speed up application startup
Application Timer 1.0
Application Timer - put a timer on any application more>>
Now you can leave your computer and not worry about an application quitting. Just set a timer! Does minutes or hours, too.
Superior Startup 1.0
Superior Startup - Display a text message at start up more>>
To use Superior Startup, simply launch SimpleText, and write what you one thing want it to display. After that, simply hit return and repeat. Superior Startup will randomly select one of the text strands. Name the file SS File and place it in your System Folder.
Superior Startup looks in the System Folder for it and once located, will display one section of the text. Be sure to place Superior Startup in your Startup Items folder. Superior Startup quits after 15 seconds preventing you from having to manually quit it.
Completly freeware.
Log Application Usage 1.1
Log Application Usage is a highly-efficient, high-quality application which is invisible and writes launch and quit times of all applications to the file Log Application Usage.log in the preferences folder. more>> <<less
Application Commander 1.1
Application Commander is regarded as a flexible and handy utility that takes advantage of Apples Speech Recognition System in conjunction with the Application Switching Manager to allow you to control and manage your running applications by speaking some simple commands. more>> <<less
SpeedMeUp Lite 1.5
SpeedMeUp Lite - Speed up OS X apps more>>
Completly freeware for non-commercial use.
Wait for Application 1.0.4
Wait for Application - Shows how to wait for a scriptable application to launch more>>
Requires the Style scriptable text editor by Marco Piovanelli and the Standard Additions scripting addition; give it a Finder partition of 350K.
Custom Application Buttons 1.2
Custom Application Buttons - Customizable button class for REALbasic more>>
You can choose from round, miniarrows (my version of littlearrows) or some object buttons. You can change the color of the round, miniarrows buttons and their symbols on the fly.
Also with the round buttons you change the symbol on the fly.
I do require you to give me credit in your Splash/StartUp/About or Credits window what ever you use. Also any documents (i.e. ReadMes), and on your Website.
Enhancements:
- Added Hammer, Users and Web Buttons
Application Folders 1.0
Application Folders - Various folders for your stuff more>>
SpeedStart 0.1
SpeedStart is an AppleScript application that fixes the slow startup bug of Panther 10.3.2 more>> SpeedStart is an AppleScript application that fixes the slow startup bug of Panther 10.3.2.
Mac OS X 10.3.2
Launch Application by Creator-Code 1.0
Launch Application by Creator-Code launches an application by its creator-code more>>
Daily Startup X 1.0
Daily Startup X - Have items launched on login no more than once per day more>>
Daily Startup X is an Applescript that allows you to have items launched on login no more than once per day, or once per weekday.
Place anywhere (/Applications, ~/Applications, or ~/Library/Scripts would be good locations) and add to your Login Items (System Preferences->Accounts->Login Items). If it doesnt already exist, a folder ~/Library/Daily Startup Items will be created.
Files in that folder will be launched when you log in, but no more often then once per day. If you want items to be launched only on certain days of the week, you may create folders inside ~/Library/Daily Startup Items. Name them after the weekday (Monday, Tuesday, etc.) and place files in there.
Apple Startup Disk 9.2.1
Startup 9.2.1 repairs problems that may occur when Mac OS 9.1 and Mac OS X are on the same partition and a version earlier than Startup 9.2 has been used more>> <<less
Speed MeUp Pro 2.0.1
Speed MeUp Pro - Updates pre-bindings so apps launch faster more>>
Enhancements:
- The log now saves correctly (without the annoying blank spaces between the letters)
- May fix a issue when the startup disk is an external drive.
iTunes Startup 1.0.2
Allows you to customize your iTunes volume. more>> Allows you to customize your iTunes volume.
iTunes Startup is a simple automator program intended to start your day off right. I like to start my workday with music, but I want it to start at a nice low-medium volume level. iTunes Startup allows you to set your Tunes volume and computer volume at a reasonable level, then start playing a specified playlist in random mode.
I have included the iTunes Startup workflow to enable you to change volume or playback settings or to adapt this workflow to do other things.
Enhancements
- Corrected name of playlist, from "Strartup" to "Startup".
- Bug Fixes.
Quick Startup Sound 1.0
Quick Startup Sound is well-known as a fast and beneficial tool which brings back the Classic startup sound feature to MacOS X. more>>
Quick Startup Sound 1.0 is well-known as a fast and beneficial tool which brings back the Classic startup sound feature to MacOS X. Because it runs in background, you can directly begin to use the Finder, even while the startup sound is playing.
Requirements: Mac OS X