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DESCRIPTION
DragThing... The original dock designed to tidy up your Macintosh desktop. It puts all your documents, folders, and applications just a single click away. Highly flexible, it allows multiple docks, each customised to suit your exact needs.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 5.9.3:
- In order to work round a serious bug in 10.5.3, the Desktop Trash will no longer appear in all Spaces by default. If you use Spaces and want the Desktop Trash appearing in all of them, set DragThing to appear in all Spaces in the "Exposé & Spaces" section of System Preferences.
- Worked round many problems with Spaces on 10.5.3.
- Fixed a problem with dock windows not coming to the front on 10.5.3.
- Fixed a problem with the Process Dock not sorting correctly by launch time on 10.5.3.
- Fixed a problem with aliases not being followed when adding items to docks.
- Fixed a number of problems on Leopard.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.
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| DragThing User Reviews (125 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Apr 27 2009 |
VFJCZYN5LQXK DragThing is more than a dock: It lets you have custom keyboard shortcuts for launching programs, files, opening folders, and running scripts. It works as a global sniplet holder for inserting frequently used text and image sniplets via clicking, custom keyboard shortcut, or drag & drop, in any programs. It can hold URLs, etc. just about any objects on your Mac and make it quick and easy to access them via mouse or via keyboard shortcut of your choice. DragThing also utilizes screen edges and corders very efficiently. I find all these aspects of DragThing extremely helpful in speeding up my workflow. There are so many workflow ideas you can implement with DragThing. It is also a very stable application. I've been using DragThing for several years now, and it is one of the most well-behaving applications installed on my machine. It runs really well on older machines, too. I've run it on eMac/iMac 800Mhz G4 as well as iBook G3 500Mhz without any problems for years. The author of this application is very helpful and responsive. There is also a large community of DragThing users which includes some well-known experts. DragThing has been around for almost 14 years now, and it is considered one of the most popular shareware of all time. DragThing does have some learning curve, and it might take some playing around in order to realize all the features and potentials built into DragThing. But most things are just a matter of browsing the Preferences panel. I can certainly testify that the productivity gain DragThing gives me is more than enough to justify some learning curve. DragThing is more than a dock: It lets you have custom keyboard shortcuts for launching programs, files, opening folders, and running scripts. It works as a global sniplet holder for inserting frequently used text and image sniplets via clicking, custom keyboard shortcut, or drag & drop, in any programs. It can hold URLs, etc. just about any objects on your Mac and make it quick and easy to access them via mouse or via keyboard shortcut of your choice. DragThing also utilizes screen edges and corders very efficiently. I find all these aspects of DragThing extremely helpful in speeding up my workflow. There are so many workflow ideas you can implement with DragThing. It is also a very stable application. I've been using DragThing for several years now, and it is one of the most well-behaving applications installed on my machine. It runs really well on older machines, too. I've run it on eMac/iMac 800Mhz G4 as well as iBook G3 500Mhz without any problems for years. The author of this application is very helpful and responsive. There is also a large community of DragThing users which includes some well-known experts. DragThing has been around for almost 14 years now, and it is considered one of the most popular shareware of all time. DragThing does have some learning curve, and it might take some playing around in order to realize all the features and potentials built into DragThing. But most of it is just a matter of browsing the Preferences panel. I can certainly testify that the productivity gain DragThing gives me is more than enough to justify some learning curve. Overall, I strongly recommend DragThing. Excellent productivity enhancement utility.
(Version 5.9.3) | |
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 | Oct 14 2008 |
RORO01 The best freeware alternative is FinderPop.
(Version 5.9.3) | |
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| Jun 9 2009 |
LEE123 Finderpop is donation ware
(Version 5.9.3) | |
 | Jun 13 2008 |
Dumb mistake. The desktop trash is simply appearing in only one of Leopard's "Spaces", and i don't know how to get it to appear in all! There's a checkbox to "Ignore Expose", but it's greyed out.
(Version 5.9.3) | |
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| Jun 9 2008 |
CORPSECORPS Since upgrading to 5.9.3, my desktop trashcan keeps disappearing. If i bring up Dragthing prefs, deactivate, and then reactivate the trash, it reappears for a short time. | |
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| May 11 2008 |
KERRALA Dragthing is one of those apps you either love or hate because it dictates the way you interact with your Mac. I am glad I spent the time setting it up how I like because now I can't live without it. The developer is fantastically responsive too!
(Version 5.9.2) | |
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| Dec 8 2007 |
CORPSECORPS I'm another of those folks who used this heavily way back. I registered version 2, upgraded to 4, and then 5 but haven't used since a couple OS's ago. I've used various launchers, finder substitutes, hot-key gizmos, and the like. I'm a digital pack-rat and organizational disaster area. Apple's new Leopard features like their pathetic "stacks" weren't going to do much for me. With 21.13 GB and 36,469 items just in my desktop folder, i decided it was time to give Dragthing another try in order to bring some order to the chaos. When i opened it up, Dragthing looked very familiar, yet so much more capable even than before. I'm very happy to find out my old registrations still function! As people have said in much earlier reviews, though it takes some significant time and effort to set it up when first run, the capabilities and variety of ways it can be used and configured to suit any particular user are flat out STAGGERING! If you can't make it suit you as an organizer/launcher, you looked examined it closely enough. The only reasons i can't say it's solved my problem is the magnitude of the problem. It really is the Rolls Royce of organizational tools.
(Version 5.9.1) | |
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| Oct 19 2007 |
MIKEEVANGELIST DragThing is the second thing I install on any new Mac (right after Quickeys). It is flexible, powerful, fast and stable. It puts you back in charge of your Mac. Don't be bossed around by the Dock; with DragThing you can have the functionality and appearance that -you- like. Be sure to explore all the different themes and options; the range of possible configurations is staggering. Incredibly useful.
(Version 5.9) | |
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| Oct 9 2007 |
SPARGETT "A great utility for Mac, it should come with OS X!" Ummm, it does... its called "Dock".
(Version 5.8.1) | |
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| Oct 18 2007 |
VERYCARLA DragThing is to the Dock what MacOS X is to Windows. They're similar, it's true, but DT is so much more flexible and versatile (not to mention better-looking) it's in a class by itself.
(Version 5.9) | |
| Oct 18 2007 |
EASYEDE Spargett, DragThing is much more than the Dock. I've been using DragThing for at least 5 years and it just gets better with each new version. My DragThing "Dock" has 8 tabs with each tab holding items relevant to a specific catagory such as "Applications", "Net", "Work", "Photography", "Games", etc. These tabs hold close to 100 items so unless you have a 4 foot monitor you'd be hard pressed to show all these item in the Apple Dock. Check out the documentation on DragThing and you'll quickly see that it has MANY more useful features that the Apple dock doesn't have. I use the Apple Dock for those items I use VERY frequently and for quick access to minimized windows but DragThing is my Application/Folder/File command center.
(Version 5.9) | |
| Oct 18 2007 |
MACMATH17 Why write a smart-a$$ed comment when you could honestly and constructively ask: "What advantages does this have over the Dock." Gloves do the same thing as mittens, but one can be ever so much more nimble with them.
(Version 5.9) | |
| Oct 18 2007 |
STORMCHILD Obviously you have no idea what DragThing does.
(Version 5.9) | |
| Oct 19 2007 |
ERICOB Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah!! I have Apple's pathetic "dock" thing "hidden" by way of anchoring it to "top," which actually means the 1 pixel space just below the menu bar. I *can* get to it if I need it, but otherwise it pretty much doesn't exist for me. Thank goodness... I hate it. I have a DragThing dock on my second monitor that contains 15 tabs, each 7 cells wide by 6 tall. Maybe I have a messy workspace, but I can put FAR more stuff into this (and actually FIND it, later) than I can the Dock.
(Version 5.9) | |
| Dec 8 2007 |
CORPSECORPS Ooh. That's SO witty. Dock and Dragthing are about as similar as a limousine with every conceivable option, and a matchbox car. Under very precise circumstances, they may look somewhat alike, but that's about it.
(Version 5.9.1) | |
| Dec 12 2007 |
CORPSECORPS ericbob said: I have Apple's pathetic "dock" thing "hidden" by way of anchoring it to "top," which actually means the 1 pixel space just below the menu bar. That's exactly what i need; to keep the dock hidden without having it shut down, which causes other problems. (Using Leopard 10.5.1)
(Version 5.9.1) | |
 | Dec 20 2007 |
DANEMCGREGOR As a long-time DragThing fan, I've always done the following. Not sure if it'll work in Leopard, but in Tiger: Open Terminal and type in the following lines (each line ending with a return): defaults write com.apple.dock launchanim -bool no defaults write com.apple.dock magnification -bool no defaults write com.apple.dock autohide -bool yes defaults write com.apple.dock orientation -string top defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string start defaults write com.apple.dock tilesize -int 2 Then Kill the dock process (in Terminal, or using TinkerTool), or re-boot, to re-launch the Dock with the new settings. In order, these command do the following: *Turns off launch animations *Places it at the top of the screen *Places it at the left of the top (use "end" instead of "start" if you wish it on the right, near spotlight) *Resizes the tiles of the icons in the Dock to 2x2 pixels; for some reason, if you try 1 or 0, it gets wonky. This makes the dock so small that even if you do accidentally trigger it, it's barely noticeable. Additionally, go into System Preferences: Keyboard and Mouse, and un-check "Automatically hide and show dock" (command-alt-D) so you don't accidentally un-hide it. See http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040423170608616&query=dock%2Bterminal%2Bsize for more details.
(Version 5.9.2) | |
| Dec 20 2007 |
KUPHD I have nearly 80 items in the DragThing dock. Try that using the Apple Dock.
(Version 5.9.2) | |
| Aug 27 2007 |
JRWHO A great utility for Mac, it should come with OS X!
(Version 5.8.1) | |
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| May 31 2007 |
MACLOVER1.1 I used to use WORKSTRIP in conjunction with PATHFINDER (and a few contextual menus I won't get into here... yes I like having a lot of accesses to my computer LoL)... Now I've ditched Workstrip and replaced it with DRAGTHING which kicks ass. It is highly configurable and can be very unobtrusive depending on one's need. And the HUD Panel Theme is so very ME LoL
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