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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 )
QuickCal – Allows me to add appointments to iCal in a pop up window using natural language.
– I should remove this but my ego and fear of missing out won’t allow it. ;-)
Dropbox – This should be built in.
FastScripts – Allows me to execute a few Applescripts I have come to rely on with keyboard commands.
DisplayPad – Lets me use my iPad as a second display over WiFi (Seems like magic. Likely is.)
The rest are built in stuff. Sync, Bluetooth, Airport, Battery, Clock, Spotlight.
(From Patrick Rhone, Writer, Editor, and Curator; of Minimal Mac, , The Random Post, PatrickRhone.com and Keeping It Straight)
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)
To start things off, here’s my menu bar. It’s far too crowded, but I use everything on there:
SugarSync - For syncing/backing up important folders outside of Dropbox.
Dropbox - Because it’s the best syncing service there is.
Sparrow - So I know when I have new email.
/Fluid - A Fluid app for Google Tasks, for easy access to my to do list.
Plex Media Server - So my media is indexed and ready when I open up Plex.
Jumpcut - An essential clipboard manager, especially useful for copying multiple quotes or links.
Time Machine - So I can quickly initiate a backup manually.
iStat Menus Memory and CPU - To see if any programs are misbehaving, with one click access to which ones (there’s a dropdown with more info).
iStat Menus Network - To see my upload and download activity, and also if my Internet connection isn’t working, since it will be grey.
Airport - To quickly connect to Wi-Fi networks (since I use my computer in a lot of different places).
iStat Menus Battery - A more customizable battery display than the system default, with depending on the state, and more details in the dropdown.
Volume - So I can quickly see if my Mac is muted or not.
iStat Menus Calendar/Clock - Another system replacement, since iStat Menus includes a calendar and the time in other cities in the dropdown.
Spotlight - I search my computer often enough.
I occasionally also have Flux running.