Application roll-call

This is what I call a “living entry”. What this means is that I will update it regularly as the need arises.
Or at least I intend to… Let’s see how it pans out.

Well, with my 40GB hard-drive almost full and because I’ve had my iBook for quite a while now and never re-installed it I feel like a big format and re-install process is looming on the horizon.

This will not happen very soon but anyway I though it would be a good idea to list the apps I use and can’t live without right now to help the process when the time comes.

And also because I’m a list geek. So there. :)

So when I do the roll-call on my Mac these apps are the ones that respond:

• The complete iLife suite (without iDVD, no point in it)
• CodeTek Virtual Desktop (may be gone in the future, but for now still essential)
• Quicksilver (lifesaver)
• XCode
• Adobe Photoshop
• iSync
• Palm Desktop
• NetNewsWire
• Psi
• Firefox (I use Safari extensively, but this is essential sometimes)
• BitTorrent client
• DivX plugin for Quicktime
• Quicktime professional
• DNSUpdate (DynamicDNS client)
• FinkComander
• GPGKeys
• iBatt
• Keynote
• MacStumbler
• Microsoft Office X
• PDA SafeID Desktop (Palm application with a desktop interface)
• Real One Player (not very essential, maybe?)
• SplahPhoto (another Palm app with a desktop interface)
• SSHKeychain (absolutely essential)
• SubEthaEdit
• TNEF’s Enough Carbon (sigh…)
• Unison
• VLC (maybe not so essential now, I’ll have to see)
• VNCViewer
• Windows Media Player
• Gnupg
• SideTrack
• Dimensionizer
• WinSwitch (because fast user switching is good but the menu bar item is ridiculously big)

There are lots of other things installed in my laptop right now but I think these are the ones that would make it to a new installation right at the start.