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August 21, 2006

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SlimBatteryMonitor goes Universal; Dan rejoices

Posted Aug. 21, ’06, 8:46 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Software » Updates

SlimBatteryMonitorI made the switch to an Intel-based Mac back in May and since then it’s become a waiting game to see when the apps I use would switch to Universal binaries. I’m not even talking about biggies like Microsoft and Adobe, but the smaller utilities that I launch everyday, that sit in the background and do their thing.

So I’m glad to see that one of my last holdouts, Colin Henein’s excellent SlimBatteryMonitor has finally made the transition. In case you’re unfamiliar with the software, SlimBatteryMonitor is a replacement for the traditional Apple battery indicator that takes up less space in the menubar and allows more customization. You can choose a number of different shapes (the new version adds more), as well as decide how you’d like the status to be represented via color (green for charged, orange for charging, red for below 10% of charge, etc). On my old iBook, menubar space was at a premium, so cutting down the amount of room the battery monitor took up was key.

Now that I’m running on the MacBook, the widescreen aspect lets me breathe a little more in terms of real estate, but I’m still a fan of SlimBatteryMonitor. The Universal update means that the only non-Universal binaries running regularly on my system are the Rosetta process itself and Peter Maurer’s deprecated Calendarclock (which will probably never go Universal). Oh, and AppleWorks. I’ll be holding my breath on that.

[via MacCentral]


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