Wannes Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 (edited) Hey, There are a lot of applications out there to customize your Mac but many unknown. Therefore I'm creating this list so all applications are bundled and people do not have to continuously browse around in search of a specific application. Are you aware of an application? Please reply to this thread and I'll add it to the topic. Application List TinkerToolGives you access to additional settings in Leopard such as font, dock, finder, ... settings.http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html Silk $Allows you to change the system fonthttp://unsanity.com/haxies/silk/ Coversutra $Show your "Now playing" song on your desktophttp://coversutra.com/ Candybar $Change your iconshttp://www.panic.com/candybar/ iStat MenuTweak your menu bar with graphs and statistics. You can also edit your clock.http://islayer.com/apps/istatmenus/ LiteIconFree alternative to CandyBarhttp://www.freemacsoft.net/LiteIcon/ Kameleon app $Change the look of Leopardhttp://www.kameleonapp.com/ BowtieControl iTunes from your desktophttp://www.bowtieapp.com/ OnyXGives access to hidden system parameters (much like TinkerTool); also provides front ends for system cleanup and some *nix toolshttp://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/onyx_leopard.html Cocktail $Very similar to OnyX; allows access to hidden system parameters; provides front ends for system cleanup and some *nix toolshttp://www.maintain.se/cocktail/index.php CLIXEssentially a database of Unix commands that you can use to get at your system, including appearance hacks like Cocktail, OnyX, TinkerTool, but also 1000s of other commands. Provides a frontend for running these commands, as well as descriptions for the included commands so you actually know what you're doing.http://rixstep.com/4/0/clix/ DeskShade $Allows you to hide all the icons on your desktop, and/or hide the menubar shadow. Also includes features to build a collection of desktops, color shift wallpapers, play movies as your desktop, and has a customizable screen locking feature.http://macrabbit.com/deskshade/ MagnifiqueChange your Mac's appearance. http://magnifique.pcwizcomputer.com/forum/portal.php Advanced Utilities LingonAllows you to create and edit launchd configuration files from a graphical frontend. If you don't know what launchd is don't mess with this.http://tuppis.com/lingon/ iServeBoxA tool for managing network daemons.http://www.hanynet.com/iservebox/index.html FinkA package repository of 1000s of *nix programs installable on OS X. Aims to make these programs as easy as possible to compile (or install, if precompiled binaries are available) on OS X. Requires you to have Developer tools and X11 installed.http://www.finkproject.org/ MacPortsVery similar to Fink. A package repository of 1000s of *nix programs installable on OS X. Aims to make these programs as easy as possible to compile (or install, if precompiled binaries are available) on OS X. Requires you to have Developer tools and X11 installed.http://www.macports.org/ More to be added shortly... Thanks to Insanor, FurryBeagle Edited March 3, 2009 by Couch Potato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insanor Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 LiteIconFree alternative to CandyBarhttp://www.freemacsoft.net/LiteIcon/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannes Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 LiteIconFree alternative to CandyBarhttp://www.freemacsoft.net/LiteIcon/ Application added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted November 21, 2008 Veteran Share Posted November 21, 2008 Thanks for the list! I am loving my Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannes Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 Bowtie added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furrybeagle Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 OnyXGives access to hidden system parameters (much like TinkerTool); also provides front ends for system cleanup and some *nix toolshttp://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/onyx_leopard.html Cocktail $Very similar to OnyX; allows access to hidden system parameters; provides front ends for system cleanup and some *nix toolshttp://www.maintain.se/cocktail/index.php CLIXEssentially a database of Unix commands that you can use to get at your system, including appearance hacks like Cocktail, OnyX, TinkerTool, but also 1000s of other commands. Provides a frontend for running these commands, as well as descriptions for the included commands so you actually know what you're doing.http://rixstep.com/4/0/clix/ DeskShade $Allows you to hide all the icons on your desktop, and/or hide the menubar shadow. Also includes features to build a collection of desktops, color shift wallpapers, play movies as your desktop, and has a customizable screen locking feature.http://macrabbit.com/deskshade/ These are some more advanced and harder to use utilities, but some may find them useful: LingonAllows you to create and edit launchd configuration files from a graphical frontend. If you don't know what launchd is don't mess with this.http://tuppis.com/lingon/ iServeBoxA tool for managing network daemons.http://www.hanynet.com/iservebox/index.html FinkA package repository of 1000s of *nix programs installable on OS X. Aims to make these programs as easy as possible to compile (or install, if precompiled binaries are available) on OS X. Requires you to have Developer tools and X11 installed.http://www.finkproject.org/ MacPortsVery similar to Fink. A package repository of 1000s of *nix programs installable on OS X. Aims to make these programs as easy as possible to compile (or install, if precompiled binaries are available) on OS X. Requires you to have Developer tools and X11 installed.http://www.macports.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannes Posted November 24, 2008 Author Share Posted November 24, 2008 Holy submission! (Y) Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suicide_pact Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Hopefully soon, FACADE it looks promising, and it seems like ShapeShifter will never be compatible with Leopard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannes Posted December 1, 2008 Author Share Posted December 1, 2008 I'll only include released applications in the list so Facade will have to wait a while to be featured in this awesome list. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suicide_pact Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 My bad, sorry for not RTFM. Apologies. Great recommendations so far. Except for mine that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannes Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 Don't worry about it, it's good to see submissions. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalE Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Great list :) I love iStat Menus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannes Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 Keep on submitting. I've added "Magnifique" to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suicide_pact Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Just been trying Magnifique. Seems to be pretty good. Thanks for the tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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