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    Toggle Hidden Files in Finder - Automator Service Script

https://blog.bertvanlangen.com/articles/toggle-hidden-files-finder-os-x-10-10-yosemite/
Create reminder from email - Automator Service Script

https://github.com/moritzregnier/create-reminder-from-mail-mac
setting system environment variables in OSX

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/135688/setting-environment-variables-in-os-x/32405815#32405815
homebrew

apt-get like package manager for OSX
Witch

easily Alt+Tab switch between individual windows (compared to Cmd+Tab to switch between Applications only)
Screen Dimmer

Brightness Control for 2dary Monitors
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/screendimmer/id562058942?mt=12&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
F.Lux

Tinting screen color, i.e. "warmer" vs "colder"
https://justgetflux.com/
keepingyouawake (vs Coca vs Caffeine)

temporarily disable screeen saver
https://github.com/newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake
brew cask install keepingyouawake

caffeine: display problem on >=yosemite, not maintained
coca (https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1000808993?mt=12): good, but fills system log with debug messages
Spectacle

maximize/minimize etc of Windows, move windows between multiple screens
gfxCardStatus

umschalten zwischen diskreter ATI und onboard Intel Graphics. Vor allem im Batteriebetrieb nuetzlich, um Chrome & Co daran zu hindern, die diskrete GPU zu aktivieren
Little Snitch

handy little Firewall, analogue to Windows' Tiny Personal Firewall
https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html
Path Finder

excellent OSX Finder replacement
http://www.cocoatech.com/pathfinder/
Colloquy

nice IRC Client
SourceTree

awesome visual Git Client. While I use the commandline a lot, I still like to view diffs in ST.
Office 365

still under evaluation to replace substandard OSX Mail and Calendar ...
BetterZip

visual zip/unzip app
MacX DVD Ripper Free Edition

super-easy Ripper for Video DVDs to MP4
http://www.macxdvd.com/dvd-ripper-mac-free/
OmniGraffle

Visio for OSX
smcFanControl

used to be a must-have on older MBPs to control cpu fan speeds, not necessarily needed on my current early 2015 MBP
https://github.com/hholtmann/smcFanControl
PST Bridge Pro

to extract/view Outlook .pst archives
iTerm & oh-my-zsh

OSX Terminal replacement + best shell ever -> win
https://gist.github.com/kevin-smets/8568070
Editors

Sublime 3, TextMate, Atom
TinkerTool

for accessing advanced OSX settings
Flip4Mac

play WMAs und WMV on OSX
LaunchControl, Lingon

autom. service/background jobs, analog service control manager in Win - use with care!
LaunchControl has a nice feature to add a "quick launch" icon to the menu bar, so services can easily be loaded/unloaded. Handy for homebrew-installed e.g. databases etc which are only needed for development every now and then.
ShareIt, Instashare

tools for transferring files between OSX, Win, iOS and Android. ShareIt has the advantage that it can start a Mobile Hotspot on the Android tablet, so no need for all devices connected to a WLAN hub especially when I'm on the road a lot.
tweak various OSX UI stuff for performance, get rid of animations etc.

http://lifehacker.com/disable-window-animations-to-speed-up-an-old-mac-506245593
http://www.chriswrites.com/2012/01/turn-off-animations-eye-candy-effects-in-mac-os-x-lion/#sthash.QA4TzumY.dpuf
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/14001/how-to-turn-off-all-the-animation-effect-on-mac-os
defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableReplyAnimations -bool YES
defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableSendAnimations -bool YES
defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -bool true
defaults write -g NSWindowResizeTime -float 0.001
defaults write -g NSScrollAnimationEnabled -bool false
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false

http://www.switchingtomac.com/tutorials/how-to-permanently-stop-dock-icons-from-bouncing/
defaults write com.apple.dock no-bouncing -bool TRUE