If you're an original Netscape Navigator user, the SeaMonkey browser will put a smile on your face. SeaMonkey - which is discussed in the next section - also includes a web browser. I personally don't use Opera, so I'll take this statement from their website: ' Opera’s newest Web browser introduces a new technology platform, Opera Unite, allowing you to stream music or share files, photos and more, right from the browser'. It is still a very good browser - possibly better than Safari - but I prefer Firefox. Historically, Camino was developed as a native Mac OS X web browser when there weren't any other good alternatives. (June, 2010: Chrome is now my favorite Mac browser, though many other people still prefer Firefox.)Ĭamino is an open source web browser developed with 'a focus on providing the best possible experience for Mac OS X users'.

The Chrome people seem to want to make the world's fastest web browser. Google Chrome is a web browser that runs web pages and applications as fast as Google can make it go. Safari 4 includes a number of improvements that make it a good browser (but I prefer Firefox and Chrome). One of the first things everyone needs is a web browser. In my opinion, if you just want one good Mac web browser, I'd go with Firefox, but the other browsers have their strengths as well, and these days I also use Google Chrome a lot.Ĭurrently the leading open source web browser, Firefox has thousands of plugins to help customize your web browsing experience. In an effort to help other Mac users find the best Mac software around, here's my list of the best 'free Mac software applications' I know of (last updated July, 2010).

You can get a lot of things done these days using only free software. Of course there are free web browsers, which everyone wants, but there are also free Mac HTML editors, mail clients, and other free Mac apps for image editing, FTP, RSS, IRC, and CD/DVD burning and ripping, and much more.

While I'm loading up some freeware on a friend's new MacBook, it hit me how much really wonderful free Mac software is available these days. Mac freeware FAQ: Can you provide a list of the best free Mac software?

Free ftp software os x