The best Mac applications I used in 2010

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2010/07/overview-hero.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img align="right" alt="" border="0" height="279" hspace="8" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2010/07/overview-hero.png" vspace="8" width="152" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> As the end of 2010 approaches, I started looking back over the Mac applications that I used this year to see which ones stood out. They weren't necessarily released this year (although many were), but they were apps that helped me get stuff done in 2010. I didn't try to come up with some specific number or any other predefined criteria, I just took a good hard look at my Applications folder, menu bar and System Preferences. They are presented in no particular order.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://dropbox.com/">Dropbox</a> reached 1.0 in 2010, and the milestone release included some <a href="http://blog.dropbox.com/?p=581">significant Mac-specific features</a> such as Extended Attribute Sync. This was also the first year that I exceeded the free space Dropbox provides, and paid for a 50 GB account. Thanks to the <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/referrals">referral program</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/edu">educational user referral bonus</a>, and <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/free">extra free space</a> programs that Dropbox offers, I have 83.4 GB of space in my "50 GB" account.<br /> <br /> TUAW folks have written extensively about our love of Dropbox, but if you've somehow missed it: Dropbox is a folder on your computer which syncs (and therefore is "backed up" and version-managed) online, and which you can then sync to all of your other Mac, Windows, or Linux computers. (Want to know more? Check out the <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/tour/2#1">official Dropbox tour</a>.) Thanks to the API which the company <a href="http://blog.dropbox.com/?p=492">announced back in May</a>, many iOS developers have added Dropbox syncing as well, making 2010 a pretty significant year for Dropbox and its users. (Cost: 2 GB/free; $9.99/month or $99.00/year for 50 GB; or $19.99/month or $199.00/year for 100 GB.)<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://tuaw.com/tag/mac">Source</a></span>

The best Mac applications I used in 2010

As the end of 2010 approaches, I started looking back over the Mac applications that I used this year to see which ones stoo...

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