Some Mac stuff I like

I've been playing around with a bunch of Mac tools lately, so wanted to post them here.

Geek Tool. Geek Tool is not for the feint of heart. It basically displays the results of any Unix script on the desktop. Sounds easy, but you have to have the script first. I have it displaying the current date and time, and it works really well. Here's a link to more information at MacRumors.

Bowtie. Bowtie is a little utility that displays the current iTunes track on the desktop. It's also got a bunch of 'skins' with it so that you can change it's appearance. It's tres cool. Get it here. Oh, and it's free.

Evernote. This is a great application. It's a replacement for the note part of Apple's mail and the nice thing is that there's a matching iPhone application. Works super well and it's become a standard for me. Get it here, it's free too.

iStat Menus. Again, a great, free application. This one sits in the Menu bar of your Mac and displays all kinds of system information. I have mine set up to show me, CPU, active processes, hard drive space, temperatures and network activity along with the current date. I've been using this one for a while and it runs on all my Macs. Get it here.

Tweetdeck. Tweetdeck is my choice du jour for Twitter client on the Mac. It's got a nice interface and you can do every kind of Twitter action from it. Unlike some other Twitter clients where you have to go to the Twitter site to say, unfollow someone. It's free (notice a common thread here? I'm cheap) and you can get it from here. There's also a matching iPhone app, get that from iTunes. It's free too.

One that's for the iPhone is called RunKeeper. I have the free version (surprise!) and got it from the iTunes store. It tracks your run, walk, bike ride and will tell you the distance travelled and your speed. It also displays a map based on Google maps when you're finished. You can have it automatically send your workout details straight to Twitter if you want to share them.

The last one for now is Tinkertool. It's free and you can get it here. Tinkertool lets you change all kinds of settings in Mac OSX. And it doesn't change anything permanently so you can experiment as much as you like without breaking anything. There's a single button to click if you want to restore everything.

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