Some of the free Mac software has taken the Mac world by storm, as its ingenuity and functionality have won over many fans. These software have proven their credentials and live up to their name.

For starters, Quick Silver, a one-key startup software that creates a catalog of tasks and searches performed regularly. It also assigns shortcut keys to tasks that are performed regularly and to applications, files, and folders that are frequently opened. You can also compare Quick Silver with Spotlight along with Finder and find that it contains features from both applications. Some even claim that Quick Silver works faster than Spotlight and since it is an open source program, anyone can download it for free. Chatting with friends becomes much easier with Adium, which connects to different IM service providers such as MSN, AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk and Jabber. Adium’s all-in-one user interface for tabbed chats in one window, skinned chat, and seamless screen renaming capabilities. Recently, Adium developers have introduced a video chat plugin that allows Adium to consist of video chat and thus brings it on par with iChat.

Azureus is the most popular P2P client among Mac users, as its Java Script-based interface offers maximum versatility. The Azureus documentation provides detailed information on how to maximize connection speed, as well as its custom settings allowing users to modify their network settings. Due to an active user community and a rich Wiki, the ever-reliable Azureus outperforms Bit Torrent and its peers by a fair margin if one believes in trading legal P2P materials.

Are you having trouble having different video formats and can’t find the right software to play them? Then don’t worry as VLC Media Player is the solution to all formatting problems. It is a cross-platform media player that is famous among Mac nerds for its versatility.

For those who don’t like to use Microsoft Word on their Mac, Neo Office is the perfect solution as it incorporates native OS X features like the spell checking dictionary to enhance the open source Open Office software on which it is based. Neo Office can run all Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point files without any problem.