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The 15 Essential Applications for your Mac

When we landed in Mac from the “World Window” everything changes, everything is more beautiful, intuitive and easy. But Mac OS X is another operating system and as such, you need to get used to its simplicity. To help in this task, whether you are new to the apple world as if you carry around a while, today the 15 essential applications that should not miss in the middle of every Mac user I bring you today.

The 15 applications that should not be missed on your Mac:

Smart Converter

It is a small free application that allows you to convert almost any video format in the format you need. It works great. Ideal when you download your favorite series and you find that your TV USB reader does not read it.

VLC

No more, unable to open a video file because the format is not supported. VLC opens it and reads it all around, and it yet never once failed.

 

The Unarchiver

Decompress everything, everything and anything you download compressed. With The Unarchiver you can compress and decompress many formats including the popular Zip and Rar.

 

Alfred

It tracks all the files you have on your Mac and you will immediately generate shortcuts to avoid having to scroll between the results. Since I tried it, I have not gone back to using spotlight.

 

Memory Clean

Releasing RAM for excellence, perfect when you are working with many applications simultaneously, and the system begins to slow.

 

FreeSpace Tab

Keep in check the free space on your hard drive, SSD or external drives. With this small app you control at all times in space. No longer available but still can not find it online if there are similar applications for that will also give you good results.

 

Caffeine

This will prevent small cup of coffee, with just one click, your Mac to sleep.

 

Rename

Have you imported hundreds of photos at once to your Mac and now you need to rename them? With Rename you can do batch sequencing and also setting you prefer with just a few clicks.

 

iWork

With Apple office suite you can already go to leaving for the History Office. Pages, Numbers and Kaynote are agile, simple and intuitive, and best of all, formats compatible with Microsoft both ways, in and out, so that you can read and edit a word that you just sent, or export a text file created in Word or Pages in PDF. And besides, if you have iPhone and / or iPad, your documents will always be with you and updated.

 

uTorrent

Download movies, music, books nonstop.

 

Dropbox

Who does not know Dropbox? This app creates a folder on your Mac and everything you put into it will be available in all versions that exist of Dropbox for iPhone, iPad, Android, or web version. You can share files or folders with anyone which greatly facilitates collaborative work.

 

Tuxera NTFS

This minimum added into our system allow OS X to write to all kinds of external drives, regardless of the format in which they are configured.

 

CleanMyMac

The best “cleaner” I know. With just a couple of clicks, you can delete from your Mac remains of deleted applications that had been out there hidden, uninstall form completely and clean applications you no longer use, locating files that take up much space and you no longer want. You gain space and keep your Mac fast as a hare.

 

Spotify

Tired of songs stored in your iTunes library? With Spotify you can discover new music, create playlists, listen to what they listen to your friends…

 

Evernote

And finally, Evernote. Capture everything you want in Evernote, sign books, share with your contacts… Its powerful search engine allows text searches, including images and manuscripts. Its applications in daily life, in education, in the company… Are endless, and so are its many features. And always kept updated between different versions for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, Android, or web. Simply the perfect app to save everything and teamwork.

The vast majority of these apps are free and there are few that are not… As you imagine, this selection is based on my experience and I personally use my Mac do depending on my needs. Maybe you must consider you some more, why do not you tell us?

Albert Palacci is passionate about digital marketing and social media analysis, he is writing for several online magazines and websites, also you can check his personal blog and you can find more about him on his Twitter profile or Pinterest profile.

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