![]() And if you manage a bunch of Macs, you can also create quick-reference Identity Cards for each computer each card contains the model name and number, serial number, installed RAM, hard-drive size (and amount used), processor speed(s), OS version, IP address, and current user at the time the card was created. Like System Profiler, InforMac lets you save a summary of your Mac’s information, but InforMac provides the ability to encrypt that data, so it’s safe when you send it via e-mail. InforMac provides just such an improvement, along with more information than System Profiler does for some devices (though it doesn’t display log files). (Apple’s Script Menu sticks them at the very bottom.)-DAN FRAKES InforMac 0.03Īpple’s System Profiler utility is quite useful, but it could use a better interface. But FastScripts also provides better performance, by preloading scripts into memory so they execute instantly quick access to both user and systemwide Scripts folders and better menu organization-application-specific scripts, those that appear only when a particular application is active, show up at the top of the menu for easier access. The biggest advantage is the ability to easily create keyboard shortcuts for scripts. OS X’s Script Menu is a great way to quickly access AppleScripts and shell scripts, but by replacing it with FastScripts, you gain even more functionality. The program is also handy for figuring out whether your iDisk is currently mounted.-DAN FRAKES FastScripts 2.0 Ejector’s small menu-bar menu lets you quickly eject any mounted volume: CDs, DVDs, iPods, network volumes, flash drives, and even mounted disk images. ![]() But if you prefer to keep your desktop tidy and don’t have any Finder windows open, ejecting these volumes becomes a minor hassle. It’s fairly easy to eject mounted volumes in OS X if you’ve chosen (via Finder preferences) to view them on your desktop or in Finder-window sidebars. Each action or sequence of actions can also be assigned a modifier key, so that, for example, shift-clicking does something different than option-clicking.-DAN FRAKES DockFun 4.6 You trigger a corner’s action or sequence by clicking on the corner. These actions include opening a file, folder, or application hiding the current application hiding other applications opening a URL and running an AppleScript. You can assign each corner a single action, a sequence of actions, or multiple individual actions. You can also have different settings for each volume.-DAN FRAKES CornerClick 0.4īy assigning frequent actions to the corners of your screen, CornerClick makes executing them as easy as a quick flick of the wrist. You can have Compost delete locked items and delete files so they can’t be resurrected by disk-recovery software. Compost adds more features to OS X’s Trash, giving you a selective Trash that automatically deletes individual files once they’ve been in the Trash for a certain amount of time, or empties the Trash only when it grows larger than a particular size (or when a volume’s free space dips below a certain size). ![]() And if you forget to empty it, it can grow too huge in size. (I also irregularly back everything up to a local server, too, just in case.The Trash in OS X is an all-or-nothing thing: When you empty it, everything inside it is deleted-lock, stock, and barrel. It’s nice to know my key documents are automatically stored off-site, several times a day. At first, it gradually reduced the size of my data stored remotely… a few megabytes less each day… but in the last few weeks, it’s been rock solid. Newly available for Mac, Mozy is still technically in beta. Regardless of the format, VLC just works. Available from: Īnother favorite of those who wish to view their video without worrying about format or anything else. Makes for a much more attractive battery display, taking up only a sliver of space instead of an elephant-sized chunk. I use it everyday, all the time, for all sorts of image types, from PDF to TIFF. Preview.app, the most ubiquitous, most useful, most under-appreciated application on my Macintosh. It’s not always the full-blown software applications that make the biggest difference on your computer often it’s the small do-one-thing-well utilities that enhance our computing experience that much more. MagiCal (calendar) MenuMeters (system monitor) Ejector (disk dismounter) AppDelete (software uninstaller) RCDefaultApp (file associations) Hazel (autmated Įvaluate with care and in light of later events.įrom Lifehacker comes a list of Top 10 Macintosh utilities: Articles News Notes About Contact Search Top Macintosh Utilitiesįrom Lifehacker comes a list of Top 10 Macintosh utilities: It’s not always the full-blown software applications that make the biggest difference on your computer often it’s the small do-one-thing-well utilities that enhance our computing experience that much more.
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