Tapir
Tapir is a developer tool for creating global Mac OS X status menu item applications to place in the menu bar. These status menu items can be set to execute a shell command or script and display its output when opened, or alternately, configured to run a given command periodically, displaying output in the menu title.
Tapir sports a number of useful and easy-to-use features, such as:
- A simple graphical interface for configuring status menu item application
- Control over menu font, size, title, format and/or icon
- Settings for task timeout and execution interval
- Configurable actions to perform on menu item selection
- Script or command execution upon the selection of a given menu item
Creating menu items that display disk space usage, processes, CPU load, date, time and similar information is extremely easy using Tapir. However, given a little knowledge of scripting or programming, it is possibly to develop highly useful, native menu applications in a matter of minutes.
To see what Tapir is capable of, you can take a quick look at some screenshots of the Tapir interface and of menu applications created with Tapir.
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The current version is Tapir 1.0. It requires MacOS X 10.3 or later.
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Tapir is a shareware program and costs $15 USD. This means that you are free to try Tapir for a reasonable period of time, but if you decide to keep it, you should register it. Once Tapir has been registered, the menu items you create will no longer contain a "Register Tapir.." item. Registration also entitles you to support and help via e-mail.
For help with Tapir development, please see the Tapir documentation. You may also wish to subscribe to the Tapir Development mailing list at FreeLists.