Alfred

Alfred
Price: Free
Compatibility: 10.6 or later

App2Dmg

App2Dmg
Price: Free
Compatibility 10.6 or later

Candybar

Candybar
Price: Free
Compatibility: 10.2 or later

Free with the serial from the company, it is provided the company in this link.

Change default system icons.

iWrite

Apps For Writing

Dropbox
Price: click here
At least512 MB of RAM
An amount of free space on your computer equal to the amount you want to store on Dropbox
Compatibility:
At least 512MB of RAM
An amount of free space on your computer equal to the amount you want to store on Dropbox
Compatibility:


Desktop:


Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 and 8 (32- and 64-bit)

Mac: OS X Tiger (10.4) or later
Ubuntu 7.10+ and Fedora Core 9+. Make sure your partition is mounted with support for extended attributes (xattrs). Also see the advanced section below for Nautilus/GNOME integration requirements


Desktop Browsers:

You can transfer and download files using the Dropbox website from any modern browser. The Dropbox website works best on:
Internet Explorer 8+.
All recent versions of Google Chrome
Safari 3+
Firefox 3+
Opera 9+
Dropbox on mobile phones

Mobile:

iPhone App
iPhone (any model) or iPod Touch
iOS 5 or later
All video features require an iPhone 3GS or later model
An Apple ID to access the App Store



iPad App
An iPad
iOS 5 or later
An Apple ID to access the App Store



Android App
Android OS 2.1 (Eclair) or higher



BlackBerry App
BlackBerry OS 4.5 and up.
Music playback is supported on devices with BlackBerry OS 4.6 and up.
Video/audio format support varies depending on device and OS version. Read more about video/audio support from the BlackBerry website
Mobile browser

The mobile-optimized version of Dropbox should work on any web browser. Simply bookmark: http://m.dropbox.com



Great place to put your writing.

Scrivener
Pricing:

Scrivener 2 for Mac OS X (Regular License) — $45.00
Regular version of Scrivener for Mac OS X.

Scrivener 2 for Mac OS X (Regular License) — $45.00

Regular version of Scrivener for Mac OS X.

Scrivener 2 for Mac OS X (Education License) — $38.25

Regular version of Scrivener for scholars, educators and students for Mac OS X only.

Scrivener for Windows (Regular Licencse) — $40.00

Available Regular version of Scrivener for Windows.

Scrivener for Windows (Education Licence) — $35.00

Available Regular version of Scrivener for scholars, educators and students for Windows only.

Why pay this much for a writing app? Scrivener allows you to put any file inside and it opens them using the default application. Not only that it keeps all of the files inside of one of which you can extract by viewing it's package contents, and going to files > docs. Can also be in sync with Simple Note to sync your files to your iOS or Android device.

Icon by CJ Melegrito

Pocket
Price: Free
Compatibility: 10.8 or later

Keeps research articles organized online instead of on your computer.







Movie Magic Screenwriter
Pricing:

Download for Mac & Windows - $159
Boxed for Mac & Windows - $169
Download for Mac & Windows + Back-up CD - $169
Compatibility:


Windows
Vista compatible
Pentium 300Mhz or greater (Pentium 1Ghz recommended)
Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
60 MB of Hard Disk Space
CD-ROM drive (network installation not supported)
iPartner requires Internet connection, optional microphone
and speakers for voice chat
Video Card w/8MB or greater recommended for Full Page View

Macintosh
Intel Native (Universal Binary)
Power PC, G3, G4, G5 or Intel Core Duo processor
OS X 10.5 - 10.8
25 MB of Hard Disk Space
CD-ROM drive (network installation not supported)
iPartner requires Internet connection, optional microphone
and speakers for voice chat.
Great for screenplays.

Apimac

Speedy

Price:

Upgrade: $5.99

Single User: $9.99

Site License: $34.99

Compatibility: 10.6.6 or later

Just as good as it sounds, launches recent files or folders, websites, applications and even automator workflows. Well worth it's price.

Compress Files for Mac

Price:

Upgrade: $7.99

Single User: $9.99

Site License: $39.99

Compatibility: 10.6.6 or later

Can compress files to 7z allowing you to compress 1 GB to 1.4 MB

Clean Text

Price:

Upgrade: $9.99

Single User: $14.99

Site License: $39.99

Compatibility: 10.6.6 or later

Protect Files

Price: 

Upgrade: $7.99

Single User:$19.99

Site License: $34.99

Compatibility: 10.6.6 or later

RipIt

RipIt
Price: $24.95 ( Free Trial allows 10 DVD rips )
Compatibility: 10.6 or higher

OnyX

Onyx

Price: Free

Compatibility: Mac 10.2 or later

Checks SMART status and allows you to change default settings.

ClipGrab

ClipGrab
Price: Free
Compatibility: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, All Macs, Linux

Downloads Videos from Youtube either by searching for it or by entering it's URL.

How to Change an App's Icon

1. Show the package contents of the app.

2. Open resources and look for the icon, it should have the extension ".icns".

3 ( if needed ). If it's not already, make your new icon a icns file.

     3a. Open the image in Preview.

     3b. Press "Shift + ⌘ + S".

     3c. From the drop-down menu, choose icns and export it to the desktop.

4. Name the new icon the same title as the one already there.

5. Replace the old icon with the new icon.

6. Open the new icon in Preview.

7. Press "⌘ + A" and then copy it.

8. Go to the app you wish to change.

9. Highlight the app and press "⌘ + I"

10. Click the icon on the get info window and paste.

11 ( if needed ). If the app prevents pasting, do the following:

     11a. Click the the lock at the bottom right of the get info window and enter your password at the prompt.

     11b. Click the + at the bottom left and add your current administer account

     11c. Change your administer permissions on the get info window, if isn't already to read and write.

     11d. Click the icon on the get info window and paste.