The Mac has such as pristine image that the idea of shoving a USB stick into it (the horror!) and running portable apps on it seems wrong somehow, as if running extraneous apps on Macs might somehow taint the unified slickness of the system. Say what you will though, portable apps are extremely useful, particularly if you don’t want to clutter your lovely OS X with piles of useful but messy-looking little tools. To that end here are five of the best portable apps for Mac.

OlivaMail Email Client (2.1.2) get free portable for MacBook via torrentz2. Share Thread. Facebook; Twitter; Google+. A Java-based e-mail client. Feature Spotlight: Uses fewer resources than other clients; Native Mac, GTK+ and Qt GUI clients; Daemon ideal for servers, embedded systems, and headless use; All these can be remote controlled by Web and Terminal clients; Local Peer Discovery; Full encryption, DHT, µTP, PEX and Magnet Link support.

VLC Media Player Let’s start with the obvious one. Pretty much one of the first things I do when getting a new computer is install on it. For years this has been the best media player app around for both Mac and Windows, largely thanks to its exceptional compatibility with most of the codecs out there – whether famous or obscure. Having it on a USB stick means that whenever you plug yourself into a Mac, you’ll be able to watch just about any videos you like on it. Chromium If there’s one app in the world that speaks for itself, it’s Google Chrome, though you might not have heard of its open-source, non-Google-owned sibling,.

It’s a more lightweight version of Chrome that’s less strenuous on the CPU and has a version that will run on Macs off your USB stick. Having a portable version of Chromium is particularly handy if you don’t want to leave your footprint at an Internet cafe or on other computer that will go on to be used by other people. Because it runs from your USB stick, it won’t store cached data on the local computer, and cookies will stay on your USB stick, too. Canzoniere Italiano Pasolini Pdf Creator here. XMind One of the better apps for super-accessible and easy-to-use mindmapping and diagramming is available in portable form for the Mac, meaning you can access its robust set of tools wherever you go. Alongside mind-mapping, also lets you create neat, clean presentations and has a delightfully clean workspace UI which will help keep you efficient by keeping your headspace organized. If you don’t want to create something from scratch, you can just use one of the many templates that come with the app.