Useful Mac OS X applications

My brother recently got a 20” iMac for his work in Cambridge, and asked me for a list of applications that might be of use to him. I thought I’d share this on my blog too:

TextMate – Shareware text editor. Absolutely fantastic!
Smultron – A less functional TextMate, for those on a budget
VLC – An excellent all-round media player
MPlayerOSX – Another good media player
iTerm – Tabbed terminal application
Darwin Ports – An excellent open source package building and management system
Omnigraffle – Diagram drawing tool
YourSQL – MySQL database GUI interface
VoodooPad Lite – Local wiki tool, if you don’t like plain ol’ Stickies
Quicksilver – Useful quick-launch utility
TestXSLT – If you are working on any XSLT, it allows you to test scripts quickly and easily
Native OSX apache PHP module – Useful, although I’m personally erring more towards Ruby these days
VirtueDesktops – If you are used to virtual desktops
Soap Client & XML-RPC Client – A couple of very nice, free applications for helping with Web Service development
LDapper – For querying and developing LDAP databases
Handbrake – DVD-to-MPEG4/h.264 ripping
Breve.app – Simulation eye candy
CSSEdit.app – CSS editing made easy
Flame – Bonjour service sniffing
NewsMac Pro – My RSS reader of choice
Colloquy – Convenient IRC/SILC client