Tools > Desktop > Technical
CaptureMe – free open-source screen capture software (limited to :10 or so of video capture) Good for down and dirty stuff
flickr uploadr – use the power of the desktop to get your pics up to flickr – quicker!
iStat Menu3 – The memory dropdown menu shows a list of the top 5 memory hogs, as well as other useful info. An absolute necessity.
iSkySoft for Mac – video converter
Standards Conversion – a suite of plug-ins for converting standards in app
PluralEyes – it automatically synchronizes all your audio and video clips without the need for timecode, clappers or any special preparation. (Not compatible with FCP X yet)
DualEyes – makes dual-system audio applications a snap. (Not compatible with FCP X yet)
Presto – lets you quickly and easily make videos of presentations. (Not compatible with FCP X yet)
Data Rescue – the best digital data recovery software on the market for recovering files from a problem hard drive or that have been previously deleted.
Automator Actions – pre-made actions for Automator. Automator is an application developed by Apple for Mac OS X that implements point-and-click (or drag-and-drop) creation of workflows for automating repetitive tasks into batches for quicker alteration, thus saving time and effort over human intervention to manually change each file separately.
DownloadHelper – a Firefox extension that allows you to download tons of videos from most of YouTube like sites.
OnyX – a multi-function app that will help you maintain your Mac OS X system.
DiskWarrior – the safest, most technologically advanced, most powerful utility to eliminate directory damage available for any computer
TechTool Pro – a full-featured utility program containing options for testing and repair, maintenance (including disk defragmentation), and data recovery.
MPEGRepairHD® – a comprehensive software encoding tool that creates studio quality transport and program streams in real-time for all High Definition (HD), Cinema and Standard Definition (SD) video standards.
HDProQT™ – produces MPEG streams that are compliant with the latest HD (ATSC, HTDV, CableLabs, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD, VOD) and SD specifications.
Expert-Caption™ - performs closed caption insertion, extraction, analysis and transcoding and is part of PixelTool’s Expert software family.
Expert-H264® – encodes popular source formats such as AVI, TGA, MOV and BMP into the new H.264 Advanced Video Coding format.
Media Inspector – (formerly Media Info) the multimedia file analyzer and reporting tool for the Macintosh.
Miro - an open-source video player (similar to VLC)
Test Gear 2.5 – provides motion graphics artists and video editors with a variety of test instruments to make objective measurements of their visual and audio work, all from within Adobe After Effects
FCS Maintenance Pack – a utility pack designed to keep your Final Cut Studio or Final Cut Express machine running at optimal performance and help resolve problems when they arise.
Pro Media Tools – a suite of workflow tools designed to process and manage media in Final Cut Studio, Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere CS5 for Mac. (Largely compatible with FCP X)
Mac Caption – a complete closed captioning and subtitling solution.
Snapz Pro X – allows you to effortlessly record anything on your screen, saving it as a QuickTime® movie or screenshot that can be e-mailed, put up on the web, or passed around however you want.
Super Duper! - the wildly acclaimed program that makes recovery painless, because it makes creating a fully bootable backup painless.
Vimeo Uploader - use the power of the desktop to get your videos to Vimeo – pronto!
VLC – VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols.
Butler - ease all those routine tasks you do every day
ScreenRecycler – use your other computer as an additional display for your Mac.
Quicksilver – a unified, extensible interface for working with applications, contacts, music, and other data.
Sidestep – automatically reroutes your Mac’s traffic when unsecured
FieldsKit – a plug-in suite for deinterlacing, reinterlacing and doing pulldown on your source footage. (Not compatible with FCP X yet)
TrueCrypt- free open-source disk encryption software
coconutBattery – With coconutBattery you’re always aware of your current battery health. It shows you live information about your battery such as how often it was charged and how is the current maximum capacity in relation to the original capacity your battery had when it left the factory.
Scopo Gigio – a full-featured video waveform monitor and vectorscope plugin for Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects.
Backup System Configurations – how we can use the various types of backup tools to protect the different kinds of data we have.
mocha – a stand alone tracking and roto software designed to complement any compositing and finishing environment. (Mocha and Mocha AE are not compatible with FCP X yet)
Telestream Episode® 6 – an all-in-one, multiformat encoding application designed for post production and new media workflows.
The Unarchiver – Can’t get Archive Utility or Stuffit Expander to open your .zip or.rar file try The Unarchiver.
AE Suicide – this is a script that save your project when After Effects crashes.
FCS Remover – A utility for uninstalling Apple Final Cut Studio on Mac OS X.
FcpReconnect – Helps you do better relinking in FCP by 1) consolidating the online files with correct names, 2) renaming the original files and 3) modifying XML files. (Not compatible with FCP X yet)
Archiving for Indies – learn about the latest solutions in digital archiving using LTO-5 tape.
Lock & Load X – The Worlds Fastest Video Stabilizer for FCP!
OmniDiskSweeper – a Mac OS X utility for quickly finding and deleting big, useless files and making space on your hard disks.
