I am happy to announce a new blog today. Mac Minimalist is now up and running. You can count on tips and tricks to simplifying your mac, being more productive as well as finding great software, wallpapers and hardware to get the most out of your mac.

So join us over at www.MacMinimalist.com, and be sure to subscribe to the RSS feed to stay up to date.

(Image: Flickr Member Laure Wayaffe licensed for use under Creative Commons)

Introducing New Blog: Mac Minimalist is a post from: The Custom Mac

Leopard’s Stack feature is a great one. But Stacks can get a little disorganized when you have multible ones set up. Using Stack icons is a great looking way to organize your Stacks.

To learn how to use Stack icons we recommend you read Custom Stack Appearance Modifications.

Leopard Folder Style Stacks | Download

Pole Stacks | Download

Black Silver Drawers | Download

Transparent Stack Icons | Download

Grey Stack Icons | Download

5 Killer Icons Sets for Leopard Stacks is a post from: The Custom Mac

The Menu Bar can be a powerful tool and resource for every Mac. Here are 10 of what we think to be the best free Menu Bar applications out there. We would also like to hear which menu bar apps do you use/love?

WeatherBug Alert | Download

WeatherBug Alert for Mac helps you plan your day with confidence by putting severe weather alerts and your live temperature on your desktop in the menu bar.

Alarm Clock | Download

Alarm Clock is a lightweight application for setting iTunes alarms, timers, stopwatches and much more. Automatically wakes up your Mac and offers a slow-wake mode. This one is a must have.

Ejector | Download

Ejector adds an Eject icon to the Mac OS X menu bar. Great for people dealing with multiple disks, such as iPods, CDs, DVDs, USB drives, .dmg’s or hard disks. You can then safely disconnect them from your Mac.

SoundSource | Download

SoundSource is a tiny tool for OS X enabling you to switch your audio input and output sources with a single click, and even adjust their volume settings.

SpiritedAway | Download

Spirited Away checks each running application’s activity, and if an application isn’t active for a certain fixed time, Spirited Away hides the application automatically. It is, in effect, Spirited Away.

ByteController | Download

ByteController is a small user interface utility for controlling iTunes. ByteController gives you three buttons in your menu bar: Previous Song, Next Song and Play/Pause. Holding the Previous Song and Next Song buttons plays fast forward or rewinds.

ByteController supports hot keys and Growl.

iStat | Download

With 8 separate and highly configurable menu extras, iStat menus will let you know exactly what’s going on inside your Mac.

Deviant | Download

Deviant is a menu extra that allows you to link the current desktop to any folder, effectively swapping the items on your desktop.

Nocture | Download

Nocturne is a simple app for switching a computer to night vision mode, and much more.

MenuPrefs | Download

Hate having to go through two to three steps to change your Mac’s Energy Saver preferences? You can rest easy now, thanks to MenuPrefs. MenuPrefs provides a fast access to Mac OS X’s individual System Preference Panes.

Remember to let us know what application you think should be on this list.

The 10 Best Free Menu Bar Applications for the Mac is a post from: The Custom Mac

We have found our Dock and Icon collections have become quite popular lately. So here are some resources for those who have a thing for pink. Enjoy!

For those new to customizing Icons & the Dock we recommend these posts:

• Customizing the 3D Leopard Dock
• Custom Mac Icons

Pink Leopard System icons | By alfonsohuby | Download

Pink Icon Collection | By Pinkie75 | Download

Pink Dock | By JaviGlez | Download

Disco Dock | By aculas | Download

Pink Apple Docks and Icons is a post from: The Custom Mac

The Automator application is probably the least used app on most Macs. This is mostly because most people haven’t tried using it or just don’t see its potential and power it holds.

Here are 4 great websites with tons of Automator actions, tasks, scripts and much more to help you rekindle the power of your Automator:
Automator World

Mac Scripter

Automator.us

Apple Downloads – Automator

Enjoy! Let me know if you know of Automator resources you love to use.

4 of the Best Automator Actions and Scripts Sites is a post from: The Custom Mac