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[oyibo45]

Gimp?
VLC?

 

[Scuba629]

I like to have iStat Menus on all my computers.

I personally use Reeder for all my RSS needs (it has even been updated for Lion with full screen support).

You already use a lot of the Apps I use.

Office 2011 for Mac is actually pretty good for a Microsoft product.

Trying to like iStat Menus. How do you have yours setup?

 

[mitup]

MPlayerX for video playback. It's free by the way.

 

[Cynicalone]

Trying to like iStat Menus. How do you have yours setup?

I have the following sections on...

• CPU
• Memory
• Disk Usage
• Disk Activity
• Network
• Sensors

I use black graphs and icons in the menu. So it looks like this.

 

[blkonblk17]

Unrarx (Mac's Version of Winrar) - It's Free

 

[Scuba629]

I have the following sections on...

• CPU
• Memory
• Disk Usage
• Disk Activity
• Network
• Sensors

I use black graphs and icons in the menu. So it looks like this.

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Do you turn off other things on your bar? Like the Wifi default icon?

 

[Cynicalone]

Do you turn off other things on your bar? Like the Wifi default icon?

Nope I just leave it like this. I only remove items I'm not using like Bluetooth. And I removed my name since I'm the only one using the laptop.



It looks crowded but it works really well for what I need it for.

 

[Scuba629]

Nope I just leave it like this. I only remove items I'm not using like Bluetooth. And I removed my name since I'm the only one using the laptop.

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It looks crowded but it works really well for what I need it for.

Mines that way too with logmein and dropbox, caffeine, trillion, and a couple others. How are you taking screen shots like that?

 

[Ubuntu]

Mines that way too with logmein and dropbox, caffeine, trillion, and a couple others. How are you taking screen shots like that?

Cmd + Shift + 4

 

[Typswif2fingers]

I really like the BetterTouchTool.

Also Kainjow's BootChamp (for launching Windows on Bootcamp)..

 

[Cynicalone]

Mines that way too with logmein and dropbox, caffeine, trillion, and a couple others. How are you taking screen shots like that?

This way

Cmd + Shift + 4

 

[thatdrewguy]

I really can't believe I forgot about 1Password. I use that on everything.

http://agilebits.com/products/1Password/Mac

previously i just synched the iphone with the desktop thru wifi. This morning I was able to add in the air and use dropbox to synch all 3.

 

[Cynicalone]

Guys ,

please let me know if pulp rss or reader rss will work without an active internet connection ? Kinda offline rss reader ? Any feedback is appreciated

Reeder will work offline if you have the stuff you want to read synced. It has a ton of settings for what you want to store locally.

 

[Scuba629]

Nope I just leave it like this. I only remove items I'm not using like Bluetooth. And I removed my name since I'm the only one using the laptop.

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It looks crowded but it works really well for what I need it for.

Just found it can control fan speeds too. Did you add any profiles for this?

 

[Cynicalone]

Just found it can control fan speeds too. Did you add any profiles for this?

No I always leave my fans alone. I'm always afraid to mess with that stuff. I'm afraid I would just screw it up.

 

[Scuba629]

This way

Did that and it gives me a target. I left click and I'm not sure what it does after..

 

[Cynicalone]

Did that and it gives me a target. I left click and I'm not sure what it does after..

Push Command Shift 4 and then you can drag a box around what you want to take a picture of.

Here is the guide for taking screenshots.

http://guides.macrumors.com/Taking_Screenshots_in_Mac_OS_X

 

[Beaverman3001]

You might want to consider Virtual Box instead of Parallels or VMWare to save a bit of money. It works great.

 

[takao]

You might want to consider Virtual Box instead of Parallels or VMWare to save a bit of money. It works great.

thanks for the tip ! i'll check it out when mine arrives

 

[PaulWog]

Quickcal is actually quite nice. It lacks a few features that I'd have liked to see (ex. when you type "October", it doesn't set the date of the note to october), but it's decent.

It's a calendar program which is just a one-liner entry. You enter in "Lunch with friend at 1pm next saturday" and it will enter that into your iCal calendar perfectly.

To have it be useful though, you have to keep it on your dock (or else it's not a quick click and enter in kind of thing). I think it was a decent way to spend $2 on an app.