Tag Results For: dock

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iTweaX: Tweak Hidden Mac OS X Features & Run Maintenance Procedures

Onyx and Deeper are two well known tweakers for OS X. Their main advantage: even a novice can tweak their OS without worrying about going critical mass on a brand new Mac book. For those who think that people messing around with the default settings on a Mac must secretly work for NASA, these apps [...] (more…)

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Basics To Know Before Moving From A Windows PC To An Apple Mac

Changing phones, email providers or web browsers is something that takes a lot of conviction and adjusting to; imagine if you felt compelled to change your OS? The move would definitely be a bigger adjustment and if you’re switching from Windows 7 to Mac, since the adjustment would probably be equivalent to sleeping on the opposite [...] (more…)

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SliderDock Now Allows Customizing Rotation & Animation Quality

Back in 2009, we reviewed SliderDock, which is a stylish application launcher for accessing applications and websites by selecting them from a rotating ring (via the mouse wheel). What caught our eye back then was its unique UI, which provides a number of customization options for creating application/website shortcuts. Since our review, SliderDock has been updated [...] (more…)

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Multibar: Multi Feature Dock For Windows With Add-on Support

Multibar is a skinnable Windows dock that helps you organize your applications, files and folders. It provides instant access to gadgets and shortcuts, and enables searching YouTube, Wikipedia and Google without cluttering your desktop.  Multibar remains hidden by default, and only appears on mouse hover, hence it can house several useful shortcuts without consuming a large [...] (more…)

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HTC Dock Mode Turns Your HTC WP7 Device Into A Clock/ Music Player

Microsoft might have struck a deal with Nokia, making it their favorite hardware manufacturer, but HTC hasn’t given up on Windows Phone 7 by any means. The latest proof of HTC’s commitment to the metro platform is the spike in apps released for Mango and the renovated HTC Hub (which has lost its excess graphics and [...] (more…)

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DockView Adds Windows 7 Like Customizable Live Preview To Mac Dock

Want to bring Windows 7 live window previews of minimized applications to Mac OS X system dock? DockView is a highly responsive utility for Mac OS X which provides you with just that.  The application emulates the very same Windows 7 live preview behavior; it shows the preview of minimized window in dock whenever you hover mouse [...] (more…)

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Customize Mac OS X 10.7 Lion System Dock With Docker

Since Mac OS X offers a very limited set of options to change different elements of system dock, including, position, icon size, application window minimize effect, etc, many users rely on 3rd party tools to change dock layout as well as its appearance. If you’ve been hanging around multiple tools to overhaul Mac system dock, [...] (more…)

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Unclutter Mac Dock By Sending Apps To Tab Launcher

Looking for a way to unclutter your ever growing Mac dock? Since Mac dock bar works perfectly with all the applications and other system functions, using a replacement of dock is not a good idea. Rather than going for alternatives, you could use a third party dock bar to balance the distribution of applications and [...] (more…)

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DockBarX Is The Best Customizable Application Dock For Ubuntu Linux

Lately, we have been seeing a lot Ubuntu launcher applications but nothing can match DockBarX when it comes to customizability. It is a feature rich Ubuntu dock application which is somewhat similar to  the previously reviewed Cairo Dock. However, unlike Cairo Dock and Docky, it has more advanced customization options which allow completely transforming its look according to user preferences. One [...] (more…)

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Urly – Pin Web Links In Mac Dock To Stack Them Like Windows 7 JumpList

It becomes quite wearisome to find certain minimized browser windows from an already overcrowded dock. Since each minimized window in dock looks quite similar, one cannot easily identify required window from a long dock overwhelmed with apps and minimized browser windows. Urly offers a simple solution by using Mac native web browser – Safari. It [...] (more…)

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Cairo Dock Is A Mac Style Dock For Ubuntu Linux

Unity has no doubt added eye-candy to the Ubuntu desktop, however, it has also made it slightly more recourse intensive. Moreover, there have been functionality issues associated with Unity. A better alternative can be to use Cairo Dock (also known as GLX Dock). It is a Mac style dock for Ubuntu, which has now been [...] (more…)

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Bring Mac’s Dock To Windows Desktop With ObjectDock

Many would arguably say nothing beats a Mac when it comes to aesthetics of the GUI. Windows is a great operating system, but OS X is an eye-candy far more pleasing. Personally, I love the dock that comes with Macs. It’s not bias or anything, but I feel it looks much cooler than the Windows [...] (more…)