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Access applications via a menubar addition
Authored by: ars on Jul 12, '06 09:23:53AM

Putting your application folder in the dock does not work, if you have many applications! In my case I can see only application from A through I. For that reason I have been using Himmelbar for quite some time. I used Butler fist, but it would take longer to load at start-up, so I switched to Himmelbar.



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Access applications via a menubar addition
Authored by: gidds on Jul 12, '06 11:21:32AM
That's what subfolders are for.

Apple's own apps work best directly in /Applications (else they don't always get updated properly), but for everything else, subfolders are a pretty good way to organise things. I have /Applications/Audio, /Applications/Net, /Applications/Visual, /Applications/Games, and several others. Apple have even given you a start with /Applications/Utilities, and (in some cases) folders for developer tools, AppleWorks, iWork.

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Access applications via a menubar addition
Authored by: DocMan on Jul 12, '06 11:26:40AM

Why can't you just scroll down below the letter I?

I have a "Favorites" folder that has aliases to my Applications Folder, Utilities, Folder, and servers that I frequently use. I put this Favorites folder in the dock and I can get to any of it's contents by right clicking on it. The contextual menu scrolls up and down normally.

This is easy stuff. Not worth buying a program when I can do it for free.

Doc



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Access applications via a menubar addition
Authored by: zane on Jul 13, '06 09:46:25PM

Actually, that App mentioned in the hint *is* free.



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Favorites folder in Dock
Authored by: MJCube on Jul 17, '06 08:24:31AM

This is my method too and it has the advantage of showing icons next to the names. I still have my old Favorites folder and within it I keep an Apps sub-folder of about 20 aliases – apps I use every once in a while but less frequently than the ones in my Dock. That Apps sub-folder is in my Dock.

(NB. I originally wrote this comment with commas in 3 places but the preview was truncated anywhere I had a comma!)



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