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[TOOL] MainMenu

A very useful application:

Don't have time to run all the various tools and scripts to keep your Mac running smoothly? MainMenu makes these tasks quick and easy, right from your menu bar. Rebuilding your Spotlight library for faster searching, repairing permissions, cleaning caches to improve application performance, and even more advanced settings — such as enabling and disabling the Dashboard — are no more than two clicks away. MainMenu is full of powerful maintenance tools to keep your Mac running like new, within a slick, simple interface.

A free tool that sits in the menu bar.

[TOOL] Hazel

Pretty useful app, automates file management:

Create rules to automatically keep your files organized

Hazel watches whatever folders you tell it to, automatically organizing your files according to the rules you create. It features a rule interface similar to that of Apple Mail so you should feel right at home. Have Hazel move files around based on name, date, type, what site/email address it came from (Safari and Mail only) and much more. Automatically put your music in your Music folder, movies in Movies. Keep your downloads off the desktop and put them where they are supposed to be.

You can download a 14 day trial, after that the app costs $21.95, check it out.

[TOOL] Skitch

I recently came across a useful app called Skitch.

It allows you to take a screenshot, annotate it and then share it.

You can also annotate existing images, for example from your iPhoto library.

Check out this 3 minute tutorial.