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What are good examples of early Mac OS X software (10.0-10.4 era, pre-Intel switch)? My list so far
- OmniWeb, OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner and other Omni Group software
- Transmit 2, Unison, Candy Bar, Pixadex, and other Panic software
- Audio Hijack and other Rogue Amoeba software
- NetNewsWire and MarsEdit
- Watson
- Acorn
- TextMate
- Quicksilver
- VoodooPad
- BBEdit
- SubEthaEdit
- GraphicConverter
- iCab
- Camino
- Fetch
- Default Folder X
- MenuMeters
- DEVONthink
- CodeWarrior
- Resorcerer
- FruitMenu, WindowShadeX and other Unsanity haxies
- LiteSwitch X
- DragThing and PCalc
- TinkerTool
- LaunchBar
- Path Finder
- Konfabulator
@mihaip anything by MacRabbit 
@mihaip Cyberduck
Anyone remember #Bodega, the Mac app store before the (Mac) app store?
@rl_dane TIL. Though looks like that's a bit later (2009, requires 10.5/Leopard: https://web.archive.org/web/20090901092806/http://appbodega.com/)
@mihaip some apps I still miss: Drop Drawers. MT-NewsWatcher. Palm Desktop (formerly Claris Organizer).
@smallsco @mihaip yep - I managed to keep Growl (esp Growl Notify) working for a LONG time (via some silly command-line hackery); just gave up on it a few years ago, when I could get Notification Center to do most of what I wanted (and still, sadly, lost a few things, like notification of volume mount / unmount)
@mihaip Are Delicious Library and Acquisition too late? 10.4 era I’d say
@apike Thanks, I think those work. Delicious Library ran on 10.3 per http://www.atpm.com/11.01/delicious-library.shtml.
Acquisition is even earlier (needs 10.2 per https://web.archive.org/web/20030201143030/http://www.acquisitionx.com/)
@mihaip All I can spot in old screenshots of mine on Flickr are DragThing, SpamSieve, and Adium.
@brentsimmons @mihaip Still using Colloquy!
@mihaip NewsFire was always a beautiful Mac app. The website is still up! https://newsfirex.com/
Edit: Wrongly stated that Dave Watanabe was a Konfabulator dev but nope. Soz.
@chrismcelligott Added to my list. Though Konfabulator was done by Arlo Rose and Perry Clarke.
@mihaip You’re right and a complete brain fart on my end!
@mihaip @brentsimmons Disco was awesome; it *just worked* as a simple CDR/DVD burning app, but also the whole window smoked as it “burned” your disc 
@jochenwolters @mihaip @jgamet Daniel would know @danielpunkass
@jimluther @jochenwolters @mihaip @jgamet It did just BARELY predate the first Intel Macs, but I didn't take it over until 2007.
@danielpunkass @jochenwolters @mihaip @jgamet I did check your web site before tagging you, but there was no history and dates in the release notes weren’t in earlier releases.
@mihaip @brentsimmons iConquer! (there were few mac *games* written in cocoa)
Relatedly, there used to be a wikipedia page about the Delicious Generation, but it got deleted after a while.
@mihaip Canvas 8, QuicKeys X, StuffIt Deluxe / Expander, Flying Toasters, PCalc, Interarchy
@mihaip TextWrangler, VirtueDesktops, XChat Aqua
@mihaip also various apps by Ambrosia Software, Snapz Pro X and WireTap Pro come to mind
@mihaip @brentsimmons Growing up, I really loved using Camino on my dad‘s PowerBook
@mihaip such good SW, from so long ago - still use many, of course
@mihaip @ecschwarz AppZapper
Linotype FontExplorer X
Notational Velocity
Pacifist
Synergy
Skim
Apple's Disk Utility was certainly better back then than it is now.
@mihaip great idea - I hadn't heard of some of these.
for an FTP client, I've never found anything better than YummyFTP. I was crushed when the programmer passed away unexpectedly, and the company wasn't able to create a 64-bit Intel version.
@mihaip nisus writer!
@mihaip Since you didn’t specify 3rd party: iDVD.
Made it super easy to create the flashiest group video project in school when everyone else just used Windows Media Player to burn a basic video file.
@mihaip the Boxer.app implementation of DOSBox was great and I miss it a lot.
@mihaip As your list is pretty much complete and others have already added stuff I liked, I would mention also RBrowser that I used with 10.0 and later (FTP/SFTP client)
Also, there was a graphic suite coming from NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP but I can't remember the name. I remember using it to show the concept of bundle apps in demos
Edit: typo
@hovav that’s it! Thank you
@mihaip so much nostalgia in this thread
Codetek Virtual Desktop Pro?
It was expensive ($40!!), but did what is says on the tin, and played well with X11.
Happy to See Omni* and Rogue Amoeba represented.
@mihaip inquisitor?
@mihaip Aquamacs (May be odd choice, yes)
TextWrangler
@mihaip I worked for a while on Print Explosion.
@mihaip Apple’s own Aperture was a big one for me.
@angst_ridden @mihaip Great choice!
The clarity and sheer “Mac-ness” of Aperture’s UI was a brilliant achievement.
Such a bummer that none of the contemporary photo applications have a feel even remotely similar. 
@jochenwolters @mihaip I agree. I’m stuck using Lightroom Classic, and although the tools have become more advanced, I really miss Aperture.
@mihaip @brentsimmons No one’s mentioned Now Up-to-Date and Contact yet, which for me were the high water mark for what used to be called PIMs
@mihaip Transmission probably.
@mihaip QLab might just fit in at the end of that period?
https://web.archive.org/web/20060216235421/http://figure53.com/
@mihaip @brentsimmons You forgot the Internet Explorer 
@mihaip I still use MenuMeters on my current macOS Sequoia Macs! 
@mihaip GyazMail and Camino browser
@mihaip Little Snitch (works with 10.2 and later)
@mihaip I was a big fan of the Stone Studio applications that came over from NextStep. Create was a nstive alternative to Freehand and Illustrator during the early days of Mac OS X.
https://www.stone.com/Create/Create_Resources.html