10 Ways to Trick out your Mac

Friday, Dec. 15 2006 | Author: Michael

Customizing your Mac is easier than ever these days. I started combing the web looking for new ways to “trick out” my Mac, and found these 10 links. They offer a variety of ways you can make your Mac your own, increase functionality and ease of use, and Pimp out your UI.

Pixel Press Icons - 120 of the most beautiful icons on ANY OS that you can download and use for any of your programs.

Super OS X Menubar Items - 80 + ways to customize your Menubar, including DiggUpdates, Del.icio.us bookmarks, Desktop customizations, systems watching tools, and much, much more.

OS X Keyboard Shortcuts - From Apple’s official site…complete list of the keyboard shortcuts available in OS X.

Automator World - “…a clearinghouse of user-contributed Workflows and Actions, as well as Automator information, news and tips.” Great resource for Automator Users.

MacDesktops - Hundreds of Mac Desktop Images for you to download.

NeoOffice - So you have Open Office on your Mac, and you like it a lot…but you don’t LOVE it because it just doesn’t look like it belongs…well, NeoOffice is your solution! The NeoOffice Aqua Beta is finally available for download.

Pimp My Safari - Over 60 plugins and extentions for the default OS X browser, Safari.

CenterStage - “CenterStage is the Media Center Application that allows you to use the digital content stored on your Apple Macintosh computer & play it in a more comfortable enviroment such as your living room using any standard Televison set.” An Open Source FrontRow alternative

Undercover - Theft recovery software from Orbicule.

Unsanity Apps - A collection of free, and commercial Apps to tweak and protect your Mac.

Got anymore good sites or apps for “tricking out your Mac”? Feel free to leave them in the comments section below.

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