LiteSwitch X for Mac
Keyboard application switcher.
Free
In English
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LiteSwitch X overview
LiteSwitch X follows the tradition of LiteSwitch as a simple solution for managing open applications using the keyboard. Like its predecessor which will continue to be available, LiteSwitch X has a clean, simple and functional style that has become Proteron's hallmark. It features an aquified transparent, resizeable window which is invoked by a configurable key-combination (default is Apple-Tab). From the pop-up window the user can switch to any application, hide, quit, or force quit any application or drag-and-drop files onto any application. Windows users migrating to the Mac can feel more at home having the Alt-tab functionality returned to them, yet enjoy it in its full Mac OS X splendor.
What’s new in version 2.8.3
Version 2.8.3:
- Performance improvement with processing some types of background apps, a regression introduced a decade ago and made worse by all the new sandboxed background apps in Mavericks & Yosemite. If you experienced unresponsiveness with LiteSwitch on launch, or after restarting Safari with many windows/tabs open, then this was likely the cause.
LiteSwitch X for Mac
Free
In English
Version 2.8.3
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Apr 29 2022
Version: 2.8.3
Sad to see this does not work in Catalina after enjoying LiteSwitchX from Snow Leopard to High Sierra. Seems can't request the necessary security permissions and they can't be added manually.
System Profiler reports this as 64-bit, despite the dev saying he wouldn't release a 64-bit version. Perhaps an error in there plist file? Whatever the case, when installed in ~Library/Preference Panes the PrefPane opens but it doesn't activate. When installed for all users it seems to throw up an error. Thanks over a decade of use though!
Jul 21 2021
Version: 2.8.3
Hi Ammon,
Is there any chance you would find some time to port this app to 64bit or to be compatible with the M1 chip from Apple?
I have been using it for so long and it is annoying not having the features that this tool offers.
I know it is hard keeping small apps like this alive as there is very little reward, but here is me hoping. I would pay $5 to $10 bucks for having this feature back.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Robert
Sep 25 2018
Version: 2.8.3
Oh no! Looks like LS doesn't work with Mojave. Ammon -- I hope you are listening and will be so gracious as to update the app. I've been a user for as long as I can remember and find if hard to live without.
Mar 3 2017
Version: 2.8.3
I have loved this app, but for various reasons I have to let it go. The one feature I am trying to replace is the "switching sends re-open event" so if there are no windows open for that app, it opens one. I can get the same effect if I hold option before letting go of cmd.. Anyone know of a script or terminal command that makes that the default behavior so I don't have to hold option every time I cmd-tab.
Nov 12 2016
Version: 2.8.3
Works perfectly now (v2.8.3) in Sierra (X.12.1). Much better than Apple's CMD-TAB (next app) and CMD-Shift-TAB (prev app) because LiteSwitch can switch using ALT-TAB (next) and ALT-Shift (prev) which is much more comfortable and easy-to-use. I dunno why Apple didn't do it just like that.
