macfidelity

Der Activitiy Monitor gehört bei mir zu den Default Tools im Dock auf einem Mac. Nicht primär um Programme abzuschießen sondern um mir einen schnellen Einblick in den Zustand meines Macs zu geben.

Dies betrifft die die CPU Verwendung, den Speichergebrauch, Festplattenaktivität, Festplattenverwendung, Netzwerk sowie eben obig bereits erwähnte Prozesse an sich.

Einen Großteil dieser Funktionen kann man sicherlich auch mit Programmen wie iStatsMenu, MenuMeters o.ä. erschlagen, nichts desto trotz ist der Activitiy Monitor ganz praktisch.

Hilfreicher wird dieser wenn er als Login Item definiert wird und man zusätzlich das Icon im Dock abwandelt Read the rest of this entry »

Ever wanted to have an easy & free solution for creating mac-icons ?

Take a look on img2icns

Quote from versiontracker:

Img2icns is a converter tool for your images. Enjoy creating thousand of icons from your pictures.

Img2icns is an great tool both for developers and home users:

• Can create .icns file (for developer) or folder with attached icon
• Very nice and unique user interface
• Convert from 1 to 1000 icons without pain!
• Very fast conversion, also from huge files
• Free and opensource application!

I have tested 0.5.1 and it was really easy to use, so give it a try.

Maybe you ask yourself howto change an icon in OS-X. Actually i did it in my first week using a mac.

Step 1 - Get some icons:

Lets start downloading some custom icons. Just use one of the following links:

• PixelGirlPresents
• Iconfactory
• Interfacelift

Download some icons and extract / copy them to your desired location. i.e. in the users documents folder.

Step 2 - Change the default icon you a custom one:

“file A” is the file which icon should be changed
“file B” is your new icon which should be used

1. Select “file A”
2. Open “Get Info” dialog of “file A”
3. Open the “Get info” dialog of “file B”
4. Select the Icon of “file B” inside the “Get info” dialog (should be marked blue)
5. Press “Edit” -> “Copy”
6. Select the Icon of “file A” inside the “Get info” dialog (should be marked blue)
7. Press “Edit” -> “Paste”

If you have followed those steps without missing something important the new icon should appear in the “Get Info” dialog of “file A”.

enjoy your new icons

Best regards
fidel