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10 picks from the Tucows top 100 Mac apps part 2

#59 | 3:00 |

The Sweet Stuff: Software

Thursday September 2, 2010

Tucows added a great new feature in the form of

top 100 Mac OS X software downloads

. But even a carefully selected list of 100 top Mac downloads can be a lot to wade through. Doc combs through the Tucows top 100 Mac downloads list and selects his top ten favorites. This week, we look at Doc's Mac software picks six through ten. Check out last week's instalment of The Sweet Stuff: Software for one through five.

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Show Notes

Onyx

- Full-featured maintenance program for Macs.

- Tests and verifies your drives.

- Cleans up junk in various caches.

- You can automate many of the chores.

Prism Video Converter for Mac

- Converts videos to a wide range of video formats.

- Quick and easy to use.

- Produces high-quality videos.

- Can convert an entire folder of videos.

CleanMyMac

- Very easy to use.

- Great for uninstalling programs.

- Cleans out your cache and other junk files.

- Had a Quick Erase function that securely erases files.

VLC for Mac

- Full-featured media player.

- Available for Windows and Linux as well.

- Plays DVDs, CDs, and more.

- Has a full range of codecs built in, so you can play anything.

TweetDeck

- Uses Adobe Air.

- Has multiple panels so you can see what's going on.

- Lets you keep tabs on Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace.

- Lots of configurable options.

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