System Tools:
- StuffIt Expander (free) Lets you expand: .SITX, .SIT, .ZIP, .TAR, .SEA, .EXE, .HQX, .GZ, .TGZ, .LZH, .MIME, .RAR, .PF, .UU, .UUE, .Z, .BZIP, .ARC, .CAB, .YENC
System Modifications:
- TinkerTool (shareware) TinkerTool is an application that gives you access to additional preference settings Apple has built into Mac OS X. This allows to activate hidden features in the operating system and in some of the applications delivered with the system.
- MonoLingual (shareware) Monolingual is a program for removing unnecessary language resources from Mac OS X, in order to reclaim several hundred megabytes of disk space. It requires at least Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Panther) and also works on Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger).I don’t know about you, but I use my computer in only one (human) language — English. And I’m willing to bet that you do too, albeit perhaps not English. So why do you have a bunch of localization files for the Mac OS X operating system filling up your hard drive? Enter Monolingual — a handy utility for reclaiming your space for more useful things… like international mp3 files, email or whatever you like.
QuickTime/Video Plugins:
- Perian enables QuickTime® application support for additional media types including: AVI and FLV,3ivX, DivX, Flash Screen Video, MS-MPEG4, Sorenson H.263, Truemotion VP6, Xvid, AVI support for: AAC, AC3 Audio using A52Codec, H.264, MPEG4, and VBR MP3
- Flip4Mac™ WMV is a collection of QuickTime components that allow you to play, import, and export Windows Media video and audio files on your Mac using your favorite QuickTime-based applications.
- VideoLAN is a software project, which produces free software for video, released under the GNU General Public License.
Mail Plugins:
- Letterbox is a plugin for Apple’s Mail.app that takes advantage of your widescreen monitor. It rearranges the interface into three vertical columns – so the message pane is to the right of the message list, rather than below. You’ll probably need at least 1280 and perhaps 1440 horizontal pixels for this layout to work well for you.
- SpamSieve ($30.00)gives you back your inbox by bringing powerful Bayesian spam filtering to Mac e-mail clients. It’s quick and easy to control SpamSieve from within your mail client, and you can customize how it interacts with the rest of your message sorting rules. Other spam filters get worse over time as spammers adapt to their rules; SpamSieve actually gets better over time as it adapts to your mail. By learning from the very messages that you receive, SpamSieve is able to block nearly all of your spam, without putting your good messages in the spam mailbox.
- GrowlMail is a plug-in for Apple Mail that posts a Growl notification every time new mail arrives containing the text of the message.
- Daylite Mail Integration Module (DMI) allows you to fully exploit the sophistication of Apple Mail with Daylite 3’s powerful multi-linking capabilities. From within Mail you can add new contacts, create tasks with reminders, create new projects and opportunities, and automatically link and store the contents of one or more emails to contacts, projects and opportunities.
- Mail.appetizer is a plug-in for Apple’s Mail and integrates seamlessly. The moment a new message is received, Mail.appetizer displays an onscreen notification window. It gives you a brief summary of the message, so you can determine whether the message requires your immediate attention.
- GPGMail extends Apple’s Mail application and allows you to read and send PGP authenticated and/or encrypted messages. You can use GPGMail for plain text and MIME messages, following RFC 3156.
- Note to Self, Will Henderson has written a “micro-app” that lets you quickly email a note, to-do or reminder to yourself in Mail.app.
Posted by kenergy 