Posts tagged: Battery

Dropbox - Does this really need an explanation? It’s Dropbox dammit!ForeverSave 2 - Actually won this from MacFormat, use it quite a bit especially with Photoshop. Life saver (although will be made redundant in Lion I think)CloudApp - The best file sharing app out there.Degrees - Nice and lite, seeing the weather at a glance.CodeBox - For all my coding snippets (because I’m lazy).Keychain - So I can lock and unlock it on demand, more of a security thing.WiFi - So I can connect to the internets.Sound - Alt-click it, I dare ya.Battery - So I know when I need to dart for a power outlet.Date - Because I don’t have a calendar.Spotlight - Can’t get rid of it afaik, I use Alfred more. (From lewis)

Dropbox - Does this really need an explanation? It’s Dropbox dammit!
ForeverSave 2 - Actually won this from MacFormat, use it quite a bit especially with Photoshop. Life saver (although will be made redundant in Lion I think)
CloudApp - The best file sharing app out there.
- Nice and lite, seeing the weather at a glance.
CodeBox - For all my coding snippets (because I’m lazy).
Keychain - So I can lock and unlock it on demand, more of a security thing.
WiFi - So I can connect to the internets.
Sound - Alt-click it, I dare ya.
Battery - So I know when I need to dart for a power outlet.
Date - Because I don’t have a calendar.
Spotlight - Can’t get rid of it afaik, I use Alfred more.
(From )

3/19/12 — 2:00pm Filed under: #Dropbox  #ForeverSave  #CloudApp  #Degrees  #CodeBox  #Keychain Access  #Wi-Fi  #Volume  #Battery  #Clock  #submission 
I like to keep my menubar simple. There’s MainMenu Pro, where it’s easy for me to fix things in one click, there’s CoverSutra because it’s the only iTunes remote I’ve ever gotten used to since the beginning plus it’s easy to find music without having to open iTunes. Next is Cloud.app, simple drag & drop, who doesn’t love that? Then Wi-Fi, Time Machine, Time, Battery Life and Spotlight. I hate seeing my menubar cluttered with things. (From yummeh)

I like to keep my menubar simple. There’s MainMenu Pro, where it’s easy for me to fix things in one click, there’s CoverSutra because it’s the only iTunes remote I’ve ever gotten used to since the beginning plus it’s easy to find music without having to open iTunes. Next is Cloud.app, simple drag & drop, who doesn’t love that? Then Wi-Fi, Time Machine, Time, Battery Life and Spotlight. I hate seeing my menubar cluttered with things.
(From yummeh)

BetterTouchTool - An incredibly useful tool that helps me get the most out of my Magic Mouse/Trackpad. I currently have it configured for window-snapping (like in Windows 7), and pinch to minimize/maximize my windows.Skype - A very useful IM client, the one I use the most.Twitterrific - My preferred Twitter client. I like it because of its clean, sleek, minimalistic interface; as well as the choice of colours. Helpful navigation buttons are also there to get me where I need to be quickly- whether it be messages, profile etc. Last.fm - Scrobbles stuff I listen to; I only use it to scrobble music I’ve played on my iPhone or iPad. ManyCam - Very useful webcam control. I can set this as 1 input to anything that uses video or webcam. I can then set the webcam source to a picture, video, etc. I use this a fair amount.Dropbox - For syncing files on the cloud. Acts as a 2nd USB drive for me, useful for transferring and sharing files.Bowtie - Clean, out of the way, minimalistic interface. I use this for scrobbling things I listen to in iTunes to Last.fm.Alfred - Search for files quickly; much better and faster to use than Spotlight search. Also more minimalistic, key commands very useful.CloudApp - I use this to upload screenshots, pictures etc. Very clean, sleek web interface. Auto-copies the picture link to my clipboard which is useful.DisplayPad - A great app. I can use this to extend my display to my iPad; using it as a 2nd, 3rd etc monitor. Very low latency- even though it uses WiFi!WiFi2HiFi - Brilliant streaming app. Sometimes can be out of time, but can be useful in a lot of situations!LogMeIn - Remote Desktop app. Free, which is great. Works well with mac- speedy and responsive. Facebook Notifications - I can see what’s going on on Facebook without opening my browser!iChat - Set chat status, etc. Quite useful.Bluetooth - I mainly use this just to connect my Magic Mouse, and it tells me whether the battery needs replacing.AirPort - Default WiFi on the Mac, shows what base station I’m connected to + signal strength etc.Volume control - I normally use this with the ‘Option’ key, so I can quickly change audio inputs/outputs.Battery Indicator - I just stuck with the Apple indicator, with battery percentage.Character/Keyboard viewer - helpful when entering characters with accents on them etc.Time - Plain and simple- the time, with seconds and the day. Fast User Switching - I don’t use this to fast user switch, but just to lock my Mac.Spotlight Search - searching for things on my Mac. It still has its uses (ie a calculator), but I normally prefer to use Alfred instead (see above). (From Jamie Goodliffe)

BetterTouchTool - An incredibly useful tool that helps me get the most out of my Magic Mouse/Trackpad. I currently have it configured for window-snapping (like in Windows 7), and pinch to minimize/maximize my windows.
- A very useful IM client, the one I use the most.
Twitterrific - My preferred Twitter client. I like it because of its clean, sleek, minimalistic interface; as well as the choice of colours. Helpful navigation buttons are also there to get me where I need to be quickly- whether it be messages, profile etc. 
Last.fm - Scrobbles stuff I listen to; I only use it to scrobble music I’ve played on my iPhone or iPad. 
ManyCam - Very useful webcam control. I can set this as 1 input to anything that uses video or webcam. I can then set the webcam source to a picture, video, etc. I use this a fair amount.
Dropbox - For syncing files on the cloud. Acts as a 2nd USB drive for me, useful for transferring and sharing files.
Bowtie - Clean, out of the way, minimalistic interface. I use this for scrobbling things I listen to in iTunes to Last.fm.
Alfred - Search for files quickly; much better and faster to use than Spotlight search. Also more minimalistic, key commands very useful.
CloudApp - I use this to upload screenshots, pictures etc. Very clean, sleek web interface. Auto-copies the picture link to my clipboard which is useful.
DisplayPad - A great app. I can use this to extend my display to my iPad; using it as a 2nd, 3rd etc monitor. Very low latency- even though it uses WiFi!
WiFi2HiFi - Brilliant streaming app. Sometimes can be out of time, but can be useful in a lot of situations!
LogMeIn - Remote Desktop app. Free, which is great. Works well with mac- speedy and responsive. 
Facebook Notifications - I can see what’s going on on Facebook without opening my browser!
iChat - Set chat status, etc. Quite useful.
Bluetooth - I mainly use this just to connect my Magic Mouse, and it tells me whether the battery needs replacing.
AirPort - Default WiFi on the Mac, shows what base station I’m connected to + signal strength etc.
Volume control - I normally use this with the ‘Option’ key, so I can quickly change audio inputs/outputs.
Battery Indicator - I just stuck with the Apple indicator, with battery percentage.
Character/Keyboard viewer - helpful when entering characters with accents on them etc.
Time - Plain and simple- the time, with seconds and the day. 
Fast User Switching - I don’t use this to fast user switch, but just to lock my Mac.
Spotlight Search - searching for things on my Mac. It still has its uses (ie a calculator), but I normally prefer to use Alfred instead (see above).
(From Jamie Goodliffe)

(full size) Most of my menubar icons are used as indicators for monitoring certain aspects of my system. I rarely click on any of them as I do almost everything via the keyboard. From right to left:Spotlight: I really should get rid of that one as I never use it. Instead I’m using LaunchBar for searching.Clock: With weekday display.iStat Menus Calendar: To keep an eye on the date. Also helps me keep track of several world clocks.Input Method: I’m mostly using my Austrian (German) keyboard. Also gives me access to Kotoeri (Japanese) as well as keyboard viewer and character palette.Battery: Obviously I’m on a MacBook Pro, so having charge status visible is vital.Volume: To keep an eye on the audio output. I use the keyboard to actually change volume. Rarely used to check audio input and output (by holding ⌥ while clicking it).AirPort: Mostly used for monitoring my WiFi connection. Rarely used to actually connect to a network as my MBP usually knows the networks I connect to. Even more rarely used to gain technical details about the associated to access point.Displays: Put quite on the right hand side on purpose if a projector uses a very low resolution and my Mac decides to mirror displays. That way I can still easily get to it, just in case. Think of it as an emergency icon. (I could probably get rid of that one as I usually use LaunchBar to open the Displays PrefPanel anyway.)Time Machine: I never fully trust Time Machine. This helps me to check if it is working properly.iStat Menus CPU Bars: To keep an eye on my CPU’s load. Rarely used to spot a CPU hogging process. (I usually do that in a Terminal via Visor. (See below!))MenuMeters: A paging indicator (to know of excessive swapping action) and my memory usage pie chart. (iStat Menus doesn’t have a paging indicator). Too bad I cannot turn off the chart and have only the paging indicator there, or have iStat Menus give me a paging indicator instead.iStat Menus Memory: Memory usage graph to easily spot applications that suddenly grab a huge chunk of RAM.VPN: To connect to my customer’s networks all around and to protect my connections when using untrusted networks. (So pretty much any network except for my own.)Dial up: To connect one of those pesky USB UMTS/3G modems.iStat Menus disk monitors: To keep an eye on disk usage. The leftmost is my system partition and usually way too full for my SSD to be comfortable.iStat Menus disk throughput: To check for SSD/HD/USB stick speeds during lenghty copy operations or when recovering data from faulty media.MenuMeters network graph: Gives more comprehensive info of my interfaces and a cubic root scaled graph which I prefer over iStat Menu’s way to display this data. Also shows connection status and IPv6 info.iStat Menus network monitor: Doesn’t really work on my MBP, maybe I should get rid of it.Bluetooth: I toggle Bluetooth via an AppleScript I run via LaunchBar so it’s just there to indicate Bluetooth is turned off as I usually don’t need it except for very rarely tethering stealthily to my iPhone (without a dock cable).iStat Menus temperature: Of my GPU (right) and CPU (left) and many more sensors in the menu when opened.AppleScript: Rarely used, I maybe should get rid of it.iSync: Actually only used to access the “Sync conflicts” dialog when I need to. I don’t sync with MobileMe as I don’t trust my data to it.Keychain: My indicator to make sure all my keychains are locked when I have to leave my machine. (I use the keyboard to actually lock my screen whenever I have to leave my screen, even if only for a moment.)ClamXav: Open source antivirus to check the occasional download for malware so I don’t accidentally send something infected on to some poor Windows soul. Should catch the few Mac native malwares as well as macro nasties.Growl: Only to restart Growl when it has gone wonky again. I should be able to get rid of that one as the last update has fixed a lot of instabilities. Notifications themselves are to be kept at a minimum and for emergency information only.Espionage: “Encrypts folders” by putting their contents into a .sparsebundle and automounting said image in place of the folder. Makes selectively encrypting data comfortable.MacFusion 2: Simple GUI frontend to MacFUSE comfortably access remote filesystems via SSH or to mount FTP servers with write support in the Finder (which it still doesn’t do natively for no apparent reason).Visor: The ultimate accessory to access a Terminal in the blink of an eye. (Yeah I know, one shouldn’t blink at any give time.)SMARTReporter: Displays the S.M.A.R.T. status of all internal disks and goes red alert if a disk thing it might go bad in the not too distant future. S.M.A.R.T. is never guaranteed to tell you about impending disk failures. So please always have a least one good and current backup! Better more than that!gfxCardStatus: Allows me to manually switch from integrated to dedicated graphics on my MacBook Pro to get some additional battery life when on the road (and I don’t need the graphics power).Keyboard Maestro: To remap a few keys and have instant triggers for a few things like being able to control my iTunes volume via the volume keys (and being able to set the system volume with the same keys separately). Comes in very handy when using iTunes with AirPlay speakers. Haven’t yet found many other use cases for me yet.AirVideo Server: The Mac server part to watch movies from my MacBook Pro on my iPad via the corresponding iOS AirVideo client app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad (Universal). Does on-the-fly transcoding of video files that are in a format which cannot be played back directly on iOS devices.TextExpander: The swiss army knife of text input manipulation. Saves me countless hours of typing action for boilerplate foo and also does a lot of practical stuff like URL shortening with j.mp for twitter or entering obscure Unicode characters. (Disclosure: I am the author of these free TextExpander snippets.)Dropbox: For occasionally sharing a few files with the family. I don’t use it to sync files across my own Macs.Dropbox: Another Dropbox account for the austrian chapters of Cocoaheads, the international Mac and iOS developer’s community. To better distinguish between them I use one icon in monochrome and one in colour.SizeUp: Window manipulation with the keyboard to which I am seeking an alternative as it doesn’t allow me to assign the keyboard shortcuts I want to have. (Mainly using the fn key which is not an option with SizeUp.)Degrees: A simple display of the current outside temperature and weather conditions. Very handy when working in the data center catacombs where you don’t have a window.AeroFS: A privately synched filesystem not unlike Dropbox but without the cloud server to keep your data a little more confidenial than Dropbox. (Currently in private beta.)OmniFocus: Shows the due and overdue tasks of my favorite todo management application. (Please don’t ask about the count…) Also available as OmniFocus for iPhone and Omnifocus for iPad which perfectly sync with each other over my private WebDAV server (or other ways if you prefer). (From Pepi Zawodsky, Mac OS X Server systems administrator and iOS developer)


Most of my menubar icons are used as indicators for monitoring certain aspects of my system. I rarely click on any of them as I do almost everything via the keyboard.
From right to left:
Spotlight: I really should get rid of that one as I never use it. Instead I’m using LaunchBar for searching.
Clock: With weekday display.
iStat Menus Calendar: To keep an eye on the date. Also helps me keep track of several world clocks.
Input Method: I’m mostly using my Austrian (German) keyboard. Also gives me access to Kotoeri (Japanese) as well as keyboard viewer and character palette.
Battery: Obviously I’m on a MacBook Pro, so having charge status visible is vital.
Volume: To keep an eye on the audio output. I use the keyboard to actually change volume. Rarely used to check audio input and output (by holding ⌥ while clicking it).
AirPort: Mostly used for monitoring my WiFi connection. Rarely used to actually connect to a network as my MBP usually knows the networks I connect to. Even more rarely used to gain technical details about the associated to access point.
Displays: Put quite on the right hand side on purpose if a projector uses a very low resolution and my Mac decides to mirror displays. That way I can still easily get to it, just in case. Think of it as an emergency icon. (I could probably get rid of that one as I usually use LaunchBar to open the Displays PrefPanel anyway.)
Time Machine: I never fully trust Time Machine. This helps me to check if it is working properly.
iStat Menus CPU Bars: To keep an eye on my CPU’s load. Rarely used to spot a CPU hogging process. (I usually do that in a Terminal via Visor. (See below!))
MenuMeters: A paging indicator (to know of excessive swapping action) and my memory usage pie chart. (iStat Menus doesn’t have a paging indicator). Too bad I cannot turn off the chart and have only the paging indicator there, or have iStat Menus give me a paging indicator instead.
iStat Menus Memory: Memory usage graph to easily spot applications that suddenly grab a huge chunk of RAM.
VPN: To connect to my customer’s networks all around and to protect my connections when using untrusted networks. (So pretty much any network except for my own.)
Dial up: To connect one of those pesky USB UMTS/3G modems.
iStat Menus disk monitors: To keep an eye on disk usage. The leftmost is my system partition and usually way too full for my SSD to be comfortable.
iStat Menus disk throughput: To check for SSD/HD/USB stick speeds during lenghty copy operations or when recovering data from faulty media.
MenuMeters network graph: Gives more comprehensive info of my interfaces and a cubic root scaled graph which I prefer over iStat Menu’s way to display this data. Also shows connection status and IPv6 info.
iStat Menus network monitor: Doesn’t really work on my MBP, maybe I should get rid of it.
Bluetooth: I toggle Bluetooth via an AppleScript I run via LaunchBar so it’s just there to indicate Bluetooth is turned off as I usually don’t need it except for very rarely tethering stealthily to my iPhone (without a dock cable).
iStat Menus temperature: Of my GPU (right) and CPU (left) and many more sensors in the menu when opened.
AppleScript: Rarely used, I maybe should get rid of it.
iSync: Actually only used to access the “Sync conflicts” dialog when I need to. I don’t sync with MobileMe as I don’t trust my data to it.
Keychain: My indicator to make sure all my keychains are locked when I have to leave my machine. (I use the keyboard to actually lock my screen whenever I have to leave my screen, even if only for a moment.)
ClamXav: Open source antivirus to check the occasional download for malware so I don’t accidentally send something infected on to some poor Windows soul. Should catch the few Mac native malwares as well as macro nasties.
Only to restart Growl when it has gone wonky again. I should be able to get rid of that one as the last update has fixed a lot of instabilities. Notifications themselves are to be kept at a minimum and for emergency information only.
Espionage: “Encrypts folders” by putting their contents into a .sparsebundle and automounting said image in place of the folder. Makes selectively encrypting data comfortable.
MacFusion 2: Simple GUI frontend to  comfortably access remote filesystems via SSH or to mount FTP servers with write support in the Finder (which it still doesn’t do natively for no apparent reason).
Visor: The ultimate accessory to access a Terminal in the blink of an eye. (Yeah I know, one shouldn’t blink at any give time.)
SMARTReporter: Displays the S.M.A.R.T. status of all internal disks and goes red alert if a disk thing it might go bad in the not too distant future. S.M.A.R.T. is never guaranteed to tell you about impending disk failures. So please always have a least one good and current backup! Better more than that!
gfxCardStatus: Allows me to manually switch from integrated to dedicated graphics on my MacBook Pro to get some additional battery life when on the road (and I don’t need the graphics power).
Keyboard Maestro: To remap a few keys and have instant triggers for a few things like being able to control my iTunes volume via the volume keys (and being able to set the system volume with the same keys separately). Comes in very handy when using iTunes with AirPlay speakers. Haven’t yet found many other use cases for me yet.
: The Mac server part to watch movies from my MacBook Pro on my iPad via the corresponding iOS AirVideo client app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad (Universal). Does on-the-fly transcoding of video files that are in a format which cannot be played back directly on iOS devices.
TextExpander: The swiss army knife of text input manipulation. Saves me countless hours of typing action for boilerplate foo and also does a lot of practical stuff like URL shortening with j.mp for twitter or entering obscure Unicode characters. (Disclosure: I am the author of these free TextExpander snippets.)
Dropbox: For occasionally sharing a few files with the family. I don’t use it to sync files across my own Macs.
Dropbox: Another Dropbox account for the austrian chapters of Cocoaheads, the international Mac and iOS developer’s community. To better distinguish between them I use one icon in monochrome and one in colour.
SizeUp: Window manipulation with the keyboard to which I am seeking an alternative as it doesn’t allow me to assign the keyboard shortcuts I want to have. (Mainly using the fn key which is not an option with SizeUp.)
Degrees: A simple display of the current outside temperature and weather conditions. Very handy when working in the data center catacombs where you don’t have a window.
AeroFS: A privately synched filesystem not unlike Dropbox but without the cloud server to keep your data a little more confidenial than Dropbox. (Currently in private beta.)
OmniFocus: Shows the due and overdue tasks of my favorite todo management application. (Please don’t ask about the count…) Also available as OmniFocus for iPhone and Omnifocus for iPad which perfectly sync with each other over my private WebDAV server (or other ways if you prefer).
(From , Mac OS X Server systems administrator and iOS developer)

Clyppan — Excellent Clipboard ManagerDivvy — Very handy window managerTwitter — Best Twitter client I’ve found so far The rest, VPN, Time Machine, Wi-Fi, Volume, Battery, Language, Clock, Fast User Switching and Spotlight are all built in. (From Ole)

— Excellent Clipboard Manager
Divvy — Very handy window manager
— Best Twitter client I’ve found so far
The rest, VPN, Time Machine, Wi-Fi, Volume, Battery, Language, Clock, Fast User Switching and Spotlight are all built in.
(From Ole)

Jitouch - extended gestures for Magic trackpad and Magic mouseSparrow - native client for GmailDropbox - no further comments needed, I thinkMail Unread Menu - unread mail count for Mac mail client - with custom iconsSkype - communicatorAdium - communicatorLittle Snitch - Internet connection rules for appsBlast - frequently used documents and apps menuMeerkat - SSH tunneling to my home NAS serverSidekick - activates apps and settings based on my location (E.g. disables locking computer when I am at home, etc.)ExpanDrive - mounts remote drive (FTP, SFTP, etc.) - has a plugin for Network locationBusyCalAlarm - latest calendar eventsSophos Antivirus - there are viruses and malware designed for all OSesEvernote - great way to record notesCaffeine - great for keeping the screen awakeThe rest is just standard Mac stuff. Here are few things, that I have hidden from the menu bar — there is way too much stuff already:Alfred - quick access / search anythingTextExpander - replaces texts while typing for quick text typingMoom - window management toolWitch - replaces Cmd+Tab with extended features (mainly restores minimized windows when switching)TotalFinder - extend Finder functionalityVisor - docks terminal Quake style (From Ondrej Masek)

Jitouch - extended gestures for Magic trackpad and Magic mouse
Sparrow - native client for Gmail
Dropbox - no further comments needed, I think
Mail Unread Menu - unread mail count for Mac mail client - with custom icons
- communicator
Adium - communicator
Little Snitch - Internet connection rules for apps
Blast - frequently used documents and apps menu
Meerkat - SSH tunneling to my home NAS server
Sidekick - activates apps and settings based on my location (E.g. disables locking computer when I am at home, etc.)
ExpanDrive - mounts remote drive (FTP, SFTP, etc.) - has a plugin for Network location
BusyCalAlarm - latest calendar events
Sophos Antivirus - there are viruses and malware designed for all OSes
Evernote - great way to record notes
Caffeine - great for keeping the screen awake
The rest is just standard Mac stuff.
Here are few things, that I have hidden from the menu bar — there is way too much stuff already:
Alfred - quick access / search anything
TextExpander - replaces texts while typing for quick text typing
Moom - window management tool
Witch - replaces Cmd+Tab with extended features (mainly restores minimized windows when switching)
TotalFinder - extend Finder functionality
Visor - docks terminal Quake style
(From Ondrej Masek)

This is my new setup, with black menu bar courtesy of Nocturne.Twitter - Always stay socialSkype - IM for BusinessSparrow - The Minimalist Mac Mail Client, it’s a very good replacement for Apple’s Mail.Adium - Not only highly customizable but also multi-network/accountDivvy - Awesome window manager with KeyBindsGeekTool - Embed your terminal in your Desktop. You can check my GeekLets Collections here: Tron Inspired DesktopBetterTouchTool - If you want to extend your TrackPad, this tool will let you. Pomodoro Timer - Productivity at its simplestCaffeine - Keeps your Display(s) awakeNocturne - I’m mainly using it to turn my menubar black, but it has other cool features as well.Time Machine - How can you not have backupDialUp Status - When using HSDPA Wifi - Always connectedVolume ControlBattery StatusDigital Clock on 24 hour format Lastly Spotlight (From baldrailers)

This is my new setup, with black menu bar courtesy of .
- Always stay social
- IM for Business
Sparrow - The Minimalist Mac Mail Client, it’s a very good replacement for Apple’s Mail.
Adium - Not only highly customizable but also multi-network/account
Divvy - Awesome window manager with KeyBinds
GeekTool - Embed your terminal in your Desktop. You can check my GeekLets Collections here:
BetterTouchTool - If you want to extend your TrackPad, this tool will let you. 
Pomodoro Timer - Productivity at its simplest
Caffeine - Keeps your Display(s) awake
 - I’m mainly using it to turn my menubar black, but it has other cool features as well.
Time Machine - How can you not have backup
DialUp Status - When using HSDPA 
Wifi - Always connected
Volume Control
Battery Status
Digital Clock on 24 hour format
Lastly Spotlight
(From )

Dropbox - Syncs important documentsSkitch - Takes and stores my screenshotsEvernote - My second brainAir Video Server - Stream content around the houseCloudApp - Only recently started to use this however I still find myself using SkitchiAlertU - If I ever need to leave my macbook pro somewhere I will switch this onF.lux - Useful when working late at night, however sometimes can be annoying. App Tamer - Not sure how well this actually works, but it used to speed up my old MacBook Pro.Transmit - Allows me to mount my S3 server and for quick FTPingCaffeine - When I don’t want the screen to dimLogMeIn - Access to my computer from somewhere else Built in apps - Bluetooth, Time Machine, WiFi, Sound, Date/Time, Battery, Spotlight(From William Fealey, founder of http://7able.com)

Dropbox - Syncs important documents
Skitch - Takes and stores my screenshots
Evernote - My second brain
- Stream content around the house
CloudApp - Only recently started to use this however I still find myself using Skitch
iAlertU - If I ever need to leave my macbook pro somewhere I will switch this on
F.lux - Useful when working late at night, however sometimes can be annoying. 
App Tamer - Not sure how well this actually works, but it used to speed up my old MacBook Pro.
Transmit - Allows me to mount my S3 server and for quick FTPing
Caffeine - When I don’t want the screen to dim
LogMeIn - Access to my computer from somewhere else
Built in apps - BluetoothTime Machine, WiFi, Sound, Date/Time, Battery, Spotlight
(From , founder of http://7able.com)

Notes: 13 12/10/11 — 10:00am Filed under: #Dropbox  #Skitch  #Evernote  #Air Video Server  #CloudApp  #iAlertU  #Flux  #App Tamer  #Transmit  #Caffeine  #LogMeIn  #Bluetooth  #Time Machine  #Wi-Fi  #Volume  #Clock  #Battery  #submission 
Tunnelblick - GUI for OpenVPN on Mac OS X, for a secure connection to my company’s networkDropbox - Simply brilliant, but still expensive for non-free packages (50/100 GB)Skitch - For extremely convenient screenshots and annotations, everyone should install itDivvy - Window management, useful for 13” screens, but further improvements are neededCloudApp - Another gem for files in the cloud, this one being very useful while sharing them. It just can’t get any simpler than thisRemind Me Later -  Quickly adds events to iCal. Similar to Fantastical’s input, but it’s freeTranslator - A small app for quick drag n drop translations via Google TranslateCaffeine - For preventing the computer from automatically going to sleep. Although not necessary while playing movies or presentations since such applications have this function enabled by defaultQuicksilver - This one is keeping me very productive every dayThe usual suspects: Time Machine, Bluetooth, WiFi, Battery levelDisplay(s) - I keep it in the right since some projectors often have a low resolution causing most of the menu items on the left being “eaten” by the menu of the applications, after which it’s impossible to change the resolution or screen configurationKeyboard - Most of my time I type in Croatian, however, the US keyboard is slightly better for codingClock - 24hr rules, can’t use the 12hr, it reminds me of other non-metric absurditiesSpotlight - it’s not that bad! (From F)

 - GUI for OpenVPN on Mac OS X, for a secure connection to my company’s network
Dropbox - Simply brilliant, but still expensive for non-free packages (50/100 GB)
Skitch - For extremely convenient screenshots and annotations, everyone should install it
Divvy - Window management, useful for 13” screens, but further improvements are needed
CloudApp - Another gem for files in the cloud, this one being very useful while sharing them. It just can’t get any simpler than this
Remind Me Later -  Quickly adds events to iCal. Similar to Fantastical’s input, but it’s free
Translator - A small app for quick drag n drop translations via Google Translate
Caffeine - For preventing the computer from automatically going to sleep. Although not necessary while playing movies or presentations since such applications have this function enabled by default
Quicksilver - This one is keeping me very productive every day
The usual suspects: Time Machine, Bluetooth, WiFi, Battery level
Display(s) - I keep it in the right since some projectors often have a low resolution causing most of the menu items on the left being “eaten” by the menu of the applications, after which it’s impossible to change the resolution or screen configuration
Keyboard - Most of my time I type in Croatian, however, the US keyboard is slightly better for coding
Clock - 24hr rules, can’t use the 12hr, it reminds me of other non-metric absurdities
Spotlight - it’s not that bad!
(From F)

Xmarks - This is great to keep bookmarks synchronized between different machines and also to keep them backed up in the cloud.Quicksilver - Fantastic app to do more with less work. Recently it has seen new life, it is rock solid on Snow Leopard. It has a lot of goodies (like triggers, plugins) and pretty soon you’ll be a keyboard ninja operating your Mac.Dropbox - Just Wow!TextExpander - This one of those must have apps. Great to create form letters, emails, etc… TypeIt4Me is also a great substitute, I have both of them and they are equally good.BetterTouchTool - It’s like TouchPad Pro for your Mac. Expands the multitouch capabilities of the touchpad. Really useful.QuickCal - I learned about this little gem on Mac Menu Bars. Lovely little app that allows me to check my calendars and todo’s and with a quick shortcut key allows me to enter events in plain language. Really useful. Works well with BusyCal because it shares the iCal database, but the developer is working on a better integration with BusyCal.ClipMenu - ⌘-C ⌘-V for the Pros.LittleSnapper - Screenshot utility with powerful sharing and editing features.QuickCursor - A quick way to launch my favorite no distractions text editor (WriteRoom) from any app.Hazel - Another must have little gem. It automates a lot of folder cleaning and organizing stuff.BusyCal - It is often described as iCal Pro, and in effect it is. The way it syncs with Gmail is alone worth it.Bluetooth, Airport utility, Sound and Battery Status, all stock Apple items.FuzzyClock - FuzzyClock is great. It gives you the time but in a more human reading form. (From Pedro Fonseca)

Xmarks - This is great to keep bookmarks synchronized between different machines and also to keep them backed up in the cloud.
Quicksilver - Fantastic app to do more with less work. Recently it has seen new life, it is rock solid on Snow Leopard. It has a lot of goodies (like triggers, plugins) and pretty soon you’ll be a keyboard ninja operating your Mac.
Dropbox - Just Wow!
TextExpander - This one of those must have apps. Great to create form letters, emails, etc… TypeIt4Me is also a great substitute, I have both of them and they are equally good.
BetterTouchTool - It’s like TouchPad Pro for your Mac. Expands the multitouch capabilities of the touchpad. Really useful.
QuickCal - I learned about this little gem on Mac Menu Bars. Lovely little app that allows me to check my calendars and todo’s and with a quick shortcut key allows me to enter events in plain language. Really useful. Works well with BusyCal because it shares the iCal database, but the developer is working on a better integration with BusyCal.
ClipMenu - ⌘-C ⌘-V for the Pros.
LittleSnapper - Screenshot utility with powerful sharing and editing features.
QuickCursor - A quick way to launch my favorite no distractions text editor (WriteRoom) from any app.
Hazel - Another must have little gem. It automates a lot of folder cleaning and organizing stuff.
BusyCal - It is often described as iCal Pro, and in effect it is. The way it syncs with Gmail is alone worth it.
Bluetooth, Airport utility, Sound and Battery Status, all stock Apple items.
FuzzyClock - FuzzyClock is great. It gives you the time but in a more human reading form.
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