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DESCRIPTION
XMenu brings back the Apple Menu to Mac OS X and includes also a complete application launcher. By adding one or more global menus to the right side of the menu bar you can easily access your preferred applications, folders (and subfolders), documents and files. Furthermore there's no explicit need for a configuration (e.g. creating lots of folders and aliases or adding items to user-defined setups) - just activate the menus you like. All menus and submenus update themselves automatically just like the good old Apple Menu so it's not necessary to refresh them manually. In addition, XMenu optionally displays small or large icons and follows aliases and symbolic links. Finally, please note that contrary to most other solutions, this is neither a hack ("haxie") nor an unofficial menu extra.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.8.1:
- NEW Italian and Swedish localizations.
- Improved: Much faster type selection on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
- Improved: Overall performance.
- Removed: Support for Mac OS X 10.3.9 Panther.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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| XMenu User Reviews (31 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Feb 6 2009 |
Message edited. Contents transferred below. Sorry, cannot delete this particular one.
(Version 1.8.1) | |
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| Nov 20 2008 |
It is apparently running (according to Activity Monitor), but I cannot see a menubar icon for XMenu so I can access it or set preferences. | |
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 | Feb 6 2009 |
DESIGN-Q To access the pref. 'alt-cmd-click' on the (XMenu) folder shown on the menubar (if they are shown, in your case). Mind though, I cannot access the pref. myself on PowerBook G4 10.5.6 but it's running i.e. I can access/run through the folders Forget about my comment above in regard accessing the pref. I can do it after all. The window was just obscured by other windows i.e. it does not jump in front when you are accessing it from other appl./when other windows are open.
(Version 1.8.1) | |
 | Mar 19 2008 |
DANA SUTTON Since FriutMenu broke under Leopard and it has taken Unsanity so long to develop even a buggy beta, I've shopped around for a replacement. After trying various alternatives, I settled on XMenu as the best, largely because it runs as an application rather than any kind of a system mod., and so is completely non-invasive. In the XMenu folder in User>Library I I've set up a bunch of folders (utilities, applications, documents, a nested folder containng my URLs, one for my current work project, etc.) so I have a fantastic amount of stuff at my fingertips. Then, just to make things even better, I used KeyboardMaestro to assign an F-key to the XMenu folder, now I can access all my stuff either by pulling down the menu or from my keyboard. All this took a couple of hours of creating and storing aliases, but in the end I had set up an insanely great storage/navigation system with no worries about destabilizing my system or surviving future major OS upgrades. This, as I say, involved some work, but it didn't cost me a penny.
(Version 1.8.1) | |
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| Dec 20 2007 |
FRANCOLA Thank You very much for this awesome app. 1 issue though. When I run an automator script it pushes the XMenu icon over then it does not move back. :(
(Version 1.8.1) | |
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| Dec 19 2007 |
WOLFEATSWORLD Great software; great company, wonderful people who run it. These Mac developers have to be in my Top 3 of all time favorites, for programs, service and reliability. A very Merry Christmas to everyone at DEVONtechnologies - and for all you do to make our platform that much better, easier and more fun to use: A wonderful New Year to everyone there! Oh, and yeah, thank you for bringing back this updated version of XMenu--one incredibly useful piece of software! ;-)
(Version 1.8.1) | |
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| Dec 19 2007 |
WOLFEATSWORLD Set your preferences to show the icons. And--you get to pick the size ;-)
(Version 1.8.1) | |
| Mar 9 2007 |
MACERICG Nice! Bravo! Free? Wow! My advice to everyone who suffers from Dock-Overcrowdedness is to to remove all icons from their Dock and put everything in custom XMenu categories/folders. Now, only your active apps are in the Dock, and everything is in XMenu, neat and organized. My only wish would be a choice to put XMenu to the right, a la OS 9, but other than that, it rocks! (Now, if only someone would make the Dock like the Task Bar to reflect all open documents. I know it's heresy, but it's the one thing Microsoft got right.)
(Version 1.8) | |
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| Mar 9 2007 |
MACERICG My other right, I mean. Duh!
(Version 1.8) | |
| May 13 2006 |
FRANSIK For me as well, this bug described (from "Anonymous") on July 7th 2005 remains: the XMenu icon still appears in the extreme right corner, behind the spotlight icon(!) on start-up if the option "display on left from menu extras" is unset. And I use custom icons, most of which are not displayed as such (Some are, other appear as generic). Awesome program otherwise, perfect for OS 9 refugees or those willing to keep the dock as free as possible. A nice tool I would not want to miss.
(Version 1.8) | |
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| Aug 23 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Unusable because I can't find the preferences to configure it, even after reading through the "Read Me." Also, can't figure out how to quit and get rid of it. I'll have to go kill the process from within Terminal.....?
(Version 1.7) | |
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 | Aug 24 2005 |
ANONYMOUS The ReadMe says: "Press the command modifier while clicking on an XMenu item in the menu bar to access preferences and about panels, to check for updates, to open the XMenu folder in the Finder or to quit the application."
(Version 1.7) | |
| Nov 25 2005 |
ANONYMOUS To access the preferences in XMenu you command-click on XMenu in the top Menu Bar...it's in the Read Me
(Version 1.7) | |
| Jul 7 2005 |
ANONYMOUS xmenu icon still goes to extreme right, behind the spotlight icon, on system startup/restart, if xmenu is not set to "display on left" - right round corner is part of spotlight icon.
(Version 1.7) | |
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