To be honest, I don’t know if there is name given to this type of apps, but I’ll proceed anyway. I just want to share some little Mac apps in my Preferences Pane, that I think is going to be useful for Mac users out there especially the new ones like me.
iStat menus
iStat menu is a very useful app for you to display the status of you system directly on your menubar. CPU usage, Memory usage, temperature and more. You can also have a custom date & time display. Look at mine. I’m using the basic version to display few stuff, but if you need more than that, check out other versions on their site.
Afloat
Before this, in Windows, I used to play video on top of other apps so I can simultaneously working on other things. However, Quicktime doesn’t have that option. I searched around, and found Afloat. Afloat is a little app that will add extra options into certain softwares so you can put it on top of the others. Plus, you can also apply some transparencies on those windows. Download Afloat
Secrets
Secrets is a collection of Mac tricks, compiled into one application. So you can find some ways to tweaks you Mac, to suit your need. Some of them are not available in the setting, so Secrets will reveal it to you. No more searching for Terminal command line and so on, most of them are compiled and updated in Secrets. Learn more about Secrets.
Warp
When my roomate set up his Desktops in Ubuntu to be exchangeable with just using the scroll wheel of his mouse, I was very jealous. I want to be able to switch between my Spaces using my mouse too, not keystrokes (and my screen ‘hot’ corners are full already haha). I searched for similar solution until I found Warp. Not really what I want though, but it is good enough. Check out Warp.
..etc
Then you’ll ask, where the hell is Quiksilver? Well, yeah, I used it before. Now I think the built-in Spotlight is more than enough for me. I hate redundancy 
There are a lot of other useful little apps to be discovered. I will definitely share more later on. Do you have any suggestion for me?
21 comments — Post a comment ↓
syuxx —
18 Oct 08 / #owh, i think i should get an apple product too.
PC was so OLD & boring already.
I can see the fun things happen with APPLE. haha
azraai —
19 Oct 08 / #duit aku baru dalam 900. lagi 3100 utk mendapatkan macbook.
mac poser —
19 Oct 08 / #mau amik ALU MB, xcukup 800, azrai elok kasi pinjam kat aku dlu
abdusfauzi —
19 Oct 08 / #same with me. spotlight is enough.
well, how about RSS reader? Internet Browser? Virtual Machine? Icon Package (U might wanna have a look at CandyBar)? FTP? Audio Converter? Messaging Apps?
Hehe.. just some of the list that I’m curious about. huhu.
flisterz —
19 Oct 08 / #@syuxx: if you think u need it, buy one
@azraai: hah. kena cari project lagi ah tu.
@mac poser: baik simpan lagi and get the pro. haha
@abdusfauzi: i’m talking about the small little apps. those stuff u mentioned are must-have apps already. common. heh
abdusfauzi —
19 Oct 08 / #owh. missed that. hurm.. how about USB Cat? I use it to enable sound effect of USB in/out. hehe.
mac poser —
19 Oct 08 / #@flisterz: xmampu la MBP… overpriced
asx —
20 Oct 08 / #Haih . semua yang di atas sama .
azraai —
20 Oct 08 / #haha. ko tgk Kyle XY atau mende lain.
mac poser —
22 Oct 08 / #just wanna SPAM.. aih boring seh
Mohd Ismail —
25 Oct 08 / #rindu siot dgn awek Kyle XY.. Kyle terlalu jambu utk di’tonton oleh lelaki normal..
*aku nak Compaq Presario A900* ha ha
Aisyah —
27 Oct 08 / #Killer App launcher tak guna? best tau. huhu.
mac poser —
27 Oct 08 / #apa yg menarik sgt tang Presario A900 tue?
tekong —
27 Oct 08 / #oke semua yg ada mac laptop, download apps ni pastu kalau kita berjumpa, leh lawan sama sama
http://isnoop.net/blog/2006/05/20/macsaber-turn-your-mac-into-a-jedi-weapon/
jom flisterz lawan!
mac poser —
29 Oct 08 / #xdak update ka site nie? xlebey 10 hr sonyap ajo
Protonian —
30 Oct 08 / #huhu,… Best lor review nie…
Nak tnyer, Ko taw gune Apperture dalam mac x?
Ak ngah blaja mac gak skrunk nie,..
Hit me back…
mac poser —
31 Oct 08 / #Aluminium Macbook start selling today at Switch Penang, tommorow at KL
mac poser —
01 Nov 08 / #The NEW Aluminium MB/MBP are available today at Switch SOGO, Maccity The Curve
azzrizal —
15 Nov 08 / #bro, quiksilver is a wonderful app weih.
i dun noe you tapi launching apps pakai quiksilver
is the fastest way for me.
letak hot key to launch the quicksilver,
then key in the first few keywords of apps name..
then walla! hehe. anyways, nice to know theres mac
user around. but im still a tiger. haha.
da miskin after beli macbook rm5k dulu yg
skang spec dia lagi gempak tapi jual bawah rm4k.
wahahahaha. sabar je la.
flisterz —
18 Nov 08 / #I used it once. And yeah, the UI is nice and all, but actually spotlight is way much better. In my experience, Quicksilver’s indexing is kinda slow. And I hate it when you cannot see what u actually typing. Spotlight has hot key jugak. Senang. Search files and apps etc etc
Mirko G. —
30 Dec 08 / #Hi flisterz, I use VLC instead of Afloat: it has all the codecs you need too.
And you can configure your mouse with Spaces in the preference panel > Exposé & Spaces: in the lower frame the first option “To start Spaces”… you can set a mouse button (like the central) to do that…
P.S.: If you like Quicktime you should install Perian!