Monday's Mac Gadget by John F. Braun Application Launching Plus a Whole Lot More December 27th, 1999 OtherMenu 2.0.3 ($10 Shareware) Jim Walker If you'd like to quickly launch an application using the standard features of the Mac OS, there are a number of options. You can place an alias on the Desktop, or copy these aliases to the Apple Menu for quick access. However, if you have a large number of applications, you may start running out of screen real estate with either of these methods. If only there was another way to access your commonly access applications... OtherMenu provides an extra menu which can be used to organize the applications or documents you would like quick access to. This is done by a very straightforward mechanism. There is the OtherMenu Extension, placed in the Extensions Folder, and the OtherMenu Folder, located in the System Folder. Once you place an alias in the OtherMenu Folder, it will appear on the menu. Rather than manually performing this action, you can take advantage of OtherMenu "externals" which are handy little applications which can take care of things like creating an alias to an application, and placing it in the OtherMenu Folder. But this is only the beginning. There are several more Externals which perform actions from pasting the current date in a document, to showing a current memory map, to providing an overview of all mounted volumes. The combination of program launching and handy external utilities makes OtherMenu a bargain at $10. Have any other gadgets you'd like us to look at? Let John know via email, or share it with the rest of us on the Mac Gadget Forum. Useful Link OtherMenu Home Page A Sample of What You'll See in the OtherMenu Menu A Short List of Externals Monday's Mac Gadget is here to help you with those cool things that we all just have to have on our Macs. Shareware, Freeware, Postcardware, Emailware, and even commercial apps, Monday's Mac Gadget is here to help you find and use the best of these programs. John is a software engineer who works in the corporate R&D group of a Fortune 500 company, focusing on all aspects of communications technology. He has several degrees that claim he knows what he's doing when it comes to computers. After watching co-workers reinstall Windows, search for device drivers, and experience other horrors during the day, he's glad that he comes home to a Mac (compatible) computer. Have any comments, suggestions, or favorite Gadgets? Drop John a line at You can also Post Your Comments below. Current Monday's Mac Gadget Want to Supercharge Your Dock? Check Out Todos! - August 21st Worried About Your Mac Getting Jacked? Get JackSMS - June 12th Want iChat with Tabs? Try Chax! - April 3rd Visit Monday's Mac Gadget Archives for more great Mac Gadgets!