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Posts tagged: SlimBatteryMonitor
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)
Dropbox: A really important service for my study, but also for my personal use. I love the possibility of sharing folders to colleagues or friends. A must have app for me…
Delibar: This is a menubar client to organize and use your Delicious or Pinboard bookmarks - in combination with the Safari extension it’s a killer-app! Love it!
Sparrow: A lightweight Gmail-client. It fits my needs perfectly.
: I think everyone knows it…
CoverSutra: Great iTunes controller which gives you the ability to search your entire music library over a Spotlight-like searchbar, displays album-artwork on your desktop, it also offers really nice iTunes player controls and more…
: Don’t know why this app still has a place in my menubar… horrible weather-forecast, but at least it looks nice… ;)
: Gives you the possibility to bookmark webpages and open it via the menubar icon…. I abuse it as a “perhaps I will read it later” button…
: Altough it’s a bit expensive, I really love this little helper in my menubar - it detached Date-Line from my desktop.
Transmit: FTP client of my choice. Great UI, great functionality!
Slim Battery Monitor: Nomen est omen.
DropIn: The best extension you can get for Dropbox, adds some really nice & useful gimmicks.
Screens: Mac Client for Screens to control your Mac with your iPhone / iPad.
Facebook: Hopefully Google+ will eliminate it from my menubar…
Radium: A menubar radio player that exactly does what it promises. Has a huge selection of radio stations included.
Time Machine
Bluetooth
Volume
Analog Clock
User Switching
AirPort
: I use it in combination with strongVPN, at the moment mainly to use Spotify here. But there are some good other reasons to use it…
Spotlight
(From Joresch)
Dropbox - I use this for quick backups, transferring files between computers, and sharing files. Dropbox is perhaps the most frequently used item in my menu bar.
Meteorologist - I am a weather junkie, and my office at work has no window, so it is very handy to have a quick way of seeing what the weather is outside. Meteorologist is both simple and powerful, but I am always looking for something even better. The temperature is usually in Celsius, but when I am in the US I prefer to use the local units.
SlimBatteryMonitor - This lets me know how much power I have left. I prefer SlimBatteryMonitor to the Mac OS X default battery monitor because it takes less space, and it provides more information.
Time Machine - This lets me easily control Time Machine, and it lets me know if a backup is in progress.
AirPort - The wireless network at work is flaky, so this lets me know if I am connected, and it gives me an easy way to control my wireless connection.
Time - This gives me the time, and nothing but the time.
Fast User Switching - I have multiple accounts on my laptop, so this is very useful.
Spotlight - This is my go-to method for finding things on my computer, but it would be nice if the interface were more powerful.
(From Stephen Holland, Astrophysicist working on gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, and globular clusters)
Dropbox, Droplr, , Pukka, ScreenShade, CoverSutra, Today, Pastebot Sync Server, FastScripts, TinyAlarm, Tags, Caffeine, SlimBatteryMonitor, AirPort, Volume, and Spotlight.
(From )
MailMate notification - The fantastic lightweight IMAP mail client from Benny Kjær Nielsen.
CoverSutra - A recent discovery I use to control iTunes without needing to switch back to the main application window.
PopChar X - This utility saves me so much time finding the right characters.
Skitch - Essential for marking-up screenshots and hosting my blog images.
TextExpander - I rely on this to correct common spelling mistakes but also for its ability to shorten URLs and insert text from snippets.
Delibar - I use Delibar to capture ‘things I would like to become bookmarks’ while I’m away from my main computer, sending them to Pinboard.
- In the same way that CoverSutra lets me control iTunes when it’s not visible, I Love Stars lets me assign ratings. I definitely give it ★★★★★.
f.lux - The jury’s still out on this utility that changes my computer display to a warmer night mode automatically.
Tags - One of a number of applications that allow me to use to manage files.
QuickCursor - This great little utility allows you to use your favourite text editor to input data into web browsers. The great advantage of this is it does away with the need for an input manager.
App Tamer - The idea is that this pauses an application when you switch away from it, then automatically restarts it when you start using it again to save battery life.
SlimBatteryMonitor - I’ve had this on every Mac I’ve ever owned and it does just what it says on the tin.
TextSoap 7 - TextSoap is one of those apps that’s barely visible but saves a huge amount of time. I’ve previously and since then it has been updated and gained a menu bar icon as a result.
MenuMeters - Another of those apps I have used forever. Here it is set to display network, traffic, memory usage and CPU levels. Very useful to see if anything is hogging your computer.
Apple’s standard language and text input menu, AirPort indicator and Clock.
Search - This is Tags’ Enhanced Spotlight.
(From Steve Hodgson)
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)
moveAddict, nvALT, MenuPop, BetterSnapTool, Apptivate, Dropbox, Hyperspaces, Blast, LittleSnapper, CalendarBar, CuteClips, SlimBatteryMonitor, and .
The rest are standard Mac fair—WiFi, Time, and Spotlight.
(From Ammon Beckstrom)
I just removed unnecessary icons in my menubar; I used to also have , Adium, iSync, and Spotlight. Now I only have these: Pyrcast, CalendarBar, Mailplane, Dropbox, SlimBatteryMonitor, MenuMeters, Time Machine, Bluetooth, WiFi, and Clock.
(From Andrew Ng)
smcFanControl - To make sure that my old Macbook is not gonna stop brutally due to those annoying Websites still using Flash.
Dropbox - A must have.
TextExpander - I mostly use Markdown, HTML and date replacement snippets.
Cloud App - Very neat tool to easily upload screenshots and files.
Hazel - Great tool to rename and sort files in my Downloads folder but also to sort my Dropbox files when they get automatically on my computer thanks to services such as SendtoDropbox or DropItTo.
SlimBatteryMonitor - A neat app to replace the default Mac Battery icon, I only need to know the percentage of remaining battery, not the logo. Besides I am usually already aware of the fact that my battery is charging thanks to the red light on the charger.
- To keep a log of my copied items.
Caffeine - Very convenient when Skyping or watching videos in a browser.
Sound, Bluetooth, Wi-fi, Clock and Spotlight - The basics. I have the Bluetooth there only because I use a Bluetooth earset.
(From Louis)