A quick post to point out some Apple freebys that I've come across recently, first up is a replacement for the standard unzip tool that comes with OS X, it is called Unarchiver and adds support for a ton of new formats from inside Finder:
It is very simple to use and install - simply copy it into your Applications folder or whereever you prefer, and then set archive filetypes to open using it. This can either be done the usual way, or by double-clicking the icon to show The Unarchiver's preferences.
Supported file formats include Zip, Tar-GZip, Tar-BZip2, Rar, 7-zip, LhA, StuffIt and many other more or less obscure formats. Support for so many formats is achieved by using the libxad unarchiving library.
It's opensource and unobtrusive, there really is no reason not to use it.
Second app is a replacement for the normal Flickr Uploader, this one is called Gleam, it is still early days for it but already it shows major potential, supports Geotagging, setting custom descriptions etc before uploading and some other nifty stuff, if you're a Flickr person and you use a Mac you should check this out.
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