Today is one of those days where I traverse , concisely , a few interesting programs that do elementary thing ( or do complicated affair simply ) . Today ’s offerings include utilities for making your pointer vanish , customize your folders , and keep an eye on song lyric poem .
Cursorcerer
Have you ever wanted to make your pointer disappear ? For example , when watching a full - screen video using a third - party software such as VLC . Or when using Mac OS X ’s built - in zoom feature ( Control - ringlet , by default ) to zoom in on an onscreen component such as a picture in a Web web web browser . Doomlaser’sCursorcerer 1.0 (; free ) is a simple System Preferences pane that lets you blot out the cursor via a keystroke or after a sure amount of metre that you specify . By default , the cursor appear again if you move it , but you could incapacitate that option so that it appears only if you press the key stroke again . ( countersink the Hide Idle Cursor After fix to one 2d and the cursor will come along only when it ’s actuate . )
Cursorcerer operate well , although I happen a venial hassle when setting its keyboard cutoff : I had to habituate the None selection — to remove the current shortcut — before I could determine a new one . And I now and again ground that after setting the Hide Idle Cursor After setting to one second , I had to quit Cursorcerer and restart it or the pointer would still melt straight off in certain applications .
Cursorcerer 1.0 require Mac OS X 10.3 or afterwards and is a Universal binary .
Folder Brander
Mac OS X provides a number of useful features for rapidly accessing ofttimes - used folder ; for representative , Finder - window sidebars and the Dock . However , if you ’ve receive several leaflet in the Dock , they all look the same ; there ’s no elbow room to figure out which is which without moving your mouse cursor over each ( which exhibit each folder ’s name ) . The same goes if you ’ve collapsed the Finder ’s sidebars down to icon - only view .
you could customize the expression of a folder by copying an image in a graphics covering , selecting the leaflet in the Finder , select File : Get Info , sink in on the generic - folder image in the Get Info window , and then pasting the copied image . But that ’s a act of a trouble , and you need to find — or produce — the right computer graphic to get down with . A handy alternative is Yellow Mug Software’sFolderBrander 2.2 (; $ 10 ) .
Just drop back a leaflet onto the FolderBrander icon , or into its window , and you could use a impost folder ikon , as well as a text recording label . Several sets of pamphlet icon are included , and you may add your own that you make or download from the Internet . you’re able to customize the textual matter recording label ’s fount , color , transparence , size , geometry , location , and spacing .
The resolution — as you’re able to see from the before - and - after image to the right wing — is an ikon that ’s easily differentiated from the one next to it .
FolderBrander 2.2 ask O X 10.3 or subsequently and is a Universal binary .
DesktopLyrics
If you make usage of iTunes ’ lyrics feature to hive away the words to songs in your music library , you know that iTunes does n’t make it loose to view those parole — you have to start the Get Info window for a track and then switch to the Lyrics screen . A sport choice for the lyric - addicted is Julian Mayer’sDesktopLyrics 1.0 (; spare ) , which displays the quarrel to the currently - flirt iTunes track on your Desktop .
The DesktopLyrics “ window ” really does sitonyour Desktop , so other windows , and even folders and Indian file , float over the top . This means DesktopLyrics work best on a 2nd presentation or when you ’re not otherwise working on your main display . Still , DesktopLyrics integrates well with the Desktop ; for instance , instead of using a solid ground behind the words , you could set the window background to amply crystal clear , which make the lyric come along as if they ’re actually drawn on the Desktop . Other choice include font name , color , and maximal sizing ; text shadows ; and precise onscreen positioning . DesktopLyrics can automatically blot out lyric when iTunes is hesitate or not run , and it can display introductory song information when a rails is missing lyrics .
One feature that ’s a interracial blessing : DesktopLyrics resizes its display so that each track ’s lyrics fit on the screen without scroll ; this works great for most songs , but if a birdsong has long lyrics , the schoolbook can become so small that it ’s almost unclear .
DesktopLyrics 1.0 requires Mac OS X 10.3 or later and iTunes 4.7 or afterward ; it is a Universal double star .
