It’s a free and simple app that offers those four useful features directly in the menu bar, preventing you from using any command line tweaks or key combos to get these functions. ![]() Clutter or not I like this one so it will probably stay put, making this a nice find from Whitson Gordon of LifeHacker. Twitter, iStats, iChat, Flux, DoublePane, Caffeine, Battery, WiFi, Time, Spotlight, and now DesktopUtility, my menu bar is getting crowded. The application has its own default keyboard combinations, but users can easily define their own.ĭesktopUtility gives users the option to force empty the Trash, and by having immediate access to all of these options, you can avoid wasting a lot of time searching for the correct system menu or appropriate command line command. If you don’t want to deal with manually hiding and showing the desktop icons, showing hidden files, accessing the user library directory, and forcibly emptying the Trash, grab DesktopUtility for your menu bar. The main problem with apps like this is the menubar clutter that can quickly form. The DesktopUtility Preferences window makes it easy to determine which features should be accessed via system-wide hotkeys. ![]() Use the same menu to hide the desktop, show user libraries or show invisible files. ![]() First, open the dmg file of DesktopUtility, drag and drop the software to the "Applications" folder, then find "DesktopUtility" in "Applications", and finally, select DesktopUtility and right click to open it.Īfter launching, DesktopUtility will place a small icon in the status bar to display a small menu where you can choose to restart the Finder, Dock or MenuBar.
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