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Having used Mac for quite some time, I discover that I deeply fall in love with smooth and sleek interface offered by most of Mac built-in applications.
And the good news is, there are many third-party applications out there developed with more or less the same design standard as those built-in Mac apps. More than fifty sample screenshots of beautiful Mac applications are ready to amaze you after the jump.
Productivity Tools
The Hit List - ToDo List for Mac
Simple, yet sophisticated application to manage lists of your workflow.
Anxiety - Lightweight To-do Management
Homepage | Download | Donationware
Super-lightweight To-do list application for Mac OS X that synchronizes with iCal and Mail.
JustNotes - Notes App
Homepage | Download | Donationware
A simple, beautiful notes application with nice user interface to let you focus on taking notes.
Things - Task Management Tool
Awaken - Sleep Timer to Wake You Up
NoteBook - Organize Your Digital Life
NoteBook is an application that helps Mac users manage notes, clippings, and todos of your life, or the e-mails, diagrams and spreadsheets of that important project.
Scrivener - Word Processor
Scrivener is a word processor and project management tool created specifically for writers of long texts such as novels and research papers.
Photo & Imaging Tools
Adobe Lightroom
Pixelmator - Image Editor for Mac OS X
Beautifully designed and easy-to-use image editor for Mac OS X.
LittleSnapper - Snap, Collect & Share
Built for people who love to capture webpages or their desktop.
Aperture - Photo Editing and Management Tool
Import, manage, and enhance your photos in one simple, integrated workflow.
Picturesque - Image Editor for Mac
Picturesque is a simple app used to make images more beautiful.
System Tools
Daisy Disk - Disk Visualization Tool
Useful tool to help you free up disk space by using beautiful sunburst visualization to help you finding and deleting big, useless files.
iStat Menus - System Monitoring Tool
Homepage | Download | Donationware
The most advanced system monitor tool for your Mac with super sleek interface.
CleanMyMac - Mac Maintenance Tool
1Password - Secure Your Passwords
1Password can create strong, unique passwords for you, remember them, and restore them, all directly in your web browser.
Fontcase - Font Management Tool
Fontcase can preview every font for you and activate them only when needed.
File Transfer Tools
Flow - Elegant, Intuitive and Powerful File Transfer
File transfer client that makes working with remote files as intuitive and natural as working locally with Finder.
Internet and Networking Apps
Notify - Email Notifier
Postbox - Email Manager
A better way to work with email messages and content.
Midnight Inbox - Email Organizer
Helper for inbox collecting, processing, reviewing, and referencing.
NewsLife - Elegant, Easy to Use RSS Client
Simplest way to stay up-to-date with tons of websites without even having to touch your web browser until you see something you want to read.
Delibar - Delicious Client for Mac
Full featured client designed for Mac OS X to access Delicious bookmarks.
Socialite - Social Networking Client
Beautiful Mac OS X application, designed to make it easy to stay in touch with the social networks and services: Digg, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, and RSS.
Tweetie - Twitter Client for Mac
Simple and clean Twitter client for Mac OS X.
Canary - Twitter Client
Homepage | Download | Beta Version
Canary is a beautifully designed Twitter client.
Blogo - Blogging from Desktop
Easily publish text, images, videos, slideshows and more with a simple, intuitive interface.
Propane - Campfire Client for Mac
Full-featured application that runs in an ordinary browser as chat client for Campfire.
Delicious Library 2
Catalog your books, movies, music, software, toys, tools, electronics, & video games.
Audio & Music Apps
Snowtape - Internet Radio Recorder
Perfect solution for saving music on your Mac.
Capo - Learn Your Music
Capo lets you slow down your favorite songs, so you can hear the notes and learn how they are played.
Tangerine! - Playlist Creator
Tangerine! lets you easily create playlists of upbeat music, or playlists for relaxing. It works by analyzing the BPM and the beat intensity of your music.
Ecoute - Play Your Library
Simple, sleek and minimalistic music, podcast, movie player for Mac OS X.
CoverStream - [Re]Discover Your Music
CoverStream helps you control, browse, and search your music.
TuneUp - Music Library Cleaner
CoverSutra - Elegant iTunes Controller
CoverSutra gives you a handy and attractive way to control iTunes without having to leave your current application.
TapeDeck - Audio Recorder for Mac
Video & Screen-casting Tools
ScreenFlow - Professional Screen-casting Studio
With ScreenFlow screen-casting software, you can capture the contents of your entire desktop at the same time as your video camera, microphone and computer's audio.
Design & Development Tools
Flux 2 - Web Design Application
Flux 2 has the power to be your only web design tool.
xScope - Measurement Tools for Mac
xScope is a powerful set of tools that are ideal for measuring, aligning and inspecting on-screen graphics and layouts.
Espresso - Web Development Tools
CSSEdit - Web Styling Tools
Tools to help you designing beautiful, innovative and fast-loading web sites.
RapidWeaver - Web Development Tool
RapidWeaver creates clean, beautiful code that adheres to modern web standards.
Snippet - Code Snippets Collector
A little tool that helps in creating snippets from selected text anywhere.
Swatch - Color Snippets Collector
File Sharing Utilities
Stuf - Share Text & Images on Local Network
Dropzone - Drag and Drop Buffer for Mac
Drag and drop utility with many functionalities, designed for your Mac.
Financial Management Tools
Cha-Ching - Financial Management App
Homepage | Download | Beta Version
Flexible personal finance application available for Mac OS X.
Billings - Time Tracking and Invoicing
Billings is an invoicing and time tracking app.
On The Job - Time Tracking and Invoicing
An application designed to help you track your time and expenses, and bill your clients by easily and quickly creating professional invoices.
Application Updater
Bodega - Application Store for Mac
Homepage | Download | Freeware
Information Management Tools
Tags - File Tagger for Mac
Vinoteka - Wine Management Software
Vinoteka offers a realistic interface to manage your bottles (wine, liquors or spirits) recreate your cellar and organize wine tasting sessions.
Contactizer Pro - Information Management Tool
All-in-one solution for managing, sharing and organizing your personal and business information.
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30 Comments
DJ Sandros
Thanks so much, basically all the remaining programs i need for my dj stuff and my organization and my fun experimental stuff were all here! rele appreciate your work! thanks!
Koda
some more FREEWARE application reviewed would not have harmed i guess
Anon
Is this just 50 ads for commercial mac software?
Wendy
@Anon It depends on how you see it.
Leon Liber
@Anon Probably not, but you must agree - these are gorgeous looking apps! Most freeware apps don't look that good..
mangledorf
@Anon, @Leon Liber That raises a good follow up question then. What are some freeware apps that do look that good. I could prime the question by throwing out there: VLC Handbrake Quicksilver Pixen
Leon Liber
I would also add: Miro (Very pretty) AppCleaner Camino Smultron SimpleTask Scribblet
mangledorf
Forgot to mention one of my absolute favorite looking mac freeware apps: Transmission (web interface is pretty too)
wichit sitthisom
awesome app love........
patate
Great post! keep em coming!
Danilo
These are some really nice apps and ScreenFlow is really the best of it's kind! I can also add this Free Application: iCompta -> http://bit.ly/4yV2ql A great personal finance app. It does also have an iPhone version.
Adarsh K
I m liking your posts a lot . Keep Going !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mac User
Hey, not sure if this is the right place to post this but tobad :P I really like this site, I have a few custome mac sites and what they ALL need is more things about customizing them with weird features, like the glow in expose was PERFECT! more things like that, like how to change your color in stacks or anything in that category as weird! applications are great but you guys are just re-saying applications that every other site has said. google "top mac applications" everything you named is in the top page along with every other app you guys listed somewhere, try to look for UNONE applications that are either 1: brand new 2: not heard of yet and post those. I love your work, but your only giving me and 85% when I want the full 100%, definitely keep trying! you guys are doing amazing; also.. maybe a few more interesting tips? don't give us easy ones like "cleaning up desktop" give us something no one else has!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
J.F.Gentleman
I switch to Mac couple months ago ... the only regrets i have .. i should do it b4 !!!! It's so simple and EVERYTHING u need exist !!! Its crazy
metallo
and what about Plex? ;)
weerapat
Thanks you for your share. many many good
Renie Windor
What about free software, open source? Paying 50$ for one app is waste of money... plus, they are not even looking handful. This is what makes me sad about all mac stuff.
Ipad user
Thank you for the best application. Can use for iPad or other device from Apple ?
driver updater
Good stuff to share. Also, i have something great to share with you too: Driver Robot. Believe it or not, it's the best Driver updater i've elve used.
Daryl Norton
I think it is great that people share what they have found out to be most useful. As long as that is the primary motive. Making money off of the links and hits is secondary and great, just keep it in that order. For all those worked up about free apps, that is a different list. Pay attention.
Yaser Alrefai
Thank you, I found what I was looking for.
Yaser Alrefai
Thank you, I found what I was looking for.
Phil McCavity
@'Mac User': I stopped reading at "tobad".
Ed Janne
I don't get people who hate on commercial software. It's great that there is freeware out there, but people who think that they are entitled to get everything for nothing have ... well ... inflated senses of entitlement. Anything is worth what you're willing to pay for it which means that we all value things differently. Software is no different. Just because Renie Windor wouldn't pay for software, doesn't mean that there aren't people out there who appreciate how much effort goes into creating a good app. And here's the thing ... only the completely myopic can't see beyond the medium that intellectual property comes on. You pay for your internet connection and your phone service, don't you? You really think that what you're paying for is just the modem or your hand-set? Give me a break. That's like kids who proclaim that milk comes from the grocery store.
Alexander Gessler
Great list of user interfaces... ! Thanks..
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I am also having problems with NavigationService.Navigate, to a page with javascript parent I also had problem with another bug..
Priscilla Nunez
Thank you for all these applications. The Best!!
Lemon Kun
Update to the list, Cha-Ching is dead. Midnight apps was bought by Intuit, both the Mac as well as the iPhone app are no longer available. It's a pity, I liked it...
Mike
Another one app for mac which is free and usefull is: BlackBox is the easiest way to convert your media files to a compatible with Apple's iPhone/iPod format on your Mac. Turn your audio files into ringtones or just make your video clips and movies watchable on your favorite device! Just drag-and-drop your file to the BlackBox window and it will convert and add your media to iTunes, ready to be sychronized with your iPod/iPhone. A product by Miksoft. http://miksoft.net/blackbox.htm PS. Its free!!
tham tu
Update to the list, Cha-Ching is dead.
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