I thought I would put together a list of the applications, products and services I use almost daily. I’m always trying new software, so if you have something that you think I would like, let me know in the comments below!

• 1Password – This is a must have for anyone who has a Mac. Until recently, I had about 3 passwords that I used with all of my accounts in various places online. Since I saw the need to diversify my passwords to avoid being completely hacked, I use this app to help me stay organized.
• Address Book – Apple did a great job developing a simple address book that is also very powerful.
• Adobe CS4 Creative Suite Web Premium – I think it’s pretty self explanator, but I use this to handle all of my design and development needs (Yes, I still use Dreamweaver!).
• AppZapper – By simply uninstalling an application, you still aren’t removing all of the files off of your computer. That’s where AppZapper comes into play. It nukes all of the files from uninstalled applications.
• Disk Inventory X – a wonderful application to visually see the different types of files on your Mac, as well as to manage those files in order to save every last GB.
• Dropbox – This app basically allows me to have my own intranet for free. It’s even better now that the iPhone app has been released.
• Evernote – I have only recently started using Evernote, but it’s a great repository for all of my findings online and ideas for blog posts. I also am experimenting with using it for school work as well. The multiple notebooks option is great!
• Firefox – Hands down the fastest, most secure web browser out there.
• iCal – iCal is a simple, yet powerful calendar app. It perfect now that it comes with Exchange integration; no more needing to use Entourage!
• iChat – I’ve tried various clients, like Adium, and have always come back to the time-tested simple but powerful iChat client.
• iStat Menus – this dashboard widget lets you monitor every aspect of your Mac, including CPU, memory, disks, network, battery, temperatures, fans, load & uptime and processes.
• iTunes – Is a description even necessary here?
• Linotype Explorer X – I have over 27,000 fonts installed on my computer. Needless to say, I need a powerful program to help me mange them. Linotype does just that. It’s an expensive program, but well worth it. (Note: this and the fonts were provided by my school!)
• Little Snitch – Little Snitch lets me manage which programs have outgoing access to the internet.
• Mail.app – The default Mac program for managing email, but it’s the best one I’ve used. Plus, having Exchange integration is phenomenal.
• Onyx – allows me to run various maintenance tasks on my computer. Helps me clean up after myself.
• Quicktime X - Apple’s newest media player upgrade. It’s pretty powerful. Allows you to do screen, audio or video recordings at a pretty high quality.
• Safari 4 – I only use this app about 10% of the time, I use Firefox the rest of the time. It’s a pretty cool browser and fairly powerful.
• Slingplayer – If you don’t have a Slingbox, you need one. This app allows me to watch and control my DVR straight from my iPhone or Mac.
• smcFanControl – Keeping your Mac nice and cool is a must have. I have a USB fan, but I also use this app to manage the fans.
• StuffIt – this app is somewhat expensive, $79.99, but it is the best app that I have found to help me send large files online quickly and efficiently by being able to compress them and create my own disk images.
• Switch – use this to convert all of my audio files. It can convert just about anything.
• TextMate – hands down the most powerful text editing application on Mac OS X.
• Transmit – My main FTP client. I love how it integrates seamlessly with Amazon S3.
• Tweetie for Mac – the best Twitter application for Mac. (Check out my review)
• UnRarX – This app is great for opening up rar compressed files
• uTorrent – Easiest way to download torrents.
• VisualHub – Use for converting video to different types of video formats
• VLC Player – Before Quicktime X came out, I was using this for all of my video playback. Nowadays, I only fire it up to handle BluRay MKV files.

These are the applications that I use everyday. If you have any suggestions about applications, products or services to try out or replace what I’m currently using, I’d love to hear about it!