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(opensource; gets Android notifications through Growl), Last.fm scrobbler (for music), Adium IM (menubar theme used: Adium Twitbar), Caffeine (prevents the Mac from sleeping), Dropbox, (helps display a variety of info on your desktop), Macfusion (Filesystem mount plugin), and Anxiety (light weight to do manager that syncs with iCal and Mail).
(From Bharadhwaj Narayanan)
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 )
Adium - Minimalist Adium notifier
Sparrow - Mail.app client replacement, minimal with Gmail Shortcuts option. Plus with Yahoo support.
GeekTool 3 - RainMeter counterpart for Mac. Here’s what my desktop .
Divvy - Window Management with KeyBindings. You can get the free version.
Pomodoro - Time boxing tool. The best thing about this one is that you can see the logs, very important especially if you’re billing on a task/hour basis.
And the usual Mac menu bar items: Time Machine, DialUp (using HSDPA Modem), WiFi Indicator, Volume Control, Battery, Digital Clock at 24-hour format, and Spotlight.
(From Julius Francisco)
Path Finder: Finder replacement. I like the dual pane file browser and the drop stack.
: I’m on it all day long, every day for work.
Dropbox
GeekTool: Display the output of shell commands on your desktop. My favorite customization tool.
TinyAlarm: Simple alarm. I’ve had it for years.
TinyCal: Another menubar item that I’ve had for many years. Like TinyAlarm, its simplicity charms me.
WiFi2HiFi: Stream music wirelessly to your iOS device.
GrabBox: Simple screenshot sharing. Syncs with Dropbox.
SimpleText: I use it in conjunction with Notational Velocity, an app that made me completely rethink how I write on a Mac.
Boxcar: Notifications.
Notify: I live in Gmail. Sparrow is nice but too simple.
CuteClips: Clipboard history manager. I need to change to something with more features but I haven’t gotten around to it.
BetterTouchTool: Customize gestures on your Magic Mouse and trackpad. Just started using it.
SlimBatteryMonitor: Good-looking space-saver.
Air Display: I use my iPad as a second monitor while I’m working.
Bluetooth: To connect to my Magic Mouse, an Apple product that I both loath and love.
Volume
Wi-Fi
FuzzyClock: Because in a world where everything is measured second by second, it’s nice to have a clock that reminds me time is relative.
(From Abraham Hyatt, production editor at ReadWriteWeb)
Flux - Adjusts the temperature of the screen colors for easy nighttime viewing
Geektool - Adds functionality to your desktop (weather, date, CPU data, etc.)
Last.fm - Scrobbles my iTunes to my Last.fm profile
Orangered - Lets me know I’m popular on reddit!
Dropbox - A cloud flashdrive
McAfee - Don’t really need it, but my school offers a license
Caffeine - Will prevent the screen from dimming or going to sleep when enabled
Quicksilver - Spotlight on steroids
Then the Apple ones: Spaces, Displays, Time Machine, Airport, Volume, Bluetooth, Battery, Clock, and Spotlight.
(From Paul)