1FPS|by David Chartier

I wrote about Many Tricks’ Leech OS X download manager back in May, but I’ve been using Speed Download for a while and didn’t see a reason to switch over. Leech is a good download manager with a simple, unique UI that I recommend, but it didn’t have any must-have features when I wrote about it.

Today I decided to give Leech another spin since Many Tricks has issued a few new features and fixes since its debut. While I’m not positive I want to switch over yet, I definitely think this searchable History menu that mimics Leopard’s system-wide Help menu search field is a smart feature, and I don’t remember it being in the 1.0 that I wrote about. If you keep Leech hidden or close its window while it’s working, this is certainly an easy way to look through all your downloads without having to reactivate a full window. Smart.

Many Tricks, makers of apps like Butler, yFlicks, and Service Scrubber, updated Desktop Curtain recently to 1.0.1. The new version of this simple “hide yer messy desktop to take clean screenshots” app primarily brings Leopard compatibility. While Desktop Curtain isn’t nearly as fully-featured as far more powerful apps like Desktopple Pro, it certainly does the trick by offering a good handful of essential desktop hiding features.

Desktop Curtain is donationware, so give some credit where it’s due if you get some use out of the app.