20 must have mac apps for web designers

Graphic

Adobe Creative Suite 4 (US$1,799)

You really need some info?

Pixelmator ($59)

A great (and cheap) graphic editor for mac. The interface is very cool!

FTP

Cyberduck (free)

Filezilla (free)

Databases Tools

MAMP (free)

It installs a local server environment (“MAMP” stands for: Macintosh, Apache, Mysql and PHP)

SequelPro (free)

It’s a fast, easy-to-use Mac database management application for working with MySQL databases

Twitter Clients

Tweetie (free with ads)

Imho the best twitter client for Mac and iPhone

TweetDeck (free)

Utilities

DropBox (2GB free)

I can’t live without this amazing app. The easiest way to store, sync, and, share files online

xScope ($26.95)

Great tool for measuring, aligning and inspecting on-screen graphics and layouts.

Fresh ($9.00)

Gives you the ability to quickly access to recently modified files

Font Explorer X Pro (€ 79.00)

1Password ($39.95)

Fantastic utility to save all your passwords (and more…)

Onyx (free)

OS X maintenance & optimization tool

Organizers

Things ($49.95)

Just the best to-do list application for Mac

Billings 3 ($39.95)

Super billing and invoicing tool

Web Development Tools

Coda ($99)

Textmate ($39.00)

Chat

Adium (free)

A free instant messaging application that can connect to Gmail, AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more

Skype (free)

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25 Comments

 

  1. Gerard 20/12/2009  12:48 am Reply

    Nice list..

    It's Adium, not Audium :)

  2. Andy 20/12/2009  12:57 am Reply

    you forgot Fontcase.
    Awesome FontLibrary for just $56
    http://www.bohemiancoding.com/fontcase/index.html

  3. ThisIsInspired 20/12/2009  12:57 am Reply

    Great list (a little confusing about why Onyx is included).

    I must say Coda - which I only bought after much thought and consideration - is definitely the best software tool I have. Plus, it handles FTP as well; Technically, you can do without a stand-alone FTP app if you buy Coda. A+ piece of software.

    • Francesco Mugnai 20/12/2009  10:50 am Reply

      @ThisIsInspired Thank you for your feedback!
      I inserted Onyx because i think that everyone (web designer or not) needs at least one "maintenance" app.
      Totally agree with you about Coda :)

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  5. Gita 21/12/2009  12:36 am Reply

    We're honoured to have 1Password appear on your list, thank you!

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  6. Michael 21/12/2009  12:57 am Reply

    Textmate is 39 Euros not 39 Dollars

    so currently about $58

  7. Mike Grace 21/12/2009  12:58 am Reply

    Love this list! Simply amazing development tools that I use all the time! I'm surprised that transmit isn't on here though for a paid FTP solution. Keep up the good work!

  8. André 21/12/2009  1:06 am Reply

    Thanks for this list. Already have a few apps such as 1password and Cyberduck, but will try some mentioned ones as well. :)

  9. Francesco Mugnai 21/12/2009  8:26 am Reply

    @Mike Grace, @Andrè, @Chris Williams:
    Thank you guys for your feedback :)

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  11. Carlos Fonseca 21/12/2009  3:34 pm Reply

    You missed CSS Edit?

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  13. dadj 22/12/2009  12:17 pm Reply

    how can quicksilver not be in this list????

    • Francesco Mugnai 22/12/2009  12:23 pm Reply

      I was expecting a comment about Quicksilver.
      It's an amazing app but, IMHO, when we talk about web design tools is not "mandatory".
      That's why isn't on the list :)

  14. Simone 24/12/2009  10:42 pm Reply

    Ottima lista, io aggiungerei anche smultron come editor, ed è free, un must have :)

    nice list, i would add also smultron as editor, its free and its a must have for me :)

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  16. eugenio 22/09/2010  8:23 pm Reply

    Tweetie is free after Twitter bought Tweetie for iPhone and it no logner displays ads.

    You can add XAMPP for databases tools and Transmit for the FTP software also...

  17. Anonymous 07/03/2011  9:11 pm Reply

    I use Transmit for FTP and SFTP access. Its cool!

  18. Anonymous 07/03/2011  9:11 pm Reply

    I use Transmit for FTP and SFTP access. Its cool!

  19. Ariadna 08/11/2011  12:59 pm Reply

    I think that some of this applications are already overrated and were changed with some better ones. Asigurari Auto

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