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Dr. Mac's OS X Tip-of-the-Day 
Dr. Mac Is Crazy !! - His tips are UNSANE !!
By BOB LEVITUS
Welcome to yet another Friday edition, which, as you may remember from last
week, is now the "Freely-Distributed-Software Friday" instead of "Freeware
Friday." And today's honoree is not a product but a company--one which makes
some of finest free and inexpesive software available today for Mac OS X.
In a case of good triumphing over evil, although Apple broke most of their
software line with Jaguar, did they give up? No. Did they take months to not
update their programs? No. Did they fix Apple's oversights within days of
Jaguar's shipping? YES THEY DID.
Am I talking about Quark? I am not... Am I talking about Symantec? I am not.
I am speaking of the one and only Unsanity, makers of the "haxie" line of OS
X enhancements which include:
WindowShade X 2.1.1
WindowShade X is a haxie that brings WindowShade
functionality back to Mac OS X.
shareware, US $7
FruitMenu 2.5.1
FruitMenu is a haxie that customizes and enhances
Apple and contextual menus in Mac OS X.
shareware, US $7
Xounds 1.2
Xounds is a haxie that brings Appearance Sounds back to Mac OS X.
shareware, US $7
Application Enhancer 1.1
Application Enhancer is a haxie that will enhance how
your applications work by loading modules in them.
freeware
Silk 1.1
Silk is a haxie that enables the Quartz text rendering
and smoothing for Carbon applications in Mac OS X.
freeware
ClearDock 1.2
ClearDock is a haxie that will change the Dock
background color under Mac OS X 10.2.
freeware
Dock Detox 1.0.1
Dock Detox is a haxie that will remove application
icon bouncing in the Dock in Mac OS X.
freeware
Metallifizer 1.0
Metallifizer is a haxie that will add or remove brushed
metal appearance to Cocoa applications on Mac OS X 10.2.
freeware
ShadowKiller 1.2
ShadowKiller is a haxie for Mac OS X that removes the
windows and menu shadows completely to speed up slower Macs.
freeware
Cee Pee You 1.1.1
Cee Pee You is a simple free menu extra to show CPU
load in your menubar and, optionally, on PowerMate.
freeware
There's not a bad one in the bunch; I've purchased (and use daily) all of
them except Xounds...
What can I say? These guys are brilliant. Check 'em out at http://www.unsanity.com,
send 'em a few bucks if you can spare it, and have a great weekend, too. :-)
To discuss this tip (or anything you like) in Dr. Mac's OSXFAQ Forum, click
here:
http://forums.osxfaq.com/viewtopic.php?t=2600
Bob LeVitus is a leading authority on Mac OS and the author of 40 books,
including Mac OS X For Dummies and The Little iTunes Book.
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