Uses FFMPEG so it handles pretty much the same stuff as perian, but has more features than the default quicktime player.ħ.

Movist - This is great movie player for when quicktime does not cut it. Perian - adds support to quicktime for all those unusual codecs.Ħ. Picasa - Prefer it over iPhoto by a large margin.ĥ.

Quicksilver used to be the gold standard, but has been buggy when trying it lately under SL.Ĥ. My preference is QSB since it is free, Launchbar is quite nice as well, but is a bit pricey. Google Quick Search Box, Launchbar, or Quicksilver - Quick launch apps. Growl - This gives nice system notifications supported by lots of software, configurable. It supports scripts that can update dock badges and generate growl messages. Fluid - This one allows creating SSBs (Single Site Browsers) for your common webapps. I thought I would share some of my favorite software to get you productive in your new desktop. Perhaps some people building osx86 machines from scratch are new to OS X in general.

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Picasa for mac os x lion