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MaxMenus

MaxMenus - 1.4

adds powerful, flexible menus to simplify tasks

All Time: (4.0)
Version 1.4: (4.7)
Selected Version: 1.4
Release Date: 2005-05-03
License: Update
Downloads (version 1.4): 2,880
Downloads (all versions): 36,219
Price: $19.95

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MaxMenus is a brand shiny new utility that adds powerful, flexible menus to simplify using Mac OS X. Always available in the corners of your display, the menus offer unparalleled ease-of-access to your most commonly used applications, documents, folders, volumes, preferences, and... well, you get the idea.

MaxMenus can be customized to your heart's content, configured to meet your every desire. You can build a menu out of any items you want and put it wherever you want. In just a few moments of set-up you can streamline OS X to fit your work habits. With MaxMenus installed you have Mac OS X finally working for you.

MaxMenus also offers the power to link any item on your computer to a key combination. And yes, it's very easy to set up. Just press the key combo while your mouse is over a menu item, presto, the task is done! So go all out and configure every shortcut you want. F8 for iPhoto. F9 for iTunes. F12 for the Terminal. You can even assign key combinations to your menus from the MaxMenus preference pane. Try pressing Option-Apple-Tab when you're done with the MaxMenus install.

We knew MaxMenus wouldn't be complete without support for drag-and-drop. So we took it all the way. The menus you set up in MaxMenus fully support spring loaded drag-and-drop. You'll be moving and copying files, making aliases, and opening every document with your favorite application when MaxMenus is installed. It's rumored to be coming in Mac OS X 10.2, but spring loaded is here today in MaxMenus.

What's new in this version:

  • Full support for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
  • All incompatibilities with Mac OS X 10.4 resolved
  • Several small bugs fixed.
  • Numerous memory leaks patched.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

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Version 1.4:
Overall Rating: (4.7) Features: (4.7) Support: (4.7)
Ease of Use: (4.7) Quality / Stability: (5.0) Price: (4.3)
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MaxMenus CommentarySHOUT-OUT for an upgrade! - Version: 1.5.1, 11/24/2009 11:38PM PST

ipsyd
As a long-time devotee of MaxMenus, and after looking over recent comments here, I decided to track down the developer, Mat Caughron, and appeal for the code to be released so that the Mac community could make this wonderful utility Snow-Leopard compatible. Mat got back to me in less than 24 hours, and suggested that he would look into doing the upgrade himself. Yay!

However, he did ask if I could find any one who could do a website for the new version. I'm not the guy, but I'm hoping there might be someone out there who loves MaxMenus as much as I do, and can help with that. If you can offer some help, or know someone who can, please email me at ipsydsurv"AT"me.com and I'll pass along Mat's details.

Come on MaxMenus fans! If we want to keep using this fab launcher, the ball is in OUR court!

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MaxMenus CommentaryWill MM work with Snow Leopard - Version: 1.5.1, 8/12/2009 06:31AM PST

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pendragon
Since Proterian is no more, is there any chance that the source code will be (re) licensed, made open source or whatever, so that it can made compatible with Snow Leopard, etc.

Indeed I am saddened to see Proterian fade away...
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MaxMenus CommentaryProteron is apparently no more. - Version: 1.5.1, 8/9/2009 09:38AM PST

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RayCon
Visiting the Proteron website will take you to a page where you can download MaxMenus and LiteSwitch. Registration codes are provided for both. My assumption is that the two applications are no longer being developed (no update since 2007), but the developers were nice enough to provide download links and registration codes.

MaxMenus is an excellent application that I have been using for more years than I can recall. It has (and still is) one of the first applications I install on a new computer. My guess is that, eventually, it will not work on a future iteration of Mac OS X, and that will be a shame. I hope someone can pick up this application and resume development. If I were a developer, I would gladly take it on.
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