HyperDock is available on the Mac App Store for $6.99 or for $6.95 via its website with a free trial. Although HyperDock isn’t as deep as BetterSnapTool when it comes to window snapping, when combined with its other abilities, it’s quite the compelling option. But HyperDock isn’t just about adding new features to the Dock, as it also contains window snapping features. We’ve covered HyperDock in the past, primarily for its ability to show window previews of apps running in the OS X dock. If you’re serious about window snapping and want the deepest experience available, then BetterSnapTool is the app for you.īetterSnapTool lets users define custom snap areas HyperDock It not only features keyboard shortcuts, appearance customizations, and modifier support, but it most notably allows users to create their own custom-defined snap areas. Video walkthroughīetterSnapTool is a $2.99 app that takes the idea of window snapping to the next level. Magnet is simple, but it does feature the ability to assign keyboard shortcuts to any window snapping area available. If you’re looking for an inexpensive option that’s solely focused on window snapping, then you can’t go wrong with Magnet, a $0.99 app on the Mac App Store that runs in the menu bar.
Unfortunately, Split view is limited to just two apps, and doesn’t compare 1:1 with true window snapping in a variety of other key ways. Split View is a nice option to have, but it simply doesn’t compete with the flexibility and customization afforded by many of the window snapping apps that we highlight below.
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To be fair, Apple did implement a Split View function in OS X El Capitan, which allows you to use full screen apps side-by-side. Even though Apple doesn’t natively support it, window snapping is available on the Mac via a variety of third-party apps. This feature was first popularized by Microsoft’s Aero Snap on Windows.
Window snapping allows you to position windows in specific areas of the screen, usually by dragging the window to the edge of the screen, causing the window to “snap” into place. Afterwards, I received several tweets and emails asking how to perform window snapping, since this is not a feature that appears natively in OS X. There’s plenty to like in HyperDock, and hopefully it will be priced reasonably when it ventures out of beta.Yesterday, we wrote a post about hiding the menu bar, and in the corresponding video tutorial, we used window snapping to highlight one of the benefits of a hidden menu bar. Moving a window to the top edge of the screen resizes the window to fill the active area of the screen – leaving room for the Dock to remain in view.
With the feature turned on, moving any resizable window to the left, right or bottom edge of the screen automatically resizes the window to fill half the screen and docks it to that side of the screen.
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When you hover over one of the Dock previews for a second or so, the window itself appears on screen at full size as well.Īmong some of the other cool features of HyperDock is what I consider a killer feature, Window Snapping. HyperDock allows for plenty of preview bubble customizations when hovering over Dock icons, including size of previews, a close button, and more.
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HyperDock offers application window previews in Mac OS X's Dock Because HyperDock is a Preference pane, no icon for it will clutter your Dock, and uses relatively little system resources to do its job. HyperDock (free while still in beta) gives you that capability and more. Fortunately, there’s a System Preference utility available that brings that feature to OS X.
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It’s one of the few features found in Windows 7 that I wish was built-in to Mac OS X.
Windows 7 has a cool feature where you hover your mouse over an icon in the Task Bar and a preview of the windows belonging to that application pop-up in a preview allowing you to quickly switch to a specific window if you have more than one open in that app.