C6 Top Mac Apps 2007: Geeking Out

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There are some things that normal people (the ones who spend less than 50% of their lives in front of a computer) just don’t need to know about. These probably fall into that list. For the rest of you, here are some of my favorite highlights from the “Geekery” world:

Geeking

Code Collector Pro is for collecting code snippets, and that’s about it. But it’s a great way to hang on to those pieces of code you had to dig for and will more than likely reference time and again. It supports TextMate bundles for code highlighting, meaning it can add a myriad of languages. You can add templates for HTML files, Objective-C methods, PHP snippets… and it’s got tagging and smart folders, so you can sort your code in a way that makes sense to you.

Price $29.72
From MCubed Software

Visor is simply the handiest way ever to use Terminal. It gives you a system-wide hotkey and a Quake-style dropdown terminal for quick command line access. From the makers of Quicksilver, if you have any regular need for a little shell access, this is, in my opinion, a must have.

Price Free
At Google Code

Path Finder, sporting its ability to be the system-wide default file manager and Quick Look integration is once again my favorite. Those features can’t be the reason you left Finder and Coverflow behind, you ask? No, built in Subversion support, advanced file and permissions info, and file operations drop stack, integrated pdf and text viewing/editing, process management, terminal access, even iTunes control all add up to a very powerful central place to handle my files. I think it’s a love/hate thing, and you have to try it to understand it. Some people seem to consider $35 a hefty price tag for good software, but I wholeheartedly feel that it’s worthwhile. Maybe I’m accustomed to the PC world where $35 bought you a bag of crap that you could light on fire and leave on a friends doorstep.