![]() With the feature turned on, moving any resizable window to the left, right or bottom edge of the screen automatically resizes the window to fill half the screen and docks it to that side of the screen. When you hover over one of the Dock previews for a second or so, the window itself appears on screen at full size as well.Īmong some of the other cool features of HyperDock is what I consider a killer feature, Window Snapping. HyperDock allows for plenty of preview bubble customizations when hovering over Dock icons, including size of previews, a close button, and more. HyperDock offers application window previews in Mac OS X's Dock Because HyperDock is a Preference pane, no icon for it will clutter your Dock, and uses relatively little system resources to do its job. HyperDock (free while still in beta) gives you that capability and more. Fortunately, there’s a System Preference utility available that brings that feature to OS X. It’s one of the few features found in Windows 7 that I wish was built-in to Mac OS X. Give it a try.Windows 7 has a cool feature where you hover your mouse over an icon in the Task Bar and a preview of the windows belonging to that application pop-up in a preview allowing you to quickly switch to a specific window if you have more than one open in that app. I like the window preview option a lot, and as compatibility with 3rd party apps grows (can you imagine an OmniFocus-specific popup?) HyperDock can seriously aim at becoming the ultimate app to enhance OS X dock which, admittedly, has been looking the same for quite a while now. HyperDock is currently in beta, promising and free. For instance, you can resize and move windows when holding down an assigned shortcut (great) or move a window between spaces using another shortcut or arrow keys navigation. The last tab in HyperDock’s settings is Window Management, and as the name suggests it lets you tweak the behavior of application windows. Moreover, there’s an “Options” panel in the same screen I couldn’t get to work on my computer - so I guess more customization functions are ready to be unlocked in the second beta round. I’m sure it’ll grow as more betas are released. You can create keyboard shortcuts for any dock item or specific apps sitting in the dock: the idea is great and shows great room for improvement, too bad the selection of shortcuts is pretty small right now. HyperDock also comes with some shortcut options and window management features that will make users (and our own Cody Fink) glad they installed the app. As for other settings, you can also decide to show windows from all Spaces or don’t show the bubble at all if the app has only one window open. You can also resize the bubble, blur the background, display the application name (I found this useless, you can spot the application name beneath the popup).Īpps such as iTunes and iCal get special preview bubbles: iTunes’ one displays artwork, info and music controls for the song you’re currently listening to. You can set the activation time of “preview bubbles” in the settings. When enabled, a stack-like translucent popup containing a preview of all the app’s windows will appear over the icon as your cursor moves over it. Like I said, the most important function is the window preview for dock items - something Mac users wanted for so long. It’s lightweight, it installs as a preference pane in seconds, all its changes are immediately recognized by the dock. ![]() I’ve been using HyperDock for a couple of hours now, and I’m impressed by the quality of the app.
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