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<\/a><\/div>\nstart menu and recentapps have been lifesavers for me, here\u2019s their links and an additional similar app that kinda combines both features (https:\/\/www.macupdate.com\/app\/mac\/61551\/launchpanel<\/a>). start menu: https:\/\/www.macupdate.com\/app\/mac\/61765\/start-menu<\/a> and recentapps: https:\/\/www.macupdate.com\/app\/mac\/61818\/recentapps<\/a> \ud83d\ude42 start menu works on older macs (i think it starts at OS X 10.11 El Capitan). recentapps only works for OS X 11 and later. i am not sure about launchpad because i did not install it. i also have a cpu and battery monitor app called stats bu if you have an intel only mac (not compatible with metal) you can get the official app from here: https:\/\/www.macupdate.com\/app\/mac\/55310\/intel-power-gadget<\/a>. so basically i\u2019ve been decorating my computers while it rains lol. i did the desktop computer as well but i will screenshot that later! macupdate is such a great resource for apps!! mac software is hard to come by nowadays even on the mac app store, which i really prefer not to use because it always involves the extra work of entering my itunes password xD but it\u2019s always nice to have a few different options on where to get stuff. usually i get my app icons and desktop wallpapers from deviantart. sometimes i get desktop wallpapers from various brands (sanrio, bratz, etc.) if they have those available for download. it\u2019s also good to check blogs for them. i know that there are a few i really like, maybe i will do a post on that soon.<\/p>\n xoxo<\/p>\n molly<\/p>\n yeah basically it\u2019s raining\u2026 i\u2019ve been having an okay week, though. also here\u2019s a picture of my desktop cuz i just updated my menu bar utilities!! start menu and recentapps have been lifesavers for me, here\u2019s their links and an additional similar app that kinda combines both features (https:\/\/www.macupdate.com\/app\/mac\/61551\/launchpanel). start menu: https:\/\/www.macupdate.com\/app\/mac\/61765\/start-menu and recentapps: https:\/\/www.macupdate.com\/app\/mac\/61818\/recentapps Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-stuff","category-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.656forest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.656forest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.656forest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.656forest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.656forest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.656forest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.656forest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.656forest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.656forest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}