MainMenu
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| MainMenu | |
|---|---|
| Developed by | Santa Software |
| Latest release | 1.7.2 (352) / March 16, 2007 |
| OS | Mac OS X |
| Genre | System Utilities |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | Santa Software |
MainMenu is a menu bar utility for running maintenance and optimization routines in Mac OS X.
[edit] Features
MainMenu features the following functionality:
- System maintenance script execution (daily, weekly, monthly), built into Mac OS X.
- Repair disks, eject disks, repair OS X permissions, OS 9 permissions.
- Cleaning of user, font, system, browser caches + history, logs, and trashes.
- Customization of Finder, Dock, Dashboard, Spotlight, etc.
- Batch task execution (user configurable), to run several common system maintenance and optimization routines.
[edit] Version history
| Date | Version | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2005 | MainMenu 0.1 | First release |
| Feb 2005 | MainMenu 0.1.5 | Log window adds support for Unicode characters; bug fixes |
| Feb 2005 | MainMenu 0.1.6 | Log window position saved; menu items rearranged; added multiple file deletion |
| Mar 2005 | MainMenu 0.2 | Ported from REALBasic to Cocoa; new batch tasks feature; much more stable |
| Mar 2005 | MainMenu 0.2.1 | Added option to start on user log in; minor changes to authorization method |
| Mar 2005 | MainMenu 0.2.2 | Camino, Netscape, Firefox cache + history cleaning support added; application size reduced |
| Mar 2005 | MainMenu 0.2.3 | Clean logs feature added; OS version check at launch added |
| Apr 2005 | MainMenu 0.2.4 | New features; hiding of log during tasks added; time stamps for various tasks added |
| Apr 2005 | MainMenu 0.2.5 | Repairing of mounted disks now supported |
| Apr 2005 | MainMenu 0.2.6 | Added (confirmed) support for Mac OS X 10.3.9 |
| Apr 2005 | MainMenu 0.2.7 | Font cache cleaning added; Japanese localization started; minor changes to disk repair list |
| Jun 2005 | MainMenu 1.0 | Added support for Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" |
| Jun 2005 | MainMenu 1.1 | Chinese localization started; Spotlight index rebuilding; preference file verification |
| Jun 2005 | MainMenu 1.2 | Secure empty trash added; cleaning of all browser caches |
| Jun 2005 | MainMenu 1.3 | Added support for Opera browser; support for Mac OS X 10.4.2 |
| Jun 2005 | MainMenu 1.4 | Disable & enable Dashboard; eject disks feature added |
| Jun 2005 | MainMenu 1.4.1 | User can now choose menu icon from preferences window |
| Jul 2005 | MainMenu 1.4.2 | Rebuild LaunchServices; new website; bug fixes |
| Jul 2005 | MainMenu 1.4.3 | Fixed launch crash; improved overall stability; minor bug fixes |
| Jul 2005 | MainMenu 1.4.4 | Menu compacted; menu drop down two times faster; update checking; log window can be resized; bug fixes |
| Dec 2005 | MainMenu 1.5 | Updated Japanese localization; interface changes; bug fixes; support for Mac OS X 10.4.4 |
| Jan 2006 | MainMenu 1.5.1 | Universal binary (supports both PowerPC & Intel based Macs); bug fixes |
| Jan 2006 | MainMenu 1.5.2 | Support for downloading & installing updates within MainMenu, using Andy Matuschak's Sparkle framework |
| Feb 2006 | MainMenu 1.5.3 | Added support for Mac OS X 10.4.5; bug fixes; fixed start on user log in problems |
| Apr 2006 | MainMenu 1.5.4 | Added support for Mac OS X 10.4.6 |
| Jun 2006 | MainMenu 1.5.5 | Added support for Mac OS X 10.4.7 |
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