mac (www.flip4mac.com) - this is a solution that is required for easy integration of numerous format encoded .wmv and .avi files, it other words, all those movies your PC-owning friend can play and you normally can't. It is brought to you by the nice folks at Telestream, Inc. and they also give you the opportunity to purchase WMV Player Pro (allows for re-encoding in QuickTime formats) as well as several other pro-video oriented tools.

Firefox


This one probably doesn't need introduction, being the web browser of choice for millions of people. I don't use it as a Safari replacement, but rather as a second browser, for secure and banking sites as well as for web development due to the gazillion web dev extentions available.

CrossOver Mac


CrossOver Mac (www.codeweavers.com) - this is CodeWeaver's Windows-compatibility-for-the-Mac product, it lets you run Windows applications without running windows or requiring a Windows license. It is the perfect solution if you just need to test that web page with IE6. The catch - only helps you run win98 compatible software. Based on the Wine project. $59.95 commercial license, trial available.

Chmox


Chmox (chmox.sourceforge.net) A .chm reader for the MacOS X. .chm is the extention for Windows help file. Why do I need to reed Windows help files? Well, I don't, but seems a good majority of the e-book pirates fro m the ex-soviet countries have been using .chm as a cheap substitude for .pdf. Well, what do you know... Universal app, published under the GNU LGPL.