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Software for Macs
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Extensions (as far as they aren't part of control panels or applications)

Autodump extension for MacsBug (Tenon; FTP)
automatic memory log & restart after crashes, useful for servers
Adobe printer drivers (overview)
Click there it is! (information)
extension of the standard file selection dialog to simplify file selection
Joliet File System (information)
necessary for reading MP3- and other CDs coming from the Winblows platform
MacsBug (Apple; information)
Debugger
Mustek scanner drivers (overview)
Andreas Pardeike's Welcome Plugin (information)
Plug-In for virtual hosting of HTTP server applications
Iomega ZIP drivers (Iomega; FTP)

Control Panels (as far as they aren't part of applications)

Alertia (information); freeware
automatically removes modal dialogs after some predefinable time intervals
AutoBoot (information)
automatically restarts the Mac after a crash - useful for servers
DefaultFolder (St. Clair Software; information; FTP); shareware ($25)
extensions for the standard file selection
GoMac (Proteron; information; FTP); shareware ($19.95)
start bar, like that one in Winblows
Iomega Drive Options for ZIP drives (Iomega; FTP)
LiteSwitch (Proteron; information; FTP); freeware; also a part of GoMac (see above)
allows application switching via keyboard
IP Net Tuner (formerly "OT Advanced Tuner"; Sustainable Softworks; information)
possibly improves Open-Transport performance (e.g. for Internet surfing)
SCSIProbe (Adaptec; FTP)
looks for / mounts unmounted SCSI devices
Virtual (information)
allows using "virtual" screens

Applications

Acrobat Reader (Adobe; download); freeware
for reading and printing PDF documents
AppWatcher Lite (information)
shows all currently running processes (and information about them)
BBEdit Lite (Bare Bones; information; FTP); freeware
text editor
BetterTelnet (information); freeware
Telnet client with SSH support; source code also available!
CodeWarrior (Metrowerks; updates)
Integrated Development Environment
DarkSide of the Mac (information)
stable little screen-saver
Decoder (information)
decompressor
DNS Lookup (information)
application for converting domain names (e.g. "www.apple.com") to IP numbers and vice versa
Emacs (information)
"the" Unix text editor, ported to the Mac
epsConverter (Art Age Software)
converts EPS files
EPStoPICT (Art Age Software)
converts EPS file to the Mac-specific PICT format
Eudora Internet Mail Server (Qualcomm; FTP)
E-mail server application
Eudora Light (Qualcomm; FTP)
E-mail client
Extension Overload (information)
system extension and control panel manager, database with tons of information
Fetch (information)
FTP client
FileMaker (information; updates; trial version)
database engine
Fontbook (information)
font overview/printing
The Fontz (information)
font manager
Frontier (information)
scripting system
Graphic Converter (Lemkesoft; information; download); shareware
guess what this might be? ;-) see also epsConverter and EPStoPICT
iCab (information)
Internet browser
Interarchy (formerly "Anarchie"; information)
Archie/FTP client; also contains Mac TCP Watcher, OTSessionWatcher & Finger since version 3.8
Internet Config (Stairways; information)
setting of Internet preferences
Keep It Up (information; RWTH mirror)
restarts quit/crashed (server) applications
MacGimp (information)
"the" image manipulation software for Linux, ported to the Mac
MacGS (Aladdin; information)
Ghostscript viewer
MacLaunchIt (information)
"an application helper" - launches applications, shows all running processes
NetFusion (NetObjects; FTP)
creation of web pages
NetPresenz (FTP)
server application for HTTP, FTP etc.; formerly called "FTPd"
Netscape Communicator (Netscape; FTP, RWTH mirror)
Internet client (browser, e-mail, ...)
NiftyTelnet (information; version with SSH support)
Telnet client
Pagemaker (Adobe; updates)
document layout software
Photoshop (Adobe; updates)
graphic software
ProcessHound (information)
shows all running processes (and information about them)
Quid Pro Quo (FTP)
HTTP server
Quitter (information)
quits applications on remote Macs
RagTime 3 Private (Be Software); free for non-commercial use
text document processor
ResEdit (information)
resource fork editor from Apple
Resorcerer (Mathemaesthetics)
resource fork editor
StuffIt Expander (Aladdin Systems; information)
decompressor
Suitcase (Extensis; information)
font manager
TattleTech (information); shareware
information about installed hard- and software, system settings etc.
Toast (Roxio; information)
CD burning software
Transmit (information); shareware
comfortable FTP client
TTF Converter (information)
font converter (converts True-Type fonts from Winblows to Mac format)
UUTool (information; similar applications)
application for decoding UU-encoded files (and vice versa...)
WebPainter (information)
graphics application, esp. for web graphics
XPress (Quark)
document layout software (ColorSync Xtension (for free!))

Miscellaneous

Software updates from Apple
Version Tracker - lists of recent software versions, searchable
MacRecent software collection
mac.org - tons of shareware
Pure Mac - "all the software you really need"
Internet tools
(De-)compressors and file formats
Server applications; more
Mac links ("Everything for the Macintosh-user")
Stairways software (Peter Lewis)
emulation.net - emulations for Macs
Tools for quick task switching
Brian's Essential Mac Links
Rogue (information; FTP, RWTH mirror; intro for the original version (Un*x); history; clone source code)
adventure - for relaxing after using all those tools ;-)