I get tired of finding the stuff that I need when I get a new computer, or forget what tool I used to ‘that’ with. So I’ve made a list.
Generic Utilities
1Password
https://agilebits.com/onepassword
Put Passwords In Their Place. Simple, Convenient Security
Homebrew
http://brew.sh
The missing package manager for OS X
Use this of MacPorts, not both.
MacPorts
https://www.macports.org
Easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software
Use this or HomeBrew, not both.
Parallels Desktop
http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/
Run Windows on Your Mac
VMWare Fusion
http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion.html
Use this or Parallels or VirtualBox.
Spectacle
https://www.spectacleapp.com
Easily organize windows without using a mouse.
Suspicious Package
http://www.mothersruin.com/software/SuspiciousPackage/
A Quick Look Plug-in for OS X Installer Packages
The Unarchiver
http://unarchiver.c3.cx
Application for uncompressing archive files
VirtualBox
https://www.virtualbox.org
General-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware
XQuartz
http://www.xquartz.org
X.Org X Window System that runs on OS X. X11.app
Network Tools
Bonjour Browser
http://www.tildesoft.com
Displays all the bonjour services on your local network
Burp Suite
https://portswigger.net/burp/
Platform for performing security testing of web applications
nmap
https://nmap.org/download.html#macosx
Utility for network discovery and security auditing
Wireshark
https://www.wireshark.org/#download
Network protocol analyzer
Editors
0xED
http://www.suavetech.com/0xed/
Hex editor
Garden Planner
http://smallblueprinter.com/garden/
Design your dream garden
GIMP
http://www.gimp.org
Image Manipulation Program.
PabloDraw
http://picoe.ca/products/pablodraw/
An Ansi/Ascii text and RIPscrip vector graphic art editor/viewer
TextWrangler
http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/
The “little brother” to BBEdit, a leading professional HTML and text editor.
Applications
CHIRP
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home
Programming your amateur radio
DB Browser for SQLite
http://sqlitebrowser.org
Visual tool to create, design, and edit database files compatible with SQLite.
Dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/downloading?full=1&os=mac
Dropbox is the simple, powerful home for your … files.
ExifTool
http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
Application for reading, writing and editing meta information in a wide variety of files.
FFDec
https://www.free-decompiler.com/flash/
Flash SWF decompiler and editor
ForkLift
http://www.binarynights.com
File manager and FTP + SFTP + Amazon S3 + WEBDav client
Hopper v3
http://www.hopperapp.com
Reverse engineering tool for OS X and Linux, that lets you disassemble, and decompile your 32/64bits Intel Mac, Linux, Windows and iOS executables!
http://www.navicat.com/products/navicat-essentials
Simple database administration of MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and SQLite databases
TestDisk
http://www.cgsecurity.org/
Recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again.
PhotoRec
http://www.cgsecurity.org/
File data recovery software.