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I like a squeaky clean computer. Ever so often I will clean my caches get rid of old apps that I don’t need and generally make sure my computer works as I want it. Most of the hard tasks which I forget to do, take a while and are quite complex to complete. This is where a tool like MainMenu comes in. Its a menu bar application (which, again, I am sure I have reviewed, another case of dèjà vu) which you use to run daily, weekly and monthly tasks. Its not the sort of app you run all of the time, but its really useful.

I use the Services Menu quite a lot. If you don’t use it, it’s located under the Application Name > Services. It contains small applications which are designed to help you use your Mac. The problem with this menu is that it does get quite cluttered. Different applications put different options in this menu and the list can grow steadily longer. Todays app, ServiceScrubber, is designed to scrub those service options you don’t want and help clear the place up.

I like programs which show you how your disk is laid out. Finding which files take up the most space is usually the culprit of why your disk space if slowly disappearing. The visual apps are the best, it takes you milliseconds to work out which files are the space hogs and may need to be euthanized. I’ve reviewed GrandPerspective in the past, that was old school. Today’s app, DaisyDisk, takes file visualization and uses all of the power of Mac OS X to display your files.

The file compression service on your Mac is a bit poor. At best you can select a file or folder to compress and hit a button. That’s about it. Today’s app which I am going to review is called Springy. Its an app designed to help you compress and extract a large number of files on folders. The difference with this app is you get to pick which files you want to extract and compress. Its well built and well designed, and I think this app might be very useful.

We all want to learn a new language, its always good to be able to communicate with someone when you go to a foreign country. The problem is you tend tobuild up a lot of work sheets and information, nearly always in paper form. This means you end up with hundreds of pieces of paper with no real meaning. What you need is the ability to organise these words in an easy to use manner. This is where Keep Your Word comes in. Its an app designed to store and retrieve words when you are learning a new language. It also has some cool learning features to help you learn stuff quicker.

People love messing about with cameras. I reckon the second ever photo was some one doing something stupid (first had to be “official” and look good for prosperity). This love of messing about extends to using your iSight on your Mac. Although you can mess around with the filters and effects in PhotoBooth these do get a little boring after a while. Today I have been playing around with Fun Booth (which I am sure I have written about before, but can find no evidence of). It takes image recognition technology and allows you to play with props. Its well fun.