20 Excellent Plugins for Safari

These days we have great choices for Web browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome and the list goes on. Each browser comes with its own set of advantages and features and one of the greatest benefits of Firefox has been the ability to fully customize it through the use of plugins and add-ons. This feature is especially important for those of you using Mac OS X, when deciding whether to pick one of the two heavyweights: Firefox or Safari. But Safari actually does support plugins. Here’s a list of 20 useful plugins for Safari for OS X. Please note that many plugins work through something called SIMBL (Simple InputManager Bundle Loader), which is basically a little tool that helps developers manage and run their code as plugins for the different applications on OS X. You can grab SIMBL for free here. 1. Firefox had a very popular plugin called Foxmarks. 2. PithHelmet is a blocker, but it blocks more than just ads. Customize the filter however you like. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

28 Insanely Useful Third Party Preference Panes for Mac Regular apps and menu bar apps always get all the glory. They’re always there with you, always visible and grabbing your attention. But what about the more discrete apps, the ones that perhaps change the behavior of your computer or make something cool happen behind the scenes? Today we’re doing a roundup of the most interesting Preference Pane apps that we could find (they are those little icons that reside on the bottom of your System Preferences). Tinkertool TinkerTool TinkerTool is a PrefPane that opens up a bunch of “hidden” settings in your OS. Even though the developer says that it is safe to use and nothing can go wrong with it, I’d rather not mess with shady settings that may slow down my machine even more or cause unexpected things to happen. Price: Free Requirements: Mac OS X 10.6 or later Developer: Marcel Bresink MagicPrefs MagicPrefs Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5 or later Developer: Vlad Alexa Hazel Hazel Price: $21.95 Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or later Developer: Noodle Soft Price: $18