Favorite Desktop Tweeks

[TaliesinSoft]

I'm curious as to what "desktop tweeks" others are using. Here are mine….

Docker - which allows one to choose from a number of menu appearances
in case you are not, as I am, particularly happy with Apple's default.

Menu Eclipse 2 - which allows the menu bar to be hidden when not in
use, something I find pleasing as the continuously visible, to me,
conflicts with my desktop background.

MenuEverywhere - which allows you to bring up the menu without you
having to go up to the top of the screen, particularly useful with
large screens.

MouseLocaterAgent - which helps you to locate the mouse, again quite
useful when one has a very large display.

So, I'd be interested in what others might find as part of their daily
computing experience.

[Erik]

I'm curious as to what "desktop tweeks" others are using. Here are mine
.
Docker - which allows one to choose from a number of menu appearances
in case you are not, as I am, particularly happy with Apple's default.
Menu Eclipse 2 - which allows the menu bar to be hidden when not in
use, something I find pleasing as the continuously visible, to me,
conflicts with my desktop background.
MenuEverywhere - which allows you to bring up the menu without you
having to go up to the top of the screen, particularly useful with
large screens.
MouseLocaterAgent - which helps you to locate the mouse, again quite
useful when one has a very large display.
So, I'd be interested in what others might find as part of their daily
computing experience.

One big one for me was the simple act of disabling the caps lock key:

In the keyboard prefs, click the 'Modifier Keys' button, and change the
Caps Lock pull down menu to 'No Action'. Of course it can be reactivated
just as easily, but couldn't imagine anyone ever actually doing so.

The free 'Tinker Tool' app offers a host of interesting tweaks as well.

http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html

Erik

[Michael Vilain]

I'm curious as to what "desktop tweeks" others are using. Here are mineŠ.
Docker - which allows one to choose from a number of menu appearances
in case you are not, as I am, particularly happy with Apple's default.
Menu Eclipse 2 - which allows the menu bar to be hidden when not in
use, something I find pleasing as the continuously visible, to me,
conflicts with my desktop background.
MenuEverywhere - which allows you to bring up the menu without you
having to go up to the top of the screen, particularly useful with
large screens.
MouseLocaterAgent - which helps you to locate the mouse, again quite
useful when one has a very large display.
So, I'd be interested in what others might find as part of their daily
computing experience.

I use the Dock for things I use daily--Mail, Chrome, BusyCal, BBEdit,
Interarchie, Cuppa Timer, a Twitter client, iTunes. I use Hyperdock to
display transparent windows over the dock icons.

I start up XRG and Surplus Meter on login to show performance metrics
and track my bandwidth. Still haven't come close to my 250GB/month cap.

I use BOINC Manager to for a screen saver and contribute to 3
distributed compute projects.

I startup Dropbox, Google Drive, a replacement for Quickey, a clipboard
manager, a Hyperspaces replacement and I replaced the date/time display
with iClock Pro because it was the only clock/calendar that integrated
with Google Calendar.

I display CPU, HD space, and most importantly network bandwidth in a
history bar in the menu. I use Little Snitch to track connections.

I use DragThing to give me a retractible side pallet of folders,
documents, and applications that I use almost weekly. I use Classic
Menu to emulate the Apple Menu from OS 9 where I put applications and
documents I don't access as often.