Must have Freeware/Shareware for Mac

Hi, I'm new to Mac and I keep looking for any freeware/shareware must haves for my iMac. I have XRG, Onyx, Temp monitor, MacJanitor downloaded at the moment. What else is out there to keep the Mac running trouble free?
Thanks

Well, as far as I know, there are no real must have apps/utilities to keep your computer running well. It should just work.
However, if you want to be a "power user", then there are always nice little tweak apps. If you can be specific as to what types of things you want to tweak, I'm sure people will be able to help you out. I personally am not much for a power user on Macs. I got sick of being a power user, so that's why I got a mac. It just works. hehehe. But the option is always there.
Everyone is always talking about "Cocktail" ( http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/index.html ) as being a must have app. I've got it, and I've run it before, but for the most part my opinion of it is, "meh".
I guess as a means to keep your machine from getting bogged down, rather then going out and searching for stuff that people say you need, but just look for stuff that does what you need it to do as you discover a need to do it.
Oh okay. so I guess there is something you do need. I discovered the need to monitor my CPU usage and memory usage without having to open up the activity monitor all the time. The tool I found was MenuMeters ( http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/ )
So I guess there are two things I can recommend
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If you run your Mac 24/7 the periodic scripts will take care of themselves. If not, run them once a month with MacJanitor or Onyx or Cocktail or just in Terminal by entering :
sudo periodic daily weekly monthly
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Enjoy your Mac:)
-mj
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