As a girl who pursues visual freshness, from the first day I use my Mac, I think about how to make my Mac look as cute as mine (
In addition to the most intuitive wallpapers and A-side stickers, there is another place to fully show my ritual sense of shaping this computer, that is, the status bar.
When I first started out in a small number of distributions, I wrote a recommendation about making your Mac cute. But this time, based on the release of Liu Haiping, I want to focus on the status bar level to recommend a few "let you open the computer is very favorite" applications, so that everyone's computer can become a cute and loving existence in their hearts.
Even some application status bars are displayed, which can completely replace some of Apple's own application status bars.
Replace the official menu bar calendar: Itystal
Some time ago in the author group, I saw Wantong complaining about the confusion of "why apple menu bar click date but does not appear calendar". I just thought of the reason why I switched to the Itystal app in the first place. I don't understand why some things are just other things
As a menu bar calendar tool, Itsycal is more convenient to view than the official out-of-the-box calendar. With a single tap in the menu bar, you can quickly see the same details of the whole month, today, and so on as on apple's calendar.
Although the sparrow is small, it is complete. The app also supports dark mode as well as week number display.
Having said that, let's see how Itsycal makes the menu bar cute.
Itsycal in the menu bar date display support custom format, that is, you can choose the specific presentation format of year / month / day / hour / minute / second, the official website introduction also gives a detailed reference document, as long as you follow the format template in the document to operate, you can achieve the date effect you want to present.
Of course, you can also add a cute emoji to the time, like me, or any emoji, the effect is good. As long as you're not too long, it doesn't matter how many things you add to the suffix (bushi.)
Bonus tip: If you decide to use Itsycal as the menu bar calendar display, remember to adjust the system's built-in date display to the minimal mode. Because the system comes with a date in the menu bar can not be selected "disappear completely", and with the blessing of Bartender, it can not be hidden. Therefore, it is recommended that you adjust it to a simulated dial mode and let it appear in the menu bar with the smallest footprint.
Battery cuteness: Battery Buddy
After talking about the date, let's take a look at the battery display. The system's power display is a decent UI style, with a battery icon when charging and a battery icon when not charging. But Battery Buddy can add a little "human touch" to this simple little icon.
This is the menu bar icon in the same state, both of which are displayed by the battery. If you only look at the width of the UI icon, Battery Buddy's UI operation makes the icon footprint a little smaller. Of course, on the power display or the system comes with more at a glance.
So if you don't have that meticulous pursuit of the display of the battery, like I only ask for good icons, then you can try Battery Buddy. At the same time, as an application that shows the power with "mood", it is naturally indispensable to display multiple expressions.
At present, the app will show the state under different power levels through the above 7 kinds of expressions, as long as the smiley face is always there, you don't have to worry about the computer running out of battery ~ after the application is installed, there is basically no need for any additional operations, just need to check the small battery icon under the fine.
Additional tip: If you use Battery Buddy as the battery display in the menu bar, remember to turn off the display of your own battery in the settings.
Hibernation settings for life comparison: Coffee Buzz
Coffee Buzz is a macOS platform for mac hibernation multi-mode setting software, through Coffee Buzz can quickly set the computer "how to" go to sleep with one click. It may sound like a twist, but it's clear when you look at the icons.
Coffee Buzz has three computer sleep modes to choose from, which can be easily understood by the cute icons corresponding to each mode. Just like the icon literally means, after drinking coffee you are excited, so excited that you don't want to shut down the computer (bushi.)
At the same time, the software also supports the most basic custom time settings, which can be set through "Set Timer" for each mode. Of course, if you don't like this time-specific setting, you can also customize the global rules in the settings. For example, it is convenient to turn on "Off mode" when the battery is low, or you can add "When a specified app is opened/exited" to switch to any of the three modes.
Although there are many settings and rules, this software is actually very simple to use. After the software is downloaded, you can choose to switch modes through the window or the menu bar, and I personally recommend that you directly select the menu bar mode. So when you need to switch sleep settings mode, you only need to right-click the menu bar icon to switch in an instant.
Make websites interactive on the desktop: Plash
Plash is an open source application, the application icon itself is very cute, small droplet-shaped, especially like the "little ghost" that flies away after every fright in the forest. However, don't underestimate this water droplet, this app can be said to be a panacea, whether you want efficiency or cute desktop display, Plash can easily help you complete.
Simply put, Plash is an application that can turn any web page into a desktop, and you can also achieve complete page interaction by turning on "Browsing Mode". Whether it's a Google Calender or a Twitter Feeds personal page, it can be embedded directly into the desktop and operated in real time. You can even set up animated GIFs as wallpaper, or add multiple websites for multi-site switching displays.
Desktop ready-to-use mainfest
Of course, this is only a local more efficient class of websites, I also tried to add Youtube for testing, the overall operation effect and use of the original website is not very different, you can normally click on the relevant interactive operation (the demo GIF is too big to add up, you can test it yourself).
Since most of my personal choices are recorded pages, it may work better if they are embedded on Twitter or feeds that need to be browsed every day. When you use it, you can try it according to your own needs.
When using Plash, I observed the data of the activity monitor, and the moment I turned on Browsing Mode, there was a spike in CPU usage, but then it basically didn't take up CPU-related resources. So on the whole, it is still a very convenient gadget software, although it is a gadget, the presentation effect is still very "huge".
Memory CPU Alternative Visualization: Runcat
As the saying goes, some icons look cute, but not necessarily the app is cute, like Runcat. As a Runcat similar to the iStat Menus status bar monitoring metrics, there are also various CPU, GPU and other data indicators displayed, but this is not the most important.
The most important thing is that this "running cat" is the most eye-catching corner of your screen when you share it. Open it directly after the app installation is complete, and the cat will run.
The frequency of the cat's running depends on the CPU usage of the computer at this time. The faster the cat runs, it means that the computer is processing a lot of work at this time (similar to the full load state), of course, the specific details of the indicators I do not understand, I can only describe it in general.
However, for us who do not understand the internal indicators of the computer, perhaps the current presentation of "cats running fast or not" is enough to let us understand the workload of the current computer.
Of course, functionally, cats here can also be swapped for a variety of animals/people/food. For example, parrots, sushi, ducks, people at parties, and so on. Anyway, the brain hole of the application author is definitely bigger than mine.
At present, the free replaceable icons in the app are actually enough, and some are cute (such as cats, cats, ducks and ducks) and some are more normal. For everyone who usually works in groups, I think it is enough and not non-mainstream.
As for those icons that the store pays for, you can choose whether to buy or not according to your needs, but it is not recommended for everyone to buy in terms of expression and presentation effect. After all, I came for the cat, not other icons that shimmered with magical colors (such as the parrot above).
However, in-app purchase of 6 yuan can unlock the "custom upload icon", if your hands-on ability is strong and good at creation, you can make your own series of pictures to upload to the software, the operation steps can refer to this link.
A minority otter produced in friendship by the editorial department
For example, placing the official pet of the minority in the status bar winks to prompt you the degree of CPU occupancy of the computer, and with the otter screen hanging light accessories sold in the store, is not the "otter universe" gradually opened? Of course, you can also open your brain hole and make some more cute dynamic pictures such as otter swimming or otter wagging its tail, and welcome you to share it when the time comes!
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Finally, although Runcat is fancy in image, it is completely sufficient for use as a functional application.
Both efficient and dressed up: Bartender 4
As a hobbyist, the tools on my Mac are hanging in my background. For example, Bob for real-time translation, Alfred for global overview, pasteboard application Paste Now, and so on. It's easy to turn on "Boot Auto", but the long list of icons makes me a child like a neat friend very flustered.
So from the first day I started using my Macbook, Bartender became one of my must-haves. As an efficiency tool for icon finishing, it is a well-deserved Big Brother. Practical and easy to set up, there is no cost to get started. However, for a girl who likes to toss "aesthetics", the degree of application of this software must not stop here.
Friends who have used Bartender must know that its menu bar icon supports custom upload in addition to the system. It's an inconspicuous feature, but it takes 5-10 minutes for me to figure this out each time. I can say that my icon selection in Bertender is comparable to the "rational shopping" status.
In order to get the moment of "the joy of turning on the computer", I began the journey of searching for icons that will never be returned.
Most of the time, my icons will go to iconfont to search, because most of them will be submitted by users themselves, so I prefer the original life icon with a bit of theme to the fixed UI style icon. After all, I want to make the menu bar less monotonous, so the first criterion for my icon selection is color.
Because colored icons will make it easier to highlight some of the "cute" attributes. Of course, everyone's preferences are different, and some small partners may want to make the menu bar become uniform and choose monochrome icons, which is no problem.
Under normal circumstances, I will pick out 4-5 favorite icons at a time, download them, and then put them in Bartender for actual adaptation. The adaptation here mainly means that after changing the icon, it does not look contrary to the entire menu bar. Because some pictures may look good alone, but when placed in the menu bar as an icon, it may be because of problems such as size or color saturation, resulting in poor overall visual effects. So it's always right to choose multiple points.
Change the icon also has to "shop around"
Of course, you can also drag the icons in the menu bar by holding down the Command key to adjust the order of multiple icons, perhaps for the overall effect of the adaptation is also a good attempt (through the Bartender Menu Bar Layout can also be adjusted).
Maybe some friends think that I am too tossed like this, but it may be a simple personal preference. I'm the kind of person who even the Notion profile icon changes with a series of fixations with the holiday.
For example, if you change a Christmas series for Christmas, or the same pink series, I will be happy to adjust it all tirelessly. Maybe it doesn't make sense, but at least it will give me a fresher and more ritualistic feedback visually!
Notion's profile is regularly reskined
This time mainly based on some of the presentation methods of the application icon has been partially demonstrated, although the function is not described in too much detail, but the functional experience of each application is very good. Of course, there will also be small partners to question, the background hanging so many "strange applications" are also occupying the CPU, this I probably recorded, basically each software CPU occupancy rate is below 1%, so rest assured to use it.
Here is just from another point of view to bring you some more application presentation, perhaps they are not only an efficiency tool, but also a dress up master.
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