Michael is finally joining the modern world and switching to Mac and invited people to submit their favorite / essential Mac apps.

Here’s my list:

• Firefox – duh
• Adium – chat
• iTerm – terminal (Leopard’s version is usable but I like iTerm shortcuts and other features better
• Mail – sufficient but wish it had a calendar other than iCal
• TextMate $$ – text editor (not free, but worth it) – try TextWrangler for an ok free editor
• Quicksilver – app launching and more
• NeoOffice – very decent for word processing and office stuff
• KeyNote $$ – must have for presentations
• iStat – menu bar stats
• Growl – system notification, integrates with many above
• Colloquy – irc
• NetNewsWire – rss
• Audacity – audio editing
• Audio Hijack $$ – swiping audio from any app
• Senuti – move songs off your iPod onto a different computer (senuti == reverse(itunes))
• ByteController – iTunes control from the menu bar, probably something better out there
• coconutBattery – for those obsessed with battery performance
• CoRD – a better Remote Desktop for Windows access
• OmniGraffle $$ – drawing program, totally worth the cash, check out all the Omni apps
• TinyAlarm – a wonderful tiny menu bar alarm clock
• Zoom – a player for interactive fiction files like Zork :)