MacBook Pro
Apps
I use Alfred as my launcher.
I use Bartender to keep my menu bar clean.
I recently installed Notational Velocity. I love the concept, and I especially love the notion of using the search bar for both searching and creating docs. It's very similar to Collab:Link As You Think. However, Evernote seems to play the same role, and WriteRoom (or Aquamacs in full-screen mode, which is what I use) is better for distraction-free writing.
Mountain Lion eliminated a useful feature: The ability to show time remaining on my battery charge. I replaced that functionality with SlimBatteryMonitor.
Investigating:
- Adapter for video ripping and media file conversion. I'm currently using Handbrake.
My Hacks
- Remove Finder from the Application Switcher in Mac OSX. This turned out to be more trouble than it's worth
- Turn off Dashboard
- Configure iTerm2 to Act Like Visor. I've mapped my terminal to Ctl-Command-Option-T
Mac OS X has built-in support for generating PDFs via the print dialog. Sadly, not all apps use this. In the old days, Adobe provided a PDF printer driver, but that no longer is available as of 10.6 (Snow Leopard). CUPS-PDF is an open source alternative based on CUPS, but it's not clear how possible it is to customize. For example, I would like to have different options for paper size, but it's not clear / easy how to do that.
Mac OS X
- How to rebuild LaunchServices to remove duplicates from "Open with" menu
- Managing OS X's downloaded file warning system
- Database of hidden settings
- dotfiles
Experimenting with f.lux for better lighting management, but not seeing or appreciating the impact.
Window Management
I'm using SizeUp on my Hackintosh to resize and move windows easily. There's an open source equivalent (ShiftIt), but it requires X11. Divvy looked pretty good, but the additional shortcut step didn't seem worth the added flexibility. Most of the time, I'll be making windows full- or half-screen, and I'd like to be able to do that as quickly as possible. If I find my use cases shifting (for example, often wanting to easily take up 2/3 of the screen), I'll try Divvy.
