Desktop Utility – Toggle Useful Desktop FeaturesĭesktopUtility lets you toggle 3 incredibly useful features right in your menubar, without having to use the defaults writes commands and manually relaunching the Finder: hide desktop icons and show them again, show invisible files and hide them again, and show the user library or hide it again. They’re both great apps, and they’re both free, so use whichever works best for your work flow. Wimoweh is similar but just slightly more advanced, letting you control sleep prevention on a per-app basis, in addition to having the standard no-sleep feature.
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This is where both Caffeine and Wimoweh come into play.Ĭaffeine is very straight forward, click the coffee-cup icon and the Mac screen temporarily won’t go to sleep or activate a screen saver, click it again and things will sleep again as usual.
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But oftentimes we’re still sitting at a desk and just not using the computer, whether it’s because we’re performing another task, or even just reading hands-free, and in these situations it’s kind of a pain for the screen saver to activate itself or the computer to put itself to sleep, and then have to enter a password again just to use it again. Having your Mac screen automatically lock itself and require a password to use again is a simple common sense security trick, whether you’re at home, in an office, at school, or anywhere else. Caffeine or Wimoweh – Prevent Screen Savers & Sleep on Demand
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Flux is available for other platforms as well, so if you have a PC you’ll also be able to run it too, and if you jailbreak iPhone or iPad, you can even get F.lux on those devices too through Cydia. You’ll have less eye strain, and maybe even sleep better too.įlux is best used when adjusting the brightness with it as well, so lower your screens brightness a bit at night and in early mornings and you’ll get the most benefit. It can be a little strange at first, but once you get accustomed to using it, you’ll find the sepia tones it casts on the display at night is just so much easier to look at. This is where Flux comes in, it will automatically adjust the color hue of your screens display based on the lighting conditions and the time of day. In early mornings and late evenings, the incredibly bright white light emitted from computer screens can be harsh on the eyes, cause eye strain, and this so-called “blue light” can even be disruptive to sleep patterns and melatonin production – yes, seriously, there is a lot of research on this stuff. Flux – Save Your Eyesight By Adjusting Screen Hue for Time of Day There are definitely other menubar items and apps out there to show you the weather, but Degrees is fairly new, is fairly lightweight, and arguably has the best icons, and thus has won me over. Simple, unobtrusive, free, and no hassle.
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Set it to discover your location and it’ll update itself if you’re on the go between locations. With Degrees, you’ll always know the current temperature (in celcius or fahrenheit), and the current weather conditions as indicated by a little icon that sits in your menu bar. You’ll know whether you need to put on a coat or take off that sweater before going outside, and one of the easiest ways to determine what the temperature is outside is to use a simple menu bar utility like Degrees. Maybe it’s because so many of us work in doors these days, but there’s something about knowing the weather and temperature that is just greatly appreciated.
Check out each below, and don’t forget to let us know in the comments if we’re missing a menu bar essential.
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