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Posts tagged: iStat Menus Battery
ConvertIt - A great little app that can be used to convert images to multiple image formats really quickly. Just drag and drop on the icon. I’m running it as a menu bar app only but it can be configured to run in the Dock as well.
Delibar - App to manage all my Pinboard bookmarks. Also an iPhone app
Dropbox - Just to make sure everything is in sync
TextExpander - While I don’t use it to its fullest extent, it is great for typing long repetitive strings in the Terminal
Location - Just the Mac OS X Lion icon letting me know what apps are currently using my Mac’s location data.
Sidekick (Previously NetworkLocation) - I use this to automate my Mac depending on where it is. For example when I get into work it will drop my volume, mount the work server drive and open up Remote Desktop Connection. I used to use AirPortLocation but since the dev isn’t supporting Lion I’ve had to switch. I only hope the devs of Sidekick add more features in the future.
CloudApp - Used on almost a hourly basis to upload pictures, links, etc. for easy sharing.
unDock - Great for cleanly ejecting all manner of drives be they network, Time Machine or USB/FW ones. Allows you to run scripts as well.
Seamless - Transitions songs from iPhone to Mac and back again.
Hazel - There isn’t enough room here to say all the good things that I want to about Hazel. If you don’t have it, get it. Think Folder Actions on steroids that have been given Green Lantern’s ring, is Superman’s secret brother, & has been soaked in cosmic rays.
Time Machine - Just to monitor how everything is running.
Wi-Fi - Because I’m constantly having to change networks.
iStat Menus 3 - This app is great. It lets me monitor what my Mac is doing at a glance and if I need more information I simply click on one of the stats to bring up a full menu. I’ve got it monitoring my Disk Activity, Network, Disk Usage, Memory, CPU, Battery, & Date and Time.
(From James Smith)
Flux - I’ve hidden the icon since I couldn’t figure out how to change it. Tints the screen a warmer tone at night.
Vienna - RSS reader. I wish I could figure out how to disable the unread menu count though.
Gmail Notifr - nice and simple.
Echofon - Twitter app.
nvALT - great for quick note-taking.
Delibar - for access to my Delicious bookmarks.
CloudApp - quick file uploading.
Calendar - calendar that shows iCal events.
CalendarBar - I’ve hidden the menubar icon and checked “Show badge inside icon” in the the preferences, so I end up with just the number of events I have for the day.
Caffeine
Focusbar - pop-up reminders to keep me focused.
- current condition icon and temperature.
iStat Menus - battery and time.
Spotlight
Most of the custom icons are from the Clean icon set (no longer available), modified to fit different apps. The CloudApp icon is from here.
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Dropbox - online storage, file sharing, data syncing (syncs 1Password across my Macs and iPhone)
Droplr - I use it for uploading pics and screenshots to numerous places
CloudApp - same as Droplr but I use this more and it has a nice web interface as well
ShoveBox - has become my go to notes/snippet keeper. Had it for almost a year before I really started using it but happy I did.
Caffeine - keeps my MacBook Pro awake
MainMenu - great utility to fix permissions, force quit apps, eject volumes, clear cache, and tons more
iStat Menus - I use it for battery because of the drop down it provides that has all my diagnostic info as well
Standard AirPort, Volume, Clock and Spotlight
(From Bostonguy3737)
Clipboard History - For saving clipboard items including images.
Dropbox - Don’t think I have to explain.
Pastebot Sync - A great way to share copied items between a Mac and an iPhone.
Caffeine - To keep my Mac from going to sleep.
iStat Menus - Had some problems with the CPU usage and the temperature a while ago. That’s why I’m monitoring them.
Wifi - Need to switch the Wifi network from time to time.
Input source - I use three different languages (English, Korean and Japanese) on my Mac.
Battery - Actually, another iStat Menus.
Time and Spotlight.
(From Camino)
My menu bar is not so radical, I like to have the original Battery, AirPort and Bluetooth icons… but for me Dropbox, CloudApp and are also must haves. The other useful icons are Jumpcut, Little Snitch and of course some from iStat Menus (Network monitor, CPU monitor, and the battery percentage).
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Boom - Allows you to substantially increase your Mac’s volume beyond normal levels
Skitch - Überawesome screenshot capture, annotation, and sharing tool. It’s free. Get it. Now.
Dropbox - No explanation necessary.
Caffeine - When activated, prevents your Mac from going to sleep, dimming the display, going to screensaver, or doing any of those annoying things that seem to happen right at the best part of that movie you’re trying to watch
The next three: iStat Menus - Mac monitoring and reporting tools, living right up in the menubar. I use it for Temperature, CPU usage, Battery status (takes up less room and is more customizable than built in battery indicator), along with the clock display further down (again, more functional than built in clock item). There are all sorts of other options, like memory usage, network traffic, and lots of others.
Stock Airport menu, Time Machine, and Spotlight. The only time Spotlight is used is when I need to quit Launchbar for some reason; a rare occurrence.
(From Connor P, contributor to the International Mac Podcast)
Sophos Anti-Virus - Awesome Anti-virus client for the Mac.
TunesArt - Scrobbling mini remote iTunes controller.
Sparrow - Mini email client. I am diggin’ it.
Dropbox - Cloud sync client.
Boxcar - Beta of the Boxcar client app. Great on iOS and nice to have access to Boxcar notifications while I am on the Mac as well.
Evernote - Cloud based notes and clippings. Awesome!
Quicksilver - Best. Launcher. Ever. Newly resurrected. Someone write me a Twitter plugin, OK?
Wifi - Apple’s Wifi Manager. Yeah…
iStat Menus - Shown here are the battery, date and time widgets.
Spotlight - Apple’s indexed search utility. Handy.
(From Chris Buckland, IT expert and Audio Systems Analyst at Greater Media Detroit)
Visor - Terminal.app in a Quake-style dropdown console
Dropbox - Make sure everything is up to date
Little Snitch - App blocks outgoing network connections, this is a red/green network IO monitor
iStat Menus Network - Having actual KB/s speed numbers has proved very useful over the years
Airport - Always want to know Wi-Fi signal strength!
iStat Menus Sensors - Monitoring CPU temp, ALWAYS want a quick reference for temp to protect from runaway processes melting my Mac
iStat Menus CPU - What the CPU’s been up to of late…
iStat Menus Memory - How much pie is left to eat…
iStat Menus Battery - Different icon depending on mains/charging/depleting
iStat Menus Clock - Date and time
Spotlight - Never, ever use this but the command to remove it from the menu bar via OnyX doesn’t keep it gone very long :o(
(From Chris)
BetterTouchTool, Dropbox, Memory/CPU/Temp/Battery/Calendar from iStat Menus, MobileMe Sync status (every now and then I use this), Time Machine backup status, Bluetooth status (lets me start tethering easily), Airport, Sound, Hotspot Shield (living in the UK, this lets me view Hulu/Daily Show and Colbert Report online).
(From Jeff Fox)
BetterTouchTool to make my trackpad more effective, iAntivirus, because I’m paranoid, smcFanControl, to keep my Macbook Pro from catching on fire, LogMeIn for all those times I need to remote desktop in. Bluetooth (disabled), iStat Menus for battery notifications, Wi-Fi, Volume, iStats Menus for time, and then Spotlight.
(From tayworm)