The best Mac and iOS apps I used in 2010

Reeder for Mac....though it's still in Beta, it is amazing.

Have you tried Springpad? Syncs between iphone, ipad, and the internet. Love it, and it looks great too.

Dragon Dictate has changed the way I work. Surely worth a mention ?

Dropbox isn't really an app on a computer, just a service. The only app is on iOS, so I contend that it belongs there if you're discussing actual apps.

I'd also like to mention Lastpass as a 1Password alternative. Now that they've purchased Xmarks and have bundled pricing on premium service, it's an even stronger contender. When used with iOS, I appreciate the Safari bookmarklet which lets you insert your password and/or credit card info while browsing in MobileSafari instead of having to use the built-in browser in the LastPass app itself (which also works, but requires that you remember in advance that you'll be visiting a site requiring login credentials).

Finally, PlainText is a great SimpleNote alternative, with a distinct look and syncing directly into DropBox. Since notes are saved as simple text files, they can be further edited right in the DropBox on any computer. I often start notes this way and finish them later on my iPhone.

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1Password is nice but clicking the login box "1Password" > "Fill & Submit XXXX every time you visit a website/forum is bad.

Its oke to fill in the MasterPassword once when logged into your mac but
why doesn't it fill in this information automatically when you vistit website/forum with a login box.

I can't live w/o Instapaper.

So I have been using a Mac for a long time. Since 2007 I have used one for productivity and engineering. I have found them to be awesome at the job. Below are a list of Mac applications that totally kick ass. I recommend them to everybody!

1. 1Password for Mac - This application is a life saver. If you have a lot of online accounts, its VERY VERY bad to use the same password to everything. What if you only want to use one password? Then download this program. It will generate a random password for every website you log into. Simply right click on the login box, "1Password" > "Fill & Submit XXXX" and type in your ONE Password. There, you're done. It stores a lot of great information. The app is easy to use and I love it!!

2. Acorn - For an image editor that doesn't such (cough Adobe) use Acorn. It's $50 and well worth it. It's light interface, powerful tools, and non Adobe like properties make it a steal. Well worth your money if you need to make/edit images. However, if you want Adobe's awfulness on your Mac, install Adobe Creative Suite CS5 (Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator, InDesign) and use those. They are 1000x more capable than Acorn, but they are Adobe. Pick from the two evils, which do you want? I pick Acorn. Although, in Macromedia's defense, I have used Fireworks for over 6 years. It was only until Adobe started to take it over when it began to suck. Maybe CS6 will be better?

3. Alfred - Want to get to an application fast? Fill up your dock, or Alfred it. Configure Alfred to override the default command space and you'll get access to an awesome looking interface that has incredibly fast and powerful navigation tools of your applications, documents, google searches, etc. It's awesome. It loads up instantly, and just works. What more could you want!

4. AutoCad for Mac - Let's be honest, I am an engineer, you may be an engineer, changes are if you are one then you have used AutoCad before. Well, AutoCad for Mac is awesome. It looks great. It's super fast, its reliable, and perfect. Definitely if you do work in the engineering field, get AutoCad, its worth it!

5. Coda - If you are a web developer, then I recommend Coda. It is an all in one package of web development tools, terminal window, 5 free ebooks, and a great user interface. I have found that by using Coda, productivity has been higher than ever! It just lets you focus on the work you need to do instead of frigging around with horrible interfaces trying to accomplish what you began in the first place.

6. iBank 4 - iBank is an awesome app because it has the ability to either automatically download your transactions, or you can simulate logging into your account and download your transactions to a backup. It reads the downloaded file and imports everything into the system. It gives you the same power as Quicken with the easy Mac like user interface. I like the ability it has to track your transactions from the bank and manage your budget. You log in, tell it what each purchase was of, and then it will categorize the items by their budget. That way you can keep track of everything with as little data entry as possible! GREAT!!!

7. iShowU HD - For a developer, this app is great. You can record your screen and the sound from your screen in a billion types of formats (not literally, but a lot). You can then use the output to either re-watch a rent only show, or deliver a demonstration/tutorial to a client or website for others to view. It's pretty niffty.

8. OmniFocus - OmniFocus is awesome. Simply. It's task management and integration to the OS is awesome. I can be in my email, highlight something important, and send it to a category. Then, when it comes time to actually do work, I can look at ONLY the important stuff. The options are near endless and the app's interface is so incredibly easy to use on the Mac, its ridiculous. It lets you get your tasks done faster than trying to fundle with an annoying user interface that requires so much input, or changes the UI when you start to enter in text for a new item. Dumb... But this app is GOLD! Get it!

9. Transmit 4 - For an FTP program, this app beats the rest by a billion times over. It is phenomenal. I love it. You can use it as a regular FTP/SFTP program or you can mount drives to your computer so they show up as a connected device. That is an awesome way to interact with your FTP site. It works 1000x better than Mac OS built in support for FTP connections via Finder. I recommend this app to anybody who wants to connect to external devices via the network and do it right!

10. VMWare Fusion - Let's be honest. Windows belongs in a VM. Take a snapshot of it once you set it up with your Apps etc, then boom snap it. Then when Windows fails or gets a virus (which isn't hard) just go back to your snapshot and instantly your back to a workin

I'm surprised there's no mention of Evernote. Yes, it's been blogged about infinitely, but it's still by far one of the most useful ways for me to share data of any kind between my iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

I'm really excited to learn about myPhoneDesktop. It's a tough choice between that and Pastebot, which seems to have a slicker UI but isn't Universal and doesn't have the push notification. I'm going to have to pour over their websites a little to check it out.