A while back I posted 10 Useful Portable Applications to Run On Your USB Drive. I thought it was time to do the same type of post for all of the Mac folks. If you do not find something in this list to suit your needs, with a few Google searches you are likely to find something to work for you.
1. Cyberduck
Opensource Mac FTP client. If you aren’t using Cyberduck, here is a basic run through.
2. Portable VLC OS X
The play anything media player. Highly recommended if you are using multiple computers.
3. Portable Adium
All-in-one instant messenger (Google, ICQ, Yahoo, AIM, MSN…)
4. Portable Firefox Cross Plartform
Firefox for both Windows and OSX. Use Firefox with add-ons like Xmarks to sync your bookmarks.
5. Portable Thunderbird Cross Platform
The cross platform version of Mozilla Thunderbird will allow you to access your email application anywhere you have a computer with a USB port.
6. Netfixer
Easy to use webpage capture tool. Use the optional bookmarklet to activate the application.
7. Camino
An Opensource web browser built for Macs by Mozilla. Some Firefox-like add-ons are available, but not near as many. Greasemonkey scripts can also be converted for use with Camino.
8. Neverball
Game of skill and patience. Use the mouse to tilt the floor and move the ball; it sounds easy, but it isn’t.
9. FSuite
Over 40 portable apps spanning everything from games to word processors, media players to a BitTorrent client, you shouldn’t be lacking anything in this pack of applications.
10. SmillaEnlarger
A image tool used to resize, especially to magnify .BMP files in high quality.
11. iStumbler
Find AirPort, Bluetooth, Bonjour and other wireless signals and services. Lots of extra information about the networks available in the area.
12. Bean
Free rich text editor compatible with Microsoft Word.
13. ViewIt
Quick-to-open image viewer which supports nearly all commonly used image formats.
14. Inquisitor
Lets you find information on the web in the same way you use Spotlight. Start typing and it will begin to return sites based on your criteria.
15. iBackup
Simple, small application to help automate backups.
16. Paintbrush
A simple Cocoa-based image editor for when Photoshop would be too much of a hassle.
17. Maintenance
System maintenance and repair utility, with different versions for Tiger and Leopard. Some uses are: repair permissions, delete applications, reset Spotlight’s Index, run periodic scripts…
18. Tofu
Text reader that arranges text on a page in columns sized properly for the window you have open. No scrolling up and down, just left to right.
19.TextWrangler
Very powerful very free text editor great for distraction free writing.
20. Portable Abiword
Opensource word processor. Read, write and save to OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Rich Text Format.
21. Xmind
Opensource mind mapping and collaboration application.
22. Portable Gimp
Opensource image editing. Many very powerful features in a very lightweight package.
23. Portable Inkscape
Opensource graphics editor similar to Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw or Freehand
24. Portable OpenOffice.org OS X
Complete Opensource office suite able to read and write to most commonly used file types.
25. AppCleaner
An app uninstaller that removes all of the accompanying application files.
26. PureFTPdManager
Opensource multi-user Secure FTP manager, great fro servers or networks.
27. Portable Nvu OS X
Opensource web authoring similar to Dreamweaver
28. Portable Audacity OS X
Opensource recording and editing software.
29. Google Chrome
Google’s web browser on a stick.
30. Smultron
Simple text editor with a massive amount of features
31. Highlight
Screen highlighter (great for presentations)
32. OnyX
Maintenance, optimization, and personalization utility (10.4 or 10.5
33. uTorrent
P2P file transfer. (Here are some set up instructions)
34. Fugu
An opensource SFTP, SCP and SSH client. Esay to set up and use.
35. Portable Check Off
Stand alone to-do manager.
36. Transmission
BitTorrent client. Great for creating and downloading torrent files.
*37 through 42 are listed to only work with OSX 10.4
37. Portable Safari
Bookmarks and preferences on your portable drive.
38. Portable Mail
The same mail and preferences on your portable drive you are used to on your main Mac (use with Portable Address Book).
39. Portable iCal
All your calendar events can go with you on your portable drive.
40. Portable Address Book
Contacts are kind of essential, take them with you on your portable drive.
41. Portable iChat
Keep all your buddies on your portable drive.
42. SyncPAppX
Sync your portable apps with local ones.
Which portable Mac apps do you use?
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