![]() ![]() So, I decided to go with Bowtie and found a theme that I liked. I was having difficulty using a shell script to output my iTunes song, and when it was able to it did not have the best interface. ![]() In addition, I am also able to display the current song playing in my iTunes Library. Also in the system side, I am able to see the amount of memory in use, CPU processes, as well as the uptime. I am able to have my network IP’s external and internal. On the right hand side, I have my system items. I am able to pull the data from two simple AppleScripts, one for my mail and one for Things. For instance, my mail is displayed on the left side as well as the to-do items I need to complete, that is taken from the Things (an awesome application by Cultured Code). Basically the way my setup works is one the left hand side is my miscellaneous items. I created the second bar to the other side. ![]() In my GeekTool setup, I found a background online that only had one bar. The three different type of ‘Glets’ you can have are: File, which allows you to display a file, Shell, which allows you to display the uptime or run a ping command, and the final option is called Image, that allows you to display an image in the background. There are three options, but you can have an unlimited (Or until you do not have an adequate amount of memory). GeekTool is a PrefPane (Runs in System Preferences) and allows three types of outputs to be embedded in your desktop. For example, you could use your screensaver to run in the background, a picture of your pet, or something pretty amazing for us geeks called GeekTool. There are many different things that you can do with a Mac OS X desktop. ![]()
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