Voodoo Pad Lite.

VoodooPad Lite is a desktop-based wiki. That means you can have one document that contains several linked documents inside it. So, for example, you could have one VoodooPad doc for a particular course, and the front page could be an index linking to assignments, day-to-day plans, and so on. The beauty of it is that you can move easily between these linked pages, and you don’t have to deal with opening several documents at once. It doesn’t take long to learn, and it’s an extraordinarily useful planning tool. (The tabbed “notebook” document option in Word for Mac 2004 does a few similar things, though not as quickly and easily.) 

Cyberduck.

Cyberduck is a simple FTP (file transfer) program for Macs, which allows you to easily upload and download documents from both your BSU iWeb account and your BSU iLocker account. (And, for that matter, from any typical FTP-enabled online storage space.

Also Consider:

1. •  NetNewsWire Lite, a popular desktop-based RSS reader.
   

2. •  Think, an application that handily blacks out everything on your screen except for an application of your choosing; nice for helping yourself to focus on one task.  WriteRoom, which turns your screen into a single purpose, distraction free writing space, is inspired by a similar idea.  (Newer versions of WriteRoom are not free, but the free, cross-platform Java application jDarkRoom approximates the functionality of the original WriteRoom.)
   

3. • Image Tricks is a simple, useful, free tool for cropping, resizing, and adding effects to images.  Very useful for designing documents, presentations, and webpages.
   

4. • Both SnapNDrag and ScreencaptureX both offer easy interfaces for doing screencaptures in OSX, including DVD screencaptures.
   

5. • Spotlaser, a tool to make Spotlight searching more precise.
   

6. • Camino, Mozilla’s fast, built-for-Mac web browser, which allows you to take greater advantage of your Mac’s services menu.
   

7. •  Flip4Mac, which tweaks Quicktime so that it will play WMV (Windows Media) video files. (The free version allows playback only, but that’s enough for most folks.)  Also, consider Perian, which expands the abilities of Quicktime so that it can play still more video formats.
   

8. •  ClamAV, a free virus-scanning software for Macs, which, of course, don’t need virus scanning nearly so much as PCs need it. (Click here for Macworld review of ClamAV, and here for a more general Macworld article on Macs and viruses.)
   

9. •  iProcrastinate, a simple, useful task management tool, excellent for students (and, consequently, for teachers).
   

10. • CopyWrite, a lightweight alternative to MS Word that allows users to link notes to documents and move quickly between related files.  The free version limits you to five documents per project.  Jer’s Novel Writer is a similar application worth a look.
    

And Don’t Forget:

1. •  Preview, which comes on all Macs and makes a great lightweight PDF viewer and annotator.   
   

2. •  iLife, which gives you easy, integrated sound, video, and slideshow production capabilities.  (The link above takes you to a page full of iLife information and virtual tours.) 
   

3. •  iWork, which includes Keynote as a quite good alternative MS PowerPoint.
   

4. •  And, you know, all the many useful gizmos of OSX, which Apple overviews here.
   

Grab Bag:

1. • Mac Recon’s excellent, updated list of free apps for Macs.
   

2. • OSX Web Browsers: links and reviews.
   

3. • Lifehacker’s 10 Apps that Should’ve Been in Leopard.
   

4. • The Free Mac Ware blog, featuring (as you might guess) lots of free applications for Macs, along with short reviews.
   

5. • A collection of Mac applications geared toward college students.  (Some repeats from above.)
   

6. • Todos, which gives you a sort of super dock that shows all your application icons. Also consider Overflow, an application that costs a few dollars but is a very nice solution for keeping a clean dock but also accessing applications and folders quickly.
   

7. • Paparazzi!, a simple tool that takes screenshots of whole webpages (top to bottom, not just what’s currently on-screen).  Reviewed here.
   

8. • iPhoto Buddy allows you to manage multipled iPhoto libraries easily.
   

9. • Desktopple, a tool that will hide all the file icons on your screen when you need to do a clean screen shot or hook up to a projector.
   

10. • A collection of BitTorrent downloading clients.
    

11. • Mac tricks: dictionary, text clipping, screen inversion, screen and window image capture.
    

12. • Jason Guthrie’s short list of plugins for the Apple Address Book.
    

13. • The Best Mac Software page has a good list of apps for Macs.
    

Apple hasn’t made an inkable screen since their failed experiment with the Newton (a PDA before its time that was about the size of a Franklin-Covey planner). But those of you who use Macs know that OSX offers some great features that make it awfully useful for teaching, too. (Easy search with Spotlight and easy access to image and video files through the iLife suite are just the start.) We have many more PCs and Tablet PCs in the classroom than we do Macs, but for those of you working with Macs, this page includes some very nice free apps that are Mac-only toys.