Windows only: Application launcher 7stacks adds the Stacks functionality of Mac’s OS X to Windows 7, including Aero transparency effects that blend into your taskbar perfectly. More »
Windows only: We’ve already shown you how you can browse through files from the Stacks widget in the upcoming Snow Leopard release—but you can get that feature right now on your Windows PC. More »
Windows only: Like the look of OS X Leopard’s Stacks feature—which provides attractive, quick shortcuts to any folder on your desktop—but you’re on a Windows PC? Free application StandaloneStack brings Leopard-like stacks to your quick launch toolbar.
Before Mac OS X Leopard got released, if you’d told me Stacks—a convenient way to access Finder locations on the Dock—would be one of my favourite, most-used features, I would’ve said you were trapped in the reality distortion field. Turns out Stacks is super-useful, and highly configurable to boot. Let’s take a look at some power tweaks and uses for Stacks.
Mac OS X only: Yesterday’s software update added several subtle options all over Leopard for Mac users, especially for Stacks—to see them, simply Cmd+click on a Stack. We’ve posted before how to overlay icons on your Dock’s Stacks for easy visual identification, but now under “Display as” you can choose “Folder” instead to see the folder icon. (Easier, but I still like the drawer icons better.) Instead of your Mac deciding how the Stack should be viewed (as a grid or list), you can choose under “Display as.” Even more exciting, the “List” view isn’t that arcing fan any more—it’s a throwback to Tiger’s hierarchical file list which lets you navigate down into subfolders. Getting to Know the New Stacks [MacTips.org]
Now that Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard’s been out almost three months, several apps, tweaks, and plug-ins have emerged that can customise (and sometimes re-Tigerise) your Mac. Now that you’re comfortable with Leopard’s new features, like Stacks, Quick Look, Time Machine, and Spaces, it’s time to roll up your sleeves and make your Mac look, feel, and behave just how you like. Personalize Leopard’s great new features, revert the annoying ones, or just get a taste of the things you didn’t know your Mac could do with our favorite Leopard tweaks.
Web site Mac OS X Hints highlights a simple Terminal command that will tweak your Dock to add a “recent things” Stack capable of showing you recent apps, docs, servers, or favourite volumes and items. Just open Terminal and type (one line): defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }'
Follow that with killall Dock and you should notice the new Stack in your Dock. If you want multiple recent Stacks, just run the command multiple times and right-click each Stack to set which recent Stack you want. While you’re already customising your Stacks in Leopard, the “recent things” Stack—particularly recent docs Stack—looks like an indispensable addition to your Dock.
10.5: Add a ‘recent things’ stack to the Dock [Mac OS X Hints]
