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Tiles Keeps Your Open Windows Organised

10:30AM January 27, 2012 | Whitson Gordon

Windows: Tiles is a new application from Stardock, makers of our favourite desktop organiser , Fences, that keeps your open windows organised in a Metro-style thumbnail view in your sidebar, so you can focus on just the windows you need. More »


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Get Aero Snap And Shake To Minimise On Mac

11:00PM January 5, 2012 | Alan Henry

Mac: One of the benefits of being a cross-platform kind of person is that you get to use the best features of multiple operating systems in your workflow. Unfortunately, the ability to snap windows to the side of the screen and shake to minimise aren’t available in Mac OS, but iSnap is a utility that duplicates them on the Mac nicely. More »


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Focus Windows In Mission Control With A Gesture

11:30AM December 7, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

Mac: Mission Control’s window organisation makes it a little easier to use than previous versions of Exposé, but seeing individual windows can be hard. Here’s a shortcut that can spread an app’s windows out so you can focus on one of them. More »


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Stop Lion From Re-Opening Old Windows With Cmd+Opt+Q

10:30AM November 10, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

Lion’s resume feature can be pretty handy, but other times it opens a bunch of old windows when you least expect it. If you’re tired of apps opening up all the windows you had open last time, you can stop the app from remembering those windows next time with Command+Option+Q. More »


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reSizer For Windows Arranges Windows With Key Commands

11:30PM November 2, 2011 | Alan Henry

Windows: reSizer is a tiny utility that moves, resizes, repositions and tweaks the appearance of open applications and windows with keyboard commands and hotkeys. As long as the app is running, you don’t need to take your hands off the keyboard just to reposition one window next to another or change the transparency of the window on top. More »


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Chameleon Window Manager Adds Extra Buttons To Title Bars

10:30PM August 1, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

Windows: Chameleon Window Manager adds up to six extra buttons to the Windows title bar, letting you snap windows to the edge of your screen, minimise them to the system tray and more. More »


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Moo0 WindowMenuPlus Adds Process Controls To Every Window

10:30PM July 29, 2011 | Alan Henry

Windows: After installing Moo0 WindowMenuPlus, right-click on any open window and you’ll see new entries in the context menu that allow you to make the window transparent, keep the window on top of other apps, end the program, or kill the process. More »


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How To Resize Windows More Precisely In Mac OS X Lion

5:00AM July 29, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Mac OS X Lion added the option of resizing your windows from any edge, but you can do even more and that. The option and shift keys open up two new possibilities as well. More »


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Moom Gives You Fast, Total Control Over App Windows In OS X

10:30PM June 10, 2011 | Matthew Rogers

Mac OS X: Multitasking on a Mac always has everyone scrambling to find the best methods for divvying up the screen space they’ve been dealt, and it’s not always the easiest thing to do. Moom is a small app that tries to make things easier by displaying custom window-placement options for apps any time the user triggers it. More »


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Breeze Makes Organising Windows As Simple As A Keyboard Shortcut

10:30PM June 1, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Mac OS X only: Breeze is a handy window management app that lives in your Mac menubar and lets you save the current state of any window in any application. You can also assign a keyboard shortcut to the saved window state to easily activate it at any time. More »