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iTunes is one of the best MP3 players/organizers out there, and it now runs on both Macintosh and Windows. Learn More
OmniGraffle is the best program out there for making diagrams. Unfortunately, it's only available for the Macintosh. Learn More
OmniOutliner is a basic outlining tool — for essays and presentations. Learn More
BBEdit is one of the oldest and best text editors for the Macintosh, and and a must-have for any serious PHP or HTML coder. Learn More
OmniDiskSweeper Want to know where the space on your hard drive has gone? OmniDiskSweeper will help you identify what files and folders are taking up most space. Learn More
Design Software
Adobe Illustrator CS2 was once the best software for doing print design. Most of its functionality is now available in Adobe InDesign CS2, so fewer people use it these days. Learn More
Adobe InDesign CS2 is one of the best desktop-publishing packages available — its only real competitor is Quark. Learn More
Quark is one of the best desktop-publishing packages available — its only real competitor is Adobe InDesign CS2. Learn More
Multimedia Software
Garage Band is Apple's consumer-level audio post-processing software. You can use it for mixing music, editing interviews, and creating podcasts. Learn More
iMovie is Apple's consumer-level video-editing software. It's fine for editing your home movies, but for anything more complicated you'll want to get Final Cut Pro. Learn More
Logic Pro is Apple's professional-grade audio post-production tool. It's a lot more powerful than Garage Band, and not much more difficult to use. Learn More
Premiere was once the best video-editing software package available for those who could not afford an Avid workstation. It's still good, but if you work on a Macintosh I recommend Final Cut Pro instead. Learn More
Final Cut Pro is one of the best video-editing software packages available — and it's only available on the Macintosh. Learn More
ProTools is one of the best audio-processing programs on the market. It is also, unfortunately, fairly difficult to use. Learn More
Photography Software
iPhoto is Apple's consumer-level photo-management software. Learn More
iView Media is the baby brother if iView Media Pro. For the price difference, you are probably better off getting the professional version. Learn More
Picasa is photo-organizing software from Google. It isn't nearly as powerful as Aperture, but it's a whole lot simpler — and it's free. Learn More
iView Media Pro was once the best software out there to organize your digital photographs. If you don't own a Macintosh and can't run Aperture, it's still the best. Learn More
Aperture is Apple's professional-level photography-management software. Learn More
Photoshop Software
Adobe Photoshop CS2 is a darkroom, a collage table, and much much more. Learn More
Adobe ImageReady CS2 Adobe ImageReady ships wth Adobe Photoshop, and is used to create custom image mouse-over effects for websites. Learn More
DNG Converter Digital cameras have a wide variety of proprietary RAW file formats. Adobe has developed DNG (Digital NeGative) as a universal file format, and the DNG converter turns your RAW photos into DNG files. Learn More
Genuine Fractals is a program that lets you blow up images without getting nasty square pixels. Learn More
Noise Ninja Digital cameras create 'visual noise' — randomly-colored pixels in your image. The amount of noise varies from camera to camera, but even the best models get grainy at high ISO settings. Noise Ninja analyzes your picture and dramatically reduces the effects of noise. Learn More
Webmaster Software
Macromedia DreamWeaver is Adobe's HTML editor, replacing GoLive. Learn More
Macromedia Flash is used to make complex animations and interactive programs for the web. Learn More