Here are a few things I’ve made to share.
Last updated August 4, 2010
CrystalClear Interface
December 2007 (first release)
Last Update: v.2.5.0, 04.09.10
CrystalClear Interface is a system add-on to Mac OS X that introduces transparency into Aqua and lets users customize the color and transparency of window and text backgrounds, as well as the look of window frames. For more information, please visit the CrystalClear Interface website. The full User's Guide is available there as well.
The latest version, CrystalClear Interface 2.5.6, is available for both Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard") and 10.6 ("Snow Leopard"). Users who are still running Mac OS X 10.4 ("Tiger") can still download a full version of version 1.8, which was compatible with Tiger and included the theme for ShapeShifter. (Version 1.8 can be used in conjunction with the Crystal Clear appearance theme for ShapeShifter, or on its own without ShapeShifter running.)
VacuumMail
March 2007
Last Update: v. 0.9.6, 04.18.07
VacuumMail is an AppleScript application that performs an SQLite "vacuum" job on Apple Mail's database, thereby optimizing it and boosting the performance of Mail as it fetches and stores your email. VacuumMail is designed to be incorporated into an automated maintenance routine and run at regular intervals, although you can also launch the software interactively if you need to do a manual run.
To enable automated operation, the VacuumMail installer includes a LaunchAgent that utilizes Mac OS X Tiger’s new launchd service. By default, the agent will run VacuumMail once a week, and the package includes the terrific open-source Launchd editor Lingon in case you’d like to customize that behavior.
For more information about VacuumMail, refer to the ReadMe in the download, or the March 2007 Mars article, " Apple Mail Slowing Down? VacuumMail Can Probably Help."
