System Utilities > Tweaks & Enhancements

Description: Afloat is a Cocoa plug-in that adds both useful window management and nice eye candy to most Mac applications. It can keep windows on top, make them transparent or unclickable, and more.What's new in this version:This new version of the Afloat package includes the same version of Afloat 2.0 that was previously available. It also includes PlugSuit 1.5.5, the new version of the PlugSuit plug-in manager and loader.PlugSuit 1.5.5 fixes a bug that prevented certain third-party extenders, such as Blacktree's Vision, from working correctly. For more information, see PlugSuit's release notes.This update is not required for all users of Afloat, but is recommended to users that also use third-party extenders with PlugSuit alongside Afloat.

Keywords: information management manager windows window notes 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 1946 kb; Updated: 2008-05-25

Description: You miss your old typewriter? You want your Macintosh to play typewriter sounds when you press the keys of your keyboard? You even want your keyboard to play your own sounds?Then Typewriter Keyboard is what you need!Typewriter Keyboard allows you to make your keyboard play typewriter sounds or any other sounds.- It plays typewriter sounds when you press your keyboard keys.- You can replace the typewriter sounds by your own sounds.- A free and growing library of new sounds is available.- You can adjust the sound volume.- You can activate or mute it with the global hot key combination Control-Alt-Command-T.- It appears in the right side of the menu bar.- It doesn't need any installation which makes it very easy to use.- It is available in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish and many other languages.Read the whole documentation for more details...What's new in this version:A full recompilation has been made to be compatible with Leopard.The graphi...

Keywords: keyboard library control sound free play easy 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 5734 kb; Updated: 2008-05-22

Description: KeyCue is a simple, unobtrusive utility application that helps you find, remember, and learn menu shortcuts. Just hold down the Command key for a while - KeyCue comes to help and shows a table of all currently available menu shortcuts. When you have found the desired shortcut in the KeyCue table, just type it and continue working as usual. The KeyCue window will disappear automatically.Over time, you will automatically remember frequently used shortcuts and become a power user of your favorite applications, working much more efficiently.What's new in this version:KeyCue can now display Keyboard Maestro macros when you press the ctrl key.Under certain circumstances, KeyCue prevented the computer from shutting down or restarting.KeyCue avoids overlapping its shortcut table with the head-up display of CopyPaste Pro.

Keywords: application computer keyboard utility window table time find 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 907 kb; Updated: 2008-05-20

Description: UTC Global Clock will display Universal Time — and/or any world time zone(s) — in any corner of your screen, the menu, and/or the Dock. UTC Global Clock also features timers, stopwatches, chimes, calendars, and much more. It is highly configurable, stable, and accurate.What's new in this version:New Feature: Chimes at the top of the hour may now repeat the same number of times as the current hour (a la a cuckoo clock). This follows a 12-hour (a.m./p.m.) format, since 23 chimes at 11:00 p.m. seems like a bit much. ;-)Multiple Quick Calendar windows may now be opened simultaneously.Quick Calendar window now remembers its position.Preferences window shows reminder (at bottom of window) when changes have been made in windows that open from the Preferences window.Installer has been streamlined, with fewer clicks required to complete an update. Install process no longer asks where to download the disk image; it downloads to the Desktop unless that directory is not writable, in which case it asks. Inst...

Keywords: downloads directory reminder download calendar desktop windows screen 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 11571 kb; Updated: 2008-05-18

Description: Quay extends the Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Dock to show extended popup menus for most Dock items, including applications, stacks, Smart Folders and URLs. Quay also allows you to make folder proxy icons with easily customized icons.So why should you use Quay at all? Extra information, more flexibility. For one, the Dock's popups are limited to about 500 items; Quay's limit is in the tens of thousands. You can have a Quay popup on both sides of the Dock; Apple has them only on the document side. The Dock doesn't follow aliases/symbolic links in its menus; Quay does. It works for Smart Folders, also shows application versions and (for running applications) CPU and memory statistics. Still, if for some reason you want the Dock's normal display, just hold the Option key down before clicking.Quay is a simple-to-use Cocoa application. You can run it just to configure a popup item in the Dock, but it works automatically with your existing stacks; the actual popup is handled by a background process that uses few sys...

Keywords: application information document folders memory folder proxy icons 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 938 kb; Updated: 2008-05-09

Description: Tired of writing the same text over and over again? Anytime you type text into an application, RapidoWrite can help you do it faster and more accurately! Whether it's your name, your e-mail address, the URL of your blog, your personal address, etc, you probably often find yourself typing the same text again and again. RapidoWrite is here to help you save time by 'typing' these frequently used items for you. Just choose your list of abbreviations, and RapidoWrite will automatically show you related texts as you type. With RapidoWrite, you will be able to quickly insert standard greetings, signatures (including formatted text) or phrases into any application. For example, instead of typing your address in full, you would simply type 'Addr1' and RapidoWrite would come up with our full address. Once you define an abbreviation, it is available at all times, anywhere text can be typed, no matter what application you are using! RapidoWrite is Freeware, gratis and freely usable! You can copy and distribute it. Yo...

Keywords: application freeware personal address e-mail show copy find 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 2150 kb; Updated: 2008-05-04

Description: What is it?teleport is a simple utility to let you use one single mouse and keyboard to control several of your Macs.Simply reach the edge of your screen, and your mouse teleports to your other Mac! The pasteboard can even be synchronized between the computers.How do I use it?Using the convenient Preferences Pane, you configure which hosts you want to control, arrange them graphically like in the Monitors panel, and you're ready! Simply reach an edge of the screen where a slave host is connected, and you take control of the other Mac. The keyboard is acting like if it was connected on the controlled host, and the pasteboard has optionnally been synchronized. On the master computer, a nice notification indicates that it controls another Mac, and shows you the position of your mouse cursor.To take back control of your main Mac, simply drag the mouse back from where your cursor came, just like when you have several monitors.What's new in this version:Restored Panther compatibility.Added "€œunpair"€ butt...

Keywords: computer keyboard utility control screen mouse 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 718 kb; Updated: 2008-04-14

Description: Have you ever been annoyed by the fact that you could not turn on your PowerBook's or MacBook Pro's keyboard illumination in daylight? If so, here's your solution. Lab Tick gives you total control over the backlit keyboard.What's new in this version:Fixed the welcome window so it will be displayed above other windows.Adjusted the updates to the illumination controller to reduce flicker.Added localization for the "About Lab Tick" window.Fixed some small localization issues.Improved handling of sleep/wake up events.Added a donation menu item.Added a donation window (don't worry, it won't bother you much).

Keywords: keyboard windows control window 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 1126 kb; Updated: 2008-04-13

Description: Monolingual removes unwanted language resources from OS X, saving 100-200 MB in disk space. Sponsored by Frjtz (San Francisco). Released under the GNU Public License.What's new in this version:Bugfixes

Keywords: space disk 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 1434 kb; Updated: 2008-03-27

Description: LazyMouse is a Preference Pane that moves your cursor to the default button whenever a dialog box appears on your screen. In other words, it will save you time moving the mouse to dismiss dialogs.What's new in this version:LazyMouse no longer logs to the console unnecessarily.Improved the behavior of the register reminder window.

Keywords: reminder button screen window mouse time save 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 1024 kb; Updated: 2008-03-20