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- The Unarchiver@ (App Store) - handles common formats such rar that the built in compression software does not.
- Go2Shell % (App Store) - jump to terminal in currently open GUI folder.
- Araxis Merge 64-bit - Best diff tool I have ever found. (disable Ribbon Interface, check do not show splash window, add folder filter to ignore .svn folders and make the default encoding UTF-8 No BOM). If you have a Windows license you can use it on the Mac too. http://www.kaleidoscopeapp.com/ is in beta but it also looks like a very good alternative if you did not buy Araxis yet.
- TinyCal (App Stwore) - yet to try but it looks like what I want... simple visual calendar integrated with Google Calendar.
Snap Windows
SizeUp - quickly position a window to fill exactly half the screen (splitscreen), a quarter of the screen (quadrant), full screen, centered, or to a custom size and location via the menu bar or configurable system-wide shortcuts (hotkeys). For mouse drag capability you need to by the accompanying product Cinch. Similar to "tiled windows" functionality available on other operating systems. Additional features include moving windows from one monitor to another, from one Space to another, and restoring a window to its original size and position (SnapBack). This is ideal for giant monitors like my iMac 27".
I make the following adjustments to the default settings. Right click on the SizeUp icon on the system tray and click Preferences...,
- Better Snap Tool (App Store $2) -
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Hyperdock (App Store) - Has mouse snap feature, plus it allows previews of applications like Windows 7. Unfortunately for me, it is not viable on the iMac as it is missing keyboard shortcuts for predefined window sizes.
Better Magnet (App Store) - Also looks good too.
RightZoom - turn the green button to really maximize like Windows. Personally, on a 27" iMac I have never had a need to try this out. This link is for laptop users.
Dock Preview
Two initial products - http://mac.appstorm.net/reviews/utilities/dockview-vs-hyperdock-head-to-head/
- Get Windows 7 like snapping in addition to being able to use keyboard shortcuts to snap windows wherever you want. Also has loads of other features. Went through lots of tools like SizeUp before getting to this one.
Apple Key
Spark - Allows you to create all sort of custom keyboard shortcuts that Mac OS X can't do. Only thing is not sure how to delete entries once they are in. To ask developer. Does not allow overriding of shortcuts in apps but Mac OS X has that built in and does not do automation but again Mac OS X has it built in... looking close to final solution but just in case will evaluate these,
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