for Mac users
We’ll add to this list as time goes on. There’s also a version of this page for Windows … oh wait, you don’t care!
- John Tucker’s Mac FAQs for Leopard and the TTI network. This is the link to a PDF he originally put on TTINet. Ideally we’d convert all this info to normal HTML. (note: changed the link on this document to where it resides on TTINet 08-21-09)
- Quicksilver is (partly) a simple app/folder/file/drive/anything opener. Doing any of these takes about a second, and without taking your hands off the keyboard. So much better than messing with the Finder and the Dock. But you can also use Quicksilver for many other things…
- Screen Lock utility. This OS-X utility goes in your System Preferences and lets you set a keystroke combination to jump to the screensaver (easier than hot corners which I turn off since i hit them accidentally). Then you set the option to require login to come out of the screensaver. Works great. Windows has an easy keystroke combination (Windows – L) to lock the machine without logging out and shutting down all your apps. Now Mac does too.
- TrashMe. Free. Seen on WebWorkerDaily. Windows has an uninstall utility as part of the OS. The Mac OS needs one, because its apps scatter their files all over the hard drive who-knows-where. So use TrashMe.
- RCDefaultApp. Tired of opening PDFs in Adobe Reader? Want .txt files to launch Textmate instead of Textedit? RCDefaultApp lets you easily change what app opens your files.
- iStats Menu. This handy app lets you display a bunch of system specs in your menu bar. Totally customizable. A great way to keep an eye on your RAM, processor, and network usage. Also replaces the lame default clock with one that is clickable and displays a monthly calendar.