Get Lyrical

Problem: I want to add lyrics to my iTunes music automatically.

Solution: Get Lyrical will look up the lyrics for you and tag them to your files.

Cost: Free

Link: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/25390/get-lyrical

Perian and Flip4Mac

Problem: I downloaded a video but my mac won't play it.

Solution: Install two utilities and they will cover 95% of all video formats.

Cost: Free

Link:
Flip4Mac - http://www.telestream.net/flip4mac-wmv/overview.htm
Perian - http://perian.org/

Menu Meters

Problem: My mac is slow but I don't know why.

Solution: MenuMeters is a small monitoring tool that let's you see where your resources are going. I limit mine to just Network, RAM and CPU usage.



Green line = Network download usage
Red line = Network upload usage
Pie = RAM usage
Percents = CPU usage (I have 2 CPUs)

Cost: Free

Link: http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/index.html

Super Remove Dead Tracks

Problem: Have a ton of bad links in your iTunes library that you want to remove. These would be songs with ! next to them.

Solution: Doug's Apple Scripts (the maker of Dupin) also has a script that can remove these bad links.

1) Download the zip file to your "Downloads" folder.



2) Double click zip file to extract *.dmg file
3) Double click *.dmg file and follow the instructions.
4) Unmount the drive
5) The script can be launched from your iTunes script menu




Cost: Free

Link: http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=removedeadsuper

Handbrake

Problem: You want to rip (copy) a DVD or convert a file from one media type to another (ex *.mov to *.m4v).

Solution: Handbrake is the best program to rip DVDs. It's very flexible allowing you to rip to all kinds of formats

Cost: Free

Link: http://handbrake.fr/

Dupin

Problem: You have a ton of songs on your iTunes and no idea how to identify and delete duplicates.

Solution: Dupin is a great program to get ride of the duplicates based on the criteria you set. I have the full version.

Cost:
- Free version let's you remove the duplicates for 20 songs at a time.
- Full version ($15) lets you remove the duplicates for up to 5000 songs at a time.

Link: http://dougscripts.com/itunes/itinfo/dupin.php

Show/Hide Files

Problem: You have an iPod and you want to get all the mp3s off of it, but you can't see them b/c the "iPod_Control" folder is hidden"

Solution: Add an AppleScript to the Automator to Show/Hide Hidden Files.

Cost: Free

Link: http://theappleblog.com/2007/04/30/quick-tip-showhide-hidden-files/