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Posts tagged: GrowlTunes
CloudApp & Droplr: Sharing documents and other files. CloudApp has a great link shortening feature (I use the keyboard wherever possible) but is limited to 25MB files. Droplr also has the much better iPhone app.
Dropbox: Using it with 1Password, PKGBackup, and other things that should be stored and accessed wherever possible. Also great photo gallery implementation for simple photo sharing
Adium: The one and only IM
: For displaying the current track
ControlPlane: Automatically switch location by rules (‘WG’ is the German abbreveation for ‘flat share’ though)
TextExpander: Save your time - use TextExpander!
Blast: Keeps track of my recently changed/opened/created files. Very good when I’m downloading tons of documents for university
Evernote: Note taking accessible over Mac, iPhone and internet
Caffeine: Prevents my Mac from falling asleep
SlimBatteryMonitor: Does what the name suggests
Then the usual: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (with MagicMouse connected), Time Machine (damn! how I hate that exclamation mark appearing on Lion when not backing up for 30min), Clock and Spotlight.
I got some other apps running like Alfred, Default Folder X, BetterTouchTool and Divvy. I would have put them into the menu bar but the problem is my Mac being a MB13,3inch model. Therefore space on the menubar is rare.
(From gramuel)
From the right (since that’s the order they’re added to the menubar):
System defaults: Spotlight, Time (I’m a 24hr kinda guy), Battery, Input Language (for when I want to use Japanese characters), Volume, Network, Time Machine.
MenuMeters: RAM on the right, CPU on the left. I really only use this to keep an eye on how many more virtual machines I can open. There’s also iStat Menus, which has way more features, if you prefer that. MenuMeters is more limited, and I like it that way.
Sparrow: Can’t live without this one. It’s the prettiest and most usable mail application I’ve found as of yet. I tend to keep my inbox totally empty, and this helps manage that. I’ve got the dock icon disabled too…
Adium: I still prefer this for chatting, although I use Linkinus for IRC. I only use iChat for video chat or screen sharing.
: Did I mention I hate daemon apps that put icons in your menubar and/or dock? This is one of them, but I also really like having my music growling. Trade-offs, eh. It’s in the extras folder of the Growl disk image.
Cloud: Cannot live without this one. I use Cloud App constantly when I’m chatting with people, to send screenshots or things from Photoshop. It uploads it to their service and puts a shortened link to it in your clipboard. It also ties into the default screenshot shortcuts.
Linkinus: IRC Client. Keeps IRC looking good. Kinda has a daemon mode where you can quit the app, but it leaves the icon in the menu bar and keeps you connected and notified of highlights and messages. It’s 10 bucks last I checked. It’s €19.99 on their site.
(From Shelby Munsch)