“It is often worth grabbing a few utilities in order to keep your Mac in the best possible shape, whether you’re looking to improve your wireless connection or just to boost performance,” Jony evans writes for Computerworld. “What follows is a selection of utilities which may boost your Mac life.”
Five essential utilities for any Mac user:
• AppCleaner (free)
• LittleSnitch (free)
• Onyx (Free)
• Dropbox (Free basic service)
• iStumbler (Free)
Full article with descriptions of the apps and links here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
Don’t forget Air Display. If you own an iPad, you can add a wireless touchscreen monitor for only ten bucks. It’s the best bargain ever, especially on the new 11″ MacBook Air. Two monitors wherever you go.
MDN made the LittleSnitch error. The source article sez:
“LittleSnitch (€29.95)”, $29.95. Highly recommended.
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AppleJack: Free
BatCHmod: Free
GrandPerspective: Free
iAlertU: Free. Essential for MacBooks.
MDN made the LittleSnitch error. The source article sez:
“LittleSnitch (€29.95)”, $29.95. Highly recommended.
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AppleJack: Free
BatCHmod: Free
GrandPerspective: Free
iAlertU: Free. Essential for MacBooks.
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MacTracker: Free
TinkerTool: Free
GNUPrivacyGaurd: Free. Equivalent of PGP without having to deal with Symantec assholiness. For security geeks only.
The Unarchiver: Free
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MacTracker: Free
TinkerTool: Free
GNUPrivacyGaurd: Free. Equivalent of PGP without having to deal with Symantec assholiness. For security geeks only.
The Unarchiver: Free
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Growl: Free
MenuMeters: Free
SpellCatcher: $29.95
CopyPaste Pro: $30
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Growl: Free
MenuMeters: Free
SpellCatcher: $29.95
CopyPaste Pro: $30
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QuickSilver: Free
Carbon Copy Cloner: Free
VoodooPad Lite: Free
Default Folder: $34.95
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QuickSilver: Free
Carbon Copy Cloner: Free
VoodooPad Lite: Free
Default Folder: $34.95
@Ben
Run all of Onyx’s features, it will reset your Mac back to factory like conditions, take care of all the maintenance scripts etc., Spotlight will re-index the hard drive so after that’s done it should feel a bit more snappy.
Of course for better performance requires a 7,200 RPM hard drive, less than half full and optimized via cloning to a external and back again, more memory. Even better is a SSD drive, but they are still too high and low on storage.
@Ben
Run all of Onyx’s features, it will reset your Mac back to factory like conditions, take care of all the maintenance scripts etc., Spotlight will re-index the hard drive so after that’s done it should feel a bit more snappy.
Of course for better performance requires a 7,200 RPM hard drive, less than half full and optimized via cloning to a external and back again, more memory. Even better is a SSD drive, but they are still too high and low on storage.
Super Duper..not free, but great.
Super Duper..not free, but great.
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OmniDictionary: Free
TextWrangler: Free
Find Any File: Free. Escape Spotlight.
PopChar X: $30
And so on . . .
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OmniDictionary: Free
TextWrangler: Free
Find Any File: Free. Escape Spotlight.
PopChar X: $30
And so on . . .
Some more great Mac free ware.
VLC
Handbrake
Virtualbox
Some more great Mac free ware.
VLC
Handbrake
Virtualbox
Okay, I think Jonny Evans needs to look up the meaning of the word essential.
Here’s a list of actually essential Mac utilities, or at least I think so:
1. iGetter
2. Perian
3. VLC
4. Whatever the least suckiest MSPaint clone is at the moment. Paintbrush? PaintDS? iPaint? I wouldn’t know because I use Tiger and they’re all for Leopard for some reason. Son of a bitch developers.
Okay, I think Jonny Evans needs to look up the meaning of the word essential.
Here’s a list of actually essential Mac utilities, or at least I think so:
1. iGetter
2. Perian
3. VLC
4. Whatever the least suckiest MSPaint clone is at the moment. Paintbrush? PaintDS? iPaint? I wouldn’t know because I use Tiger and they’re all for Leopard for some reason. Son of a bitch developers.
and 5. Carbon Copy Cloner, which I forgot because I’m stupid.
and 5. Carbon Copy Cloner, which I forgot because I’m stupid.
AppCleaner is unnecessary.
AppCleaner is unnecessary.
I would have said ClamX AV but every time I install it the background processes (scanning) completely bogs down my MBP. Took me a while to realize until I checked out the Activity Monitor and it was using 50% of the CPU.
I do need a good anti-virus software. Anyone got any suggestions?
I would have said ClamX AV but every time I install it the background processes (scanning) completely bogs down my MBP. Took me a while to realize until I checked out the Activity Monitor and it was using 50% of the CPU.
I do need a good anti-virus software. Anyone got any suggestions?