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    #315: Best of the Menu Bar

    April 11th, 2016 · 93 minutes

    In this week's episode, David and Katie cover some of their favorite Mac menubar apps and Mac today view widgets.

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    Links and Show Notes

    Bartender 2 | Mac Menu Bar Item Control
    How To Reveal the AppleScript Menu
    BetterTouchTool, BTT Remote, BetterSnapTool and more – Great Tools For Your Mac By Andreas Hegenberg
    CARROT Weather for Mac
    FruitJuice -- battery maintenance app for Apple Mac laptop computers. —
    Flexibits | Fantastical 2 for Mac | Meet your Mac's new calendar.
    The Best Unlimited Online Backup and Cloud Storage Services
    1Password
    Caffeine on the Mac App Store
    Mac Backup Software | Carbon Copy Cloner | Bombich Software
    Cloak VPN - Cloak - Super-simple VPN
    Day One | A simple and elegant journal for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
    Drobo Data Storage Solutions, Network Attached Storage, Drobo Inc.
    Dropbox
    Due: The Superfast Reminder App for Mac
    Duet Display - Ex-Apple Engineers Turn Your iPad Into An Extra Display
    Dragon for Mac - All New version 5 for Mac OS X | Nuance
    Default Folder X
    The workspace for your life’s work | Evernote
    Google Drive
    Noodlesoft | Hazel
    iStat Menus
    Jettison
    Keyboard Maestro 7.0.3: Work Faster with Macros for Mac OS X
    Mountain
    OmniPresence - The Omni Group
    SwitchResX - The Most Versatile Tool For Controlling Screen Resolutions On Your Mac
    TextExpander | Simply Indispensable
    Home | TripMode | Your mobile data savior.
    TunnelBear: Secure VPN Service
    Amazon.com: WD Red 3TB NAS Hard Disk Drive
    Display Mode - Resolution Menu on the Mac App Store
    Deliveries 2.0.1 for Mac ~ Mac OS X ~ Junecloud
    PCalc
    OmniFocus - task management for Mac, iPad, and iPhone - The Omni Group
    iStat Mini for Mac
    GitHub - newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake: A Caffeine clone for OS X Yosemite and El Capitan (including Dark Mode).