iPod sofware for MacOS X

Explained simply, a Podcast is an effective method of publishing recorded talk and music through the internet, in a way that will automatically tell your listeners when your new material is available.

Licence: Free

iNotePad is the definitive alternative to Apple Classic NotePad. It has many more features but it keeps simplicity and ease of use of Classic NotePad. It can store text notes with styles and pictures, print them, export them to iPod, or publish them to Internet. You can also protect note with AES-128 encryption.

Licence: Free to try; $14.00 to buy

MemoBlock is a useful notepad utility for OSX. Store as many styled text notes as you require, transfer notes to iPods, export as RTF or vNote files and more. Alarm reminders can be set for individual notes, and notes can be categorized as you wish. Best of all, MemoBlock is donationware.

Licence: Free

Podcasting is the way of the future, and iPodderX is the premiere Podcast client for the Mac. It receives internet-based Podcasts, automatically downloads those files to your computer, ready to be heard, seen, or read.

Licence: Free

ffmpegX is a Mac OS X GUI to ffmpeg the hyper fast video and audio encoder (http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/). This GUI provides quick encoding to DivX, XviD, AVC/h.264, VCD, SVCD, CVD, DVD, 3GP, DV, MP4, MP4 for iPod, MP4 H264 for Sony PSP, FLV, MOV, mp2, mp3, AAC & AC3. MPEG-2 encoding relies on mpeg2enc component from the mjpegtools package (http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/MacOS/). DivX and XviD encoding and subtitles support relies on external mencoder component from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mplayerosx/. Includes bitrate calculators, a mpeg and DivX splitter for multiple CD burning, and other mpeg tools, including svcd to dvd converter and dvd to 4GB dvd compressor.

Licence: Free to try; $15.00 to buy