menu bar apps

I recently posted asking about an app that would show itunes title/artist in the menu bar ... a user recommended iTunesMenu ... and it is awesome, its tiny, uses almost no system resources, functions perfectly, and is completely free!

I figured I would ask if there are any menu bar apps that ya'll use that you would recommend that meet all of these critera
1.) small: doesn't tie up hardly any system resources
2.) functions properly: is not buggy, does not lag / crash
3.) free: not share ware, not something that is going to harass me about donating to the starving developer

Thanks

Growl, bootchamp, Alarm Clock, Growl Tunes, Menu meters, iStat Menus

I think that was me that recommended it to you, glad you like it


- Simon

iStat Menus was free, now it's shareware.
However, you can still get the old free version here. Just don't let it update itself!
iStat Menus 2.0 for Mac free Download

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Sorry you don't like supporting developers. Personally, I feel that if something is useful to me, I am more than happy to reward them for their work.

Why can't everything be free?

Because then there would be nothing

MenuMeters, Disc Spy, Disc Space, Temperature Monitor/Temperature Monitor lite, Wrap Around, ASM, NTFSMounter, InsomniaX....just to name a few....

toMACsh said:

Why can't everything be free?

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Yep - Wouldn't it be great if Apple started to give away ipads, macbooks and imacs away for nothing!

I think I'll ask my pet unicorn Charlie to go get me one of those free Macs.

Personally the fewer things I have up in the menu bar the better. I like to get rid of as many as I can, I just hate the clutter.

schweb said:

Personally the fewer things I have up in the menu bar the better. I like to get rid of as many as I can, I just hate the clutter.

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I agree. In the past, I lived it up a little and used a weather menu bar app and Gmail notifier app, but that's about it. Menu bar apps can be distracting.

Sawday said:

Yep - Wouldn't it be great if Apple started to give away ipads, macbooks and imacs away for nothing!

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Why stop there? General Motors, home builders, .... everything!

OSX MenuBar Items ?? Thought i posted this in here, but seems to have disappeared lol unless there is a double post ?!?!

toMACsh said:

Why stop there? General Motors, home builders, .... everything!

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cannot think of anything I would even accept as a free gift from General Motors
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yep definitely nothing