The latest issue of Mac Life magazine had a cool collection of 30 great Mac apps that “you’ve never heard of.” Well, that wasn’t quite right, but there were several great finds. Considering how many blog readers I get who are Macs, I figured I might share those finds plus a few of my own favorites.
- Yojimbo – a great “collector” app that I use daily to keep track of all the misc. stuff I collect, from links to serial numbers, to images, etc.
- Think – Blacks out the desktop with a user selectable level of transparency so you can block all the other stuff on your computer and focus on writing that TPS report.
- Desktop Curtain – In my post about giving a great presentation, I mentioned that you should clear off your desktop to make it look a little more professional. This app does that for you by overlaying your desktop with a single image. Much easier than actually cleaning off the desktop!
- App Zapper – They call it the “Uninstaller application that Apple forgot”. It fully removes installed applications, including those pesky preference and cache files that deleting the xyz.app file leaves behind.
- Anxiety – a cool app for tracking the Mail and iCal tasks in one place.
- DeskLickr – Easily update your desktop image with a great photo from Flickr. Some really great content that just appears. Very cool.
- Caffeine – This tiny app is brilliant and simple. It adds an icon to your menu bar that has two settings: on & off. When on, it prevents your screen from dimming.
That’s my list of “things you might not be using but should be”… what are your favorites?
Dax Davis
June 9th, 2008 22:02
Nice list. For us new Mac users this is very helpful...
Dax Davis
June 9th, 2008 23:02
Nice list. For us new Mac users this is very helpful...