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Palua, the easy way to quickly switch the mode of your Function Keys on any Mac keyboard!
You need to run a game, or start a graphic application, or work on a project that need F1-F12 as function keys, just hit option+command+TAB and the switch will happen.
Small X utility to perform elementary actions on windows
Ukelele is a Unicode Keyboard Layout Editor for Mac OS X versions 10.2 and later.
Ukelele aims to simplify keyboard layout editing by providing a graphical interface to
.keylayoutfiles, where the desired characters can simply be dragged onto keys as needed.
Fast mini application that opens a Terminal.app window cd’d to the front most finder window. This app is intended to placed in the finder window’s toolbar.
Serman is a simple dialog-based systemd service manager. It provides an easy way to manage services with an overview of what is currently enabled, running, etc.
lselect is an AppleScript that lets you select files in the Finder using shell glob syntax as you would to list files with
ls.
Via RocketINK.
Sleep your Mac differently depending on the battery level.
…the new SmartSleep state lets your notebook just sleep while the battery has a high level.
If the battery level drops below a certain point… it will switch to sleep and hibernate. So you have the best of both worlds. Furthermore it will expand the lifetime of your SSD (if you have one) as your MacBook won’t write a hibernate file as often.
Run arbitrary commands when files change.
E.g., recompile when a source file is changed
find . -name '*.[ch]' | entr make
or convert Markdown documents to HTML when they change
ls *.md | entr +notify &
while read F; do
markdown2html $F
done < notify
ControlPlane allows you to build configuration profiles, contexts in ControlPlane lingo, for your Mac based on where you are or what you are doing.
ControlPlane determines where you are or what you are doing based on a number of available evidence sources and then automatically reconfigures your Mac based on your preferences. Evidence sources can include your current location, visible WiFi networks, attached USB devices, running applications and more.
Grab all files matching a search specification from Github.
Downloaded files are written to files named user.repository. Existing files with the same name are skipped, which means that you can reasonably efficiently stop and resume a ghrab.
A tiny C program used to periodically execute a command.
Similar to, er, watch.
Scenario allows you to run AppleScripts when certain events happen. AppleScripts can be launched on Login, on Logout, when your Mac becomes Idle, no longer is Idle, goes to Sleep or Wakes up or when you hit a special Keystroke.
schroot allows the user to run a command or a login shell in a chroot environment. If no command is specified, a login shell will be started in the user’s current working directory inside the chroot.
Jettison automatically ejects external disks from your Mac before your computer goes to sleep and remounts them when it wakes.
