Comments on: Quest For A More Mindful Mac

By: dies & das · mac & desktop

dies & das · mac & desktop — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:54:04 +0000

[...] empfunden wird, hat sich das Apple Blog Gedanken gemacht, wie man es noch weiter optimieren. In Quest For A More Mindful Mac werden Quicksilver, ClearDock, Menufela und DesktopSweeper dazu [...]

By: MacDream

MacDream — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:03:12 +0000

Hi,

Menufela, where are you?

Does this app work in Leopard?

Where can I find it? The link seems to be broken!

Could somebody please e-mail it to me?

Thank you

By: Sten66621

Sten66621 — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:06:48 +0000

Not much on my mind. I don’t care. I’ve just been letting everything happen without me , but shrug. Whatever. I feel like a void.

By: Kerflop » I promise it’s not all computer talky talk.

Kerflop » I promise it’s not all computer talky talk. — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:33:58 +0000

[...] I’ve been surfing Apple Macintosh related websites and trying out all the stuff Amos recommends to create a more mindful Mac. I’m especially enjoying Menufela, which hides the top menu bar. My iBook has the 14.5″ screen but I can’t tell you how nice it is to expand my browser window or application window to the full height of the screen. [...]

By: Nick Starr.com - Nick Starr dot com » links for 2006-08-07

Nick Starr.com - Nick Starr dot com » links for 2006-08-07 — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:20:02 +0000

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By: Flip

Flip — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:38:00 +0000

DesktopSweeper at The Apple Blog…

Amos Moses Griffin likes DesktopSweeper too and mentions it in his Quest For A More Mindful Mac , at The Apple Blog: “DesktopSweeper hides the ugly sores on your desktop. Hitting Cmd-Return (it can be changed) turns your screen into blissful, serene e…

By: pa‘X,oo Says It All » links for 2006-07-29

pa‘X,oo Says It All » links for 2006-07-29 — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:04:17 +0000

[...] Quest for a More Mindful Mac – The Apple Blog How to make your Mac truly happy. And, thus, yourself happy in the process. :^) (tags: apple blogs/posts geek mac osx productivity software/osx tips to-download to-read to-research tools usability useful via:appleblog software/quicksilver) [...]

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 19:37:07 +0000

I’m a Quicksilver kind of guy, using the Menu interface – it pops down nicely and takes up as much space as the Menu Bar, rather than covering a good chunk of screen in the middle. Also, I use the Preference Pane Dashprefs to disable the uber-distraction that is the Dashboard. I can’t forget Witch, either – it allows you to Alt-Tab but between individual windows instead of just the big application logos.

By: l0ne

l0ne — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 07:18:21 +0000

To each, his own Mac :)
OS X is customizable enough that it can be used with multiple “styles” of work without a problem. It’s full of tools that can be used in a myriad of ways. It’s fun!

By: insignificant thoughts » Blog Archive » links for 2006-07-28

insignificant thoughts » Blog Archive » links for 2006-07-28 — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 05:06:00 +0000

[...] Quest For A More Mindful Mac – The Apple Blog Some great tips on eliminating some of the clutter we all accumulate. (tags: macintosh apple osx tips tricks how-to) [...]

By: james dear

james dear — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:53:11 +0000

Sure, the desktop is for dropping stuff; but I do prefer the Desktop as a Finder Window rather than as Desktop-&-Background image (as Finder Window, it’s more practical, even for drag & drop, displays a lot more information, offers easier access to different folders in the sidebar …).

I’m all for a PathFinder-like Finder replacement, where the Desktop-with-Background image simply has gone.

It’s surely nice to have a nice background image, but I want my mac to be 100% productive, so I can have time to find mindfulness away from it – so to speak.

Moreover, I wouldn’t want to go through 5 to 7 steps to reduce Desktop clutter, only to fill it with clutter again. Not good for my nerves.

Things are either filed in a temp folder, or copied into iClip, or filed properly at once.

I rarely see a desktop picture these days – and I really wonder why I’d have to, that’s all.

By: C. Wess Daniels

C. Wess Daniels — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:29:51 +0000

I am going to do as you suggested with my 12inch ibook as soon as i get home. This was a great article and it made me feel like I was reading a spiritual reflection, which I personally enjoy. Thanks.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:05:04 +0000

I0One is correct also; any items on your desktop should have a half-life of no longer than one day. If I start having more than one column of icons on my desktop I get to a-filin’.

By: l0ne

l0ne — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:33:05 +0000

…just remember to move anything on the Desktop to its own, proper place after you finish with it :)

By: Amos Moses Griffin

Amos Moses Griffin — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:30:12 +0000

Myles- I’ll have to read that rant. I like rants. I’m with you I think there’s a ton of ways to customize the Mac.

James – you make a good point. to some degree it’s an aesthetic feel i’m gunning for. the minimal look does make my writing easer and more enjoyable. does it make me more productive? i’d like to say so but it could be the illusion of productivity. i’m to close to it to tell. l0ne makes a great point about the desktop so…

l0ne – thank you for saying it so much better than i could have. indeed, if i had even thought of saying it.

By: l0ne

l0ne — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:50:46 +0000

The desktop is The Universal Drop Target. Need to drop anything anywhere? To keep a note? To make an alias to a site or folder you don’t quite want in your favorites? Simply drag it to the big backdrop image below. (Encouraging desktop use is one of the reasons Mac windows are so many and small — the desktop always manages to “shine through” this way, at the sides of the Dock if nowhere else. And if you truly need all the space you c an get, 10.3 gave use the only thing the Mac lacked when compared to a Win98 PC: an equivalent of Win D, “Show Desktop”. And it works better than the PC’s too, being bindable to a screen corner and thus perfect for drag & drop.)

By: james dear

james dear — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:38:34 +0000

That sure is a beautiful desktop, and an interesting read – which actually makes me wonder: what other functions, apart from the mindfulness-inducing emptiness, does the desktop have?

I have an uncluttered desktop (I read it helps to speed up your Mac a bit), but I must admit I hardly ever see it in daily life. And I feel no need to: its limited functionality compared to what you can do with Finder Windows, Smart Folders, Quicksilver, Witch and Spotlight makes it, apart from eye candy, actually rather useless to me.

I wondered whether your quest for a mindful desktop wasn’t provoked by pretty much the same idea: apart from looking good, what pro use could one do with the desktop?

By: Applesfera

Applesfera — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:15:48 +0000

Cómo conseguir un Mac OS X minimalista…

Nuestra vida ya es muy desordenada, por tanto… ¿porqué no conseguir que nuestros Macs se conviertan en auténticos remansos de paz, tratando de eliminar el desorden y buscando la efectividad minimalista? Personalmente suelo tener un escritorio bast…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:43:19 +0000

I’m all for quicksilver/launchbar/whatever but I gotta say I am a HUGE fan of the dock. I find it useful, good looking and it stays out of my way enough at it’s tiniest size on my 20″ cinema.

I must be the only one.

By: Myles

Myles — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 03:03:20 +0000

Gene Steinberg went on a rant today about Mac users’ “relative inability to customize their computers, except in a limited fashion”. I countered that the way to customize a Mac is to customize Mac OS X.

Thanks for providing an excellent example of a customized Mac.