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TUAW's Daily Mac App: Moom

by Samuel Gibbs (Jun 30th, 2011)

Window managers are numerous on the Mac, with most relying on keyboard shortcuts or edge snapping. Moom is different. Moom integrates into the existing Apple UI by providing a pop-up menu when you hover your mouse over the green "maximize" button in the top left-hand corner of your window. ...

Witch window manager on sale for 48 hours

by TJ Luoma (Jan 26th, 2011)

The folks over at Many Tricks have put Witch on sale for US$10 (normally $19) until 7 AM Pacific Time on Friday, January 28. It's been awhile since we talked about Witch on TUAW, but it's a perennial favorite utility to switch between windows. Witch shows you not just which applications are ...

Rob Griffiths leaves Mac OS X Hints

by Mike Schramm (Feb 22nd, 2010)

I have to admit that I don't always use them, but I do always enjoy reading the hints over at Mac OS X Hints -- there probably isn't a more eclectic or helpful mix of random hints about how to use your Mac or iPhone available on the Internet. So I was saddened to read today that editor Rob ...

Non-transparent mod for Leopard's new menubar

by David Chartier (Jun 15th, 2007)

If you've seen any pictures or movies of Leopard's (mostly) final UI in action from this week's WWDC events or the new Leopard section at apple.com, you've probably noticed that Apple has introduced a new design to their menubar, Desktop and Dock (watch the video to see these new toys in action). ...

Peter Maurer Up to Many (new) Tricks: yFlicks

by Mat Lu (Jan 14th, 2007)

Peter Maurer is an interesting Mac developer. He's a German medical student who also happens to write really excellent Mac software in his spare time, probably most importantly Butler. He's already developed and sold several excellent apps such as TextExpander (was Textpander), MenuCalendarClock ...