Comments on: Must Have Menu Bar Applications

By: Orti

Orti — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:12:49 +0000

if you love menubar apps and if you have so much menubar apps installed (perhaps all 45 menubar apps) but only a 13" display (or less) than you propably have a problem: you can't see all your menubar apps because the menu of the current application hides most of your menubar apps. But there is a solution for this problem: try AccessMenubarApps (http://www.ortisoft.de/en/accessmenubarapps). By using a Shortcut or a mouse gesture you can quickly reduce the current application menu and you can see all your installed useful menubarapps.

By: Mark Hiles

Mark Hiles — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 05:11:59 +0000

Isn’t there a menubar app which gives you a dropdown list of active apps that you can use to select for use? I do not like how the dock no longer puts active items at the bottom of the dock. I prefer the old Mac way of a dropdown tool from the menubar. Thanks…

By: Timothy

Timothy — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 21:46:52 +0000

Anyone know something which simply checks in with a mail thing using IMAP, and displays the unread count? It looks like the one in this list for use with Mail does what I want it to, but it has its own client and everything. All I want is the counter.

By: jamEs

jamEs — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:14:10 +0000

I wish there was more options for Twitter apps. I personally use Hahlo as a Fluid menu extra, but wish there was something else out there. Twitmenulet is alright, but kinda lame too.

By: Stefano

Stefano — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 10:40:31 +0000

Great list!

I my self swear by Xmarks for hasslefree bookmarks syncing between browsers on multiple machines, check it out. (It does have a menubar app though it is so efficient that I never actually need to access it)

By: Wally Baise

Wally Baise — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:47:53 +0000

I reckon building a website with 950 or 960 px site width. This way it shows up properly having a 1024 px width screen. I appreciate various desktops and macs come with wider screens, but you also have to factor while in the fact that net books and smart phones now have smaller screens. Fashion is about layout, not width and you could easily add a theme or background in your margins from the main website that can make the blog look and feel really cool.

By: Luis

Luis — Wed, 12 May 2010 04:59:10 +0000

If all these were really “must-have” apps apple would own them…

By: Toby

Toby — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:17:47 +0000

To adjust the screens readibility you don´t need to run a seperate app like nocturne. Just use the built-in shortcut: ctrl + alt + cmd +8 (press all at the same time). This one inverts the screen colours.

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:54:34 +0000

Oh, and right above the text entry box for replies, apparently “trike” is a new HTML tag.

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:52:55 +0000

Do you have to start each and every post with “Hey” and a brief introduction surrounding the fact that you’re writing something? It gets old very quickly.

As for the roundup itself, well rounded up. Except for the fact that you haven’t really done any testing! As others have pointed out, UptimeInMenuBar doesn’t work properly after Tiger. You’re supposed to be able click on it to get a reading, via awk, of the system load. That no longer works.

By: Ronny Elsayed

Ronny Elsayed — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:05:15 +0000

There’s a glitch with your footer.. figured you’d prolly wanna know

By: Mychael

Mychael — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:25:25 +0000

the UptimeInMenuBar application doesn’t work?

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:26:16 +0000

amalgamating menubar items

I was also looking for one

This is the only option right now

http://www.jeb.com.fr/en/nomenubar.shtml

By: Berge

Berge — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:11:52 +0000

Does anyone know of an app/utility that will allow amalgamating menubar items to save screen real estate (for those of us who want to install more menubar items but don’t have a 30″ screen…. lol). Something like Overflow 2.5, which fulfills this function for the Dock.

By: AAA

AAA — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:59:44 +0000

Great apps. Thanks a lot.

By: Paulette

Paulette — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:40:28 +0000

Better than SMCFanControl is Lobotomo Fan Control:

http://www.lobotomo.com/products/FanControl/

It lets you set a target temperature at which the fan will speed up, rather than permanently increasing the speed of the fan.

The algorithm of when the fan starts increasing is not ideal, but still does the basic job of having the minimum fan speed usually, with the fan only increasing under heavy load / on hot days.

Really an essential for any Mac laptop or mini.

By: calgary graphic design

calgary graphic design — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:47:50 +0000

I swear by Quicksilver. If it’s not on, i have no idea where to find things! And it’s free…just like the other best things in life.

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:19:34 +0000

Thanks for the long & wonderful menubar list

But be aware -
coconutWiFi both 2.0 & 3 beta – will crash your mac (due to threads problems), and it took me some time to find the problematic software..

I found a an identical substitute called BwanaDik & works flawlessly -

http://www.jschilling.net/sw_bwanadik.php

By: Jerry Tanglewood

Jerry Tanglewood — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:36:52 +0000

What about the non-geeky menulets (is such a thing possible?!). I mean, what about menulets that interact with the real world and don't handle files, folders, system processes, background apps, etc.? A stock ticker such as Stock Menulet is a good example. Menulets like this bring the real world into our geeky lives! Other examples?

By: Haruspex

Haruspex — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:08:57 +0000

Yeah, Ed, you’re wrong. It’s not superfluous at all. The included Eject menulet created by Apple only lets you eject your CD/DVD. It does not let you see any other mounted devices such as USB drives, hard drive partitions, disk images, etc. It also does not have the option to Eject All. Apple’s included Menu Extra is weak in comparison to Ejector.