I'm out of control

Displays

PPoE (I totally don't need this here)

Airport (WiFi) connection

Dual SuperDrive eject controls

Volume

Regular old clock -- taking a break from Objectpark's FuzzyClock (and REALLY wishing they'd update to Universal binary)

Accounts

Apple - Mac OS X - Spotlight

^^^^^^^ Mouse over for names and links ^^^^^^^

What’s in my menubar? | 43 Folders

Adium - excellent IM app
Skitch - Beta of a mind-blowing screen capture app
Twitterrific - Gives me my Twitter crack
iScrobbler - Relays my "now playing" info to Last.fm
quicksilver - Duh. It’s Quicksilver
Spirited Away - Handy app that hides non-active apps. As seen in my MacBreak demo. Would benefit from an update to Universal Binary
ChronoSync - Very cool app for keeping two folders synced
Growl - Notifications out the booty (personally, I like "Music Video" style notifications)
SynergyKM - App to let you share a keyboard and mouse between multiple computers. Haven’t gotten it working yet, but I plan to.
Remote Desktop - Control one Mac from another Mac.
Apple .Mac Sync - Almost-saving grace of the overpriced and underpowered .Mac suite is automatic syncing of iCal, Mail, contacts, etc.
SoundSource - Free app for changing sound inputs and outputs (highly recommended for musicians and podcasters)
Spotlight - It’s a piece of crap, but it’s our piece of crap. I tend to use the Quicksilver plug-in more often.

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Rob Boudon says:

Hmmm, does Spirited Away hide iChat if you don't message for awhile?
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

chrisjm says:

Merlin, you're my hero. Been using Synergy for over 6 months now. Not sure why I haven't found SynergyKM before, but now I'm totally stoked to try it!
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

kosmar.ipernity.com says:

no skype, no plazes, no bluetooth?
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

sebastianlewis says:

@Rob, you can tell Spirited Away to not hide certain Application's Windows, but yes it does hide iChat windows if you don't message for amount of time defined in the Spirited Away preferences and you don't have iChat on the exceptions list.

Sebastian
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

thatguyeric says:

Oh man, you need to upgrade to MagiCal from FuzzyClock. It's Universal, totally configurable, and works with fuzzy time.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

RickMacMerc says:

I'd dump Spirited Away in favor of Desktopple Pro and all its Universal Binary goodness. (And, yes, it will hide iChat if you don't message for a while...but it doesn't hide Twitterific)
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

YesterdaysPhotos says:

I installed SynergyKM a couple of days ago. Works like a charm to connect Intel Mini server to PowerBook client. The only issues I had were 1) the gui acts weirdly and doesn't always take changes gracefully - don't use the default profile, create a new one, and even then its flakey - and 2) networking - disable Bonjour.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

BureauBlumenberg says:

You could add some more, for example:

- MainMenu (maintenance tools)
- Dragster (send files)
- DeskShade (tidy/cover your desktop)
- CoverSutra (enhanced iTunes control)
- Jumpcut (multiple clipboard)
- Calq (on demand calculator)
- TextExpander (expand abbreviations as you type)
- MenuCalendarClock
- AppleScript Script Menu
- … followed by the standard apple menu items
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

Galgoz says:

thatguyeric, thanks for the tip, MagiCal is awesome!
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

grabbit90210 says:

So it's not just me with too many icons up there! Maybe that's why Apple introduced widescreen monitors!

I agree ... MagiCal is ... erm ... magic? And no TextExpander Merlin? I'm surprised! Looking at my list I have
QS
iClip
iGTD
Salling Clicker
TextExpander
iCalViewer
MissingSync
Desktoptransporter
Growl
Chronosync
Intego thingy (to control Netbarrier)
Fax Prefs (for checking if my wife's faxes get through the shared settings)
High Priority (to do list thing)
Script Menu
Palette Switcher
Bluetooth
Magical

(I removed others such as Spotlight, Detour - the menu kept dropping)

I even had to use a haxie (Fruit Menu I think) to turm app names into icons to regain some screen real estate)

No wonder i can never be happy on a PC ... even with a QS type app!
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

jnbrewster says:

A little excessive?
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

Wandom Willy says:

OMG, ROFL, etc. etc. I didn't know you could bog a Mac down this much stuff! Leave it to you Merlin...
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

rickvug says:

Is stuff like this why you are "theoretically productive"? At least 43folders gives you a good paid excuse to dick around with installing every widget like app possible. Kudos!
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

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