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August 19, 2008

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FruitMenu, APE are ready for Leopard

Posted Aug. 19, ’08, 5:20 AM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | Software

APE I miss the old Apple menu. There was something distinctly individual about maintaining it. As you sat down at a Mac, a quick peek at their Apple menu could tell you volumes about how they used their Mac. I loved it even more when System 7.5 arrived for our Quadra 660av. Hierarchal Apple menus were built-in. It was exciting.

Sadly, Apple took a step back when OS X was released (they actually dumped the menu shortly prior to release) and left a single top level System Preferences item. I like accessing System Preference panes (aka Control Panels) directly. I immediately embraced FruitMenu when I found it.

FruitMenu not only restores the in menu System Preference pane access, but it also allows you to restore the original customization and then some. I always quickly follow an installation with putting in Restart and Shutdown options without the confirmation dialog. I can’t explain it, but those dialogs infuriate me.

When I upgraded to Leopard, I had to go without one of my favorite “haxies”. After a long beta cycle, Unsanity has released FruitMenu 3.7 and APE 2.5 (as well as the infamous Smart Crash Reports 1.5, but we won’t mention that lest we raise someone’s ire). FruitMenu now costs a tad more at $12, but it’s a free upgrade to existing users and the money is worth it to recapture a part of Mac history.


1 Comments

Omer said:

You know that pressing Option while in the  menu eliminates those dialog boxes, right Derik?

August 19, 2008 9:54 AM

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