Dockmod alternative6/20/2023 However, I have come to terms with this and have instead used these OS X’s features as a replacement: 1. I have instead accepted the fact that OS X will never have Windowshade again unless someone again hacks the system. Unfortunately, there is direct replacement for it. For these reasons, Apple removed the Windowshade feature. I bet Steve Jobs also thought it was UGLY to clutter up the desktop with partially closed windows - and I thought for years that it does look ugly. Apple, unfortunately, decided that the Windowshade feature was not useful for the majority of people and overly complicated the user interface. Windowshade: This is an OS X feature I also miss since in spots it can come in handy. I’m pretty happy with it, even though I also bought iKey and Quickeys.Ĥ. But Keyboard Maestro is the one which has been most rapidly updated as OS X has been updated. There are other alternatives which are also excellent: iKey and Quickeys. It has been very stable and compatible and has been rapidly updated since it uses official application interfaces and doesn’t hack into OS X. It allows you to create complex macros in OS X. Keyboard Maestro does more than Menu Master. But for nearly every situation, I’ve replaced it with Keyboard Maestro. Menu Master: This is the one I miss the most since it was so handy to change an application’s actual menu key. Path Finder is like a super duper replacement for Labels X.ģ. Path Finder is rapidly upgraded since it doesn’t hack into OS X like Unsanity’s products – thus you can expect it to be stable for years to come. But you can use it all the time as a Finder replacement. I turn on Path Finder generally only when I need it. It also has the hard drives listed on top of the side bar rather than at the bottom like OS X Lion has (which is very inconvenient in Lion). It has many many more features than the Finder – including changeable labels, dual-pane Windows (allowing you to see the contents of two folders at the same time, so you can more easily organize the contents of each and copy or move items between each one). It is an application which can replace the Finder. It is also easier to mouse to the Favorites folder since it is on the bottom rather than top of the screen.Ģ. What is good about this replacement is that it is free and does not hack the operating system so will be available in any future update of OS X. There, I can pop it open in any application to activate my favorite applications or open my favorite folders. I dragged this folder (after changing the icon to a heart) to the right side of the dock. Fruit Menu: I use the Favorites folder feature - which is stored in the user's library to store aliases to my favorite applications and folders. It certainly took a long time to update for Snow Leopard, for example - so long that I stopped using their hacks and found replacements for almost all of them.ġ. This is why it usually takes Unsanity a long time to update their products. Hacks often have to break through security features of the operating system, for example. Unfortunately, it takes a lot of energy to figure out the new ways to hack the operating system. Through Unsanity's history, we've always experienced with regularity when its products become incompatible and thus fail. With Apple's improvements to the system to make it faster, stabler, and safer, hacks always are at risk of becoming incompatible. Any company, like Unsanity, who creates hacks to the operating system (software that uses undocumented and unofficial application interfaces) is always going to be at risk of becoming incompatible with any update to the operating system – even small updates.
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