With the march towards 64-bit applications only, I will have to give up Classic Menu, which I much prefer to the Dock or any launcher. As in OS 9, Classic Menu places my choice of programs, folders and files under the Apple () menu. The developers have stopped development, so I’m looking for an alternative that does the same thing. (I don’t want a launcher.)
The contents of the modern Apple menu are encoded in a .xib file that can be edited to remove certain items (e.g. Shut Down). So it should be possible to modify it to include a single folder alias. That’s all I need, as the alias can then point to my existing hierarchical folder structure, and would appear as a line in the modern Apple menu list.
Is anyone willing to write a hack for me (for money!) that will do this? I will share it with anyone who wants it.
I too used to prefer using the Apple Menu with aliases to the apps and folders I use the most. Now I do the same thing with a few folders with custom icons in the dock.
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Yes – the first thing I did in OS X 10.0 was put the Dock on the left, where it has stayed ever since.
Not the same as the OS 9 Apple Menu, of course, but it felt more familiar.
Later I made use of LaunchBar and Spotlight.
David
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Thank you for these suggestions. I can keep them as Plan B.
Yeah, it’s funny how for years i tried to make OS X more like Classic, but after a while I came round to doing things more ‘natively’. I, too, now find a couple of folders in an auto-hiding dock a great way to access things frequently. And most things I launch through Spotlight.
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