unformat microid ("Microid" in short) is a mac OSX native app that makes it easier to work with texts from different sources. The app functions as a step between the copy and paste actions of the user, stripping the stuff in the pasteboard from everything except plain text.
Usage
Using the app is fairly easy. You just:
- Copy (Cmnd - C) text from document/website/editor x.
- Click the icon, choose "Unformat".
- Paste (Cmnd - V) into another document/website/editor y.
- Presto!
One trick pony
Ever since I made the unformat widget I've been looking for ways to make unformat a more active part of your OSX. From the start I knew the next step would be a full-on app, tiny as could be with a whole lot of firing power! With Microid, that step has been taken and man, was that a huge step! Unformat Microid is as fiery as its big (or well... heavy) brother, but has some more to offer!
*The reason this app took so long was all the other projects I've been working on, trying to figure out my vision for the app and my new job.*
Features, features, feastures!
First things first. Before going over the features...
Microid has a very cool thing at the core: an automatic update system. This makes it possible for me to actively develop it and push the update to everyone. You then get the choice to either download it, be reminded later or skip that version completely. I recommend always updating because I like to add in features with every release that make the app even cooler.
Now to the bullet list...
Microid has:
- automatic updates made possible by sparkle
- the boost mode that unformat had too.
- a supertiny icon in the menubar (I can never stress enough how much I love the menubar and its application icons)
- a menu to turn on/off the boost mode
- shortcut keys to use when activating the menu
- a quit icon that most other statusmenu apps lack (making it possible to quit the app the easy way)
How's that for a first version!