iStat menus – Keep an eye on various system functions

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• Disk Label Finder
    OS X App – Disk Label Finder: It doesn’t happen much on the Mac, but occasionally I need to find out a quick set of details about the drives I have connected – particularly if I am going to make the disk bootable. This quick app will do one thing: It reports the drives(...)
• HandBrake Batch
    OS X App – HandBrake Batch:   HandBrake Batch – OSX Mac.   HandBrake is in my opinion the best video converter available today; I have been using for a long time, and every time I try a different application I am regularly disappointed. The only problem with HandBrake (on the Mac at least)(...)
• Disk Ejector
    OS X App – Disk Ejector: A quick and simple application that gives you a dialog for ejecting mounted devices. Disk Ejector.app – Download I’ve found this useful when I don’t want to get all the way back to the desktop just to remove a device.                (...)
• iPhoto: Export ALL Events to Folders
    OS X App – iPhoto: Export ALL Events to Folders: Export All photos from iPhoto Events into individual folders, named by the event (and date, if you prefer). I ran into a situation that I am sure many have faced: My iPhoto library is huge, and I wanted to export all of the images(...)
• Find PowerPC Apps (Lion Upgrade)
    OS X App – Find PowerPC Apps (Lion Upgrade): Soon after Apple released the first developer preview version of OS X Lion back in late February, it was noted that Apple appeared to have dropped support for Rosetta, the system that allowed Intel-based Macs to run applications written for earlier PowerPC-based systems. Apple of(...)
• Fix Permissions for OS X Files
    OS X App – Fix Permissions for OS X Files: I do a lot of copying back and forth between different computers and Operating Systems. Occasionally, this causes permissions of files to get ‘locked’. For example, If I copy files from my Windows 7 computer to my Mac, the files will be locked to(...)
• Backup / Sync Google Docs to Local Drive
    OS X App – Backup or Sync Google Docs to your Local Drive: This Application is simple enough: It will backup Google docs from the cloud to a drive on your computer. You can also use it to sync back and forth.   Requires: Cyberduck FTP software. SyncGDocsViaCyberduck 1.0 -Download   Our simple interface(...)
• Quick Backup
    OS X App – Quick Backup: Ever think to yourself, “I just want an app that will backup a folder or volume quickly to another location, but not have to setup a huge backup process?” Well, here’s your answer: Quick Backup 2011 – Download Our simple interface makes it easy to use, but contains(...)
• Single Site Checker
    OS X App – Single Site Checker: This handy little app is for those of you who like to keep track of a website’s “UP” status:   SingleSiteChecker – Download   Our simple interface makes it easy to use, but contains the essential features you need for a website monitoring program.   Currently the(...)
• QuickTalker 1.0 – Speech
    OS X App – QuickTalker 1.0 – Quick Speech Synthesis: QuickTalker 1.0 – Download The next iteration of my Applescripting geekiness comes the QuickTalker. What is it? Well, it’s really just a toy. I usually use the ‘say’ command in the Terminal to make my computer talk. NOw, with this app, i just double(...)