Disctop Pro

Name: Disctop Pro
Rating: 4.875 (5 reviews)

2.6

11 January 2008

Uniquely displays CD/DVD on your Mac desktop.

Overview

Disctop Pro... We made Disctop to bring a bit of fun in working with your brand new iMac G5, although it can be of use as well, and not only for owners of an iMac. Normally when you insert a CD in your Mac it disappears, but where does it go? They simply pop up on your desktop! After installing Disctop, your inserted CD or DVD slides in from the side and neatly fades back into your desktop picture. Now you always know if there's a disc inside, and what type it is. Of course there are plenty of things to tweak and make Disctop fit your Mac perfectly.

What's new in Disctop Pro

Version 2.6:

Leopard compatible
Added support for new mac models
Added Traditional Chinese language
Updated artwork
Consistent CD size throughout different Mac models
Fixed a numer of bugs

Disctop Pro Screenshots

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For the Mac mini (and other 'headless' Macs), you really need to be able to put the image wherever your mini is relative to the screen. How about CMD-dragging the CD image to any side or corner?

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Version 2.1

Are you working on an update for snow Leopard? It seems to work, for the most part. The only major issue I've seen is that it doesn't register when a disk is ejected. Had to turn it off and on in the prefpane to get it to stop showing the install disk for 10.6. Also, having to relaunch System Preferences to load the 32-bit prefpane is annoying. ^_~

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Version 2.6

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Damacguy

30 September 2009

I think they've stopped developing this. :-( http://mekentosj.com/goodies/disctop/ Their web site simply has a placeholder for DiscTop saying "More information coming soon..." Oh well.

Version 2.6

although the new version is 2.5.2, it still shows as 2.5 in about tab and tries to install a newer version when checking for updates

Version 2.5.2

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Alexander-Griekspoor

12 April 2006

Version 2.5.2 is a minor update of Disctop, therefore the version in the about panel still displays 2.5. Disctop now also no longer tells you there is a new version available after installing this latest update. Thanks for letting us know! Enjoy!

Version 2.5.2

Great idea, but it takes about 5 seconds to show the picture after inserting a disc, and does not remove the picture after ejecting, even if I choose Eject from the Disctop menu. Using iMac G5 17" 1.8Ghz, 1.5Gig RAM.

Version 2.5

Great program, does just what it says... the cd art has been accurate about 9/10 times, which is pretty good i suppose. Never really listened to cds on my mac before but i like knowing what in there, great program. Question: is it taking up memory and cpu when there is no cd in the drive??

Version 2.2.1

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Mekentosj

11 March 2005

"Question: is it taking up memory and cpu when there is no cd in the drive?" Yes, and no. Right now there's a CD in my drive and top indicates that the Disctop_Daemon takes up 0.0% processor time. So processor time is only used during CD insert/eject and cover lookup. Of course Disctop takes up memory, but thanks to the wonderful memory management in MacOSX, this memory is written to disk if the application is not actively used (i.a.w. soon after you have inserted/ejected a CD). So even WITH a CD in your drive it doesn't take up active memory resources and can't have any negative effect on system performance...

Version 2.2.1

I purposely didn't read the instructions in order to test how intuitive Desktop Pro would be... it connected to Amazon and Eva Cassidy's 'Time After Time' sits on my desktop. Hmm, what's that little transport thingy? Sure enough, it launched iTunes and started playing the disc. Would I pay for this toy? Probably not. Is it useful? Can't say, but I know simple elegance and sheer fun when I see it. Thanks, Mek, five stars.

Version 2.1

For the Mac mini (and other 'headless' Macs), you really need to be able to put the image wherever your mini is relative to the screen. How about CMD-dragging the CD image to any side or corner?

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Version 2.1

Note to (stupid, we agree) version numbering, it looks like there's a new version of Disctop Pro (2.0), while in fact Disctop Pro has been version 2.0 from the beginning. For those already having installed Disctop PRO, you have the latest version already.

Version 2.0