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#Dragthing app for mac ox x mac os#
#Dragthing app for mac ox x archive#

OS X gave us new level of control using LaunchDaemons, which can watch folders, files, disks, devices, etc., and trigger an action when a change is detected this is one way to approach at least some of the functionality of DragThing, from sounds to dynamic Finder and System items. Automator already includes lots of tutorials, and there’s plenty of tutorials and downloadable actions already made check out MacScripter and Apple Orchard, as well as the (now badly neglected) Apple Developer docs. How much time are you willing to invest in keeping Trash on the Desktop? I don’t mean to be dismissive I just am not sure how far you want to go, given your unfamiliarity with Folder Actions (been around since AppleScript began), and is now also essentially wrapped inside Automator.

#Dragthing app for mac ox x mac os#

Somewhere I probably still have my ‘Trash on Desktop’ project, but I haven’t played with it for at least a decade most of us just got over – no offense – our unwillingness to stop clinging to legacy Mac OS features. Much of that could be replicated, but I’m not sure how big of a rabbit hole you want to go down. I guess it could still be fun if you’re not in a shared space. Oh, my, I’d forgotten DT played all the old Star Trek/silly/crazy themed sounds. Yes this is nowhere as clean or smooth as Dragthing but at least baring apple changing how the dock works it will work past Sept 2019.

Click on the icon to open the “drawers”.

Configure the resulting icon to view content by list.

After moving this folder to another folder (it cannot be on the desktop) put this folder into the documents side of the Dock.

Create a folder with Aliases of the programs you want in a “drawer”.

One can create a poor man’s Dragthing via the dock: The handwriting was clearly on the wall back in 2009 or nine years ago so why wait to where you get to ‘be 64-bit or don’t work…at all’ stage?īack to the OP original question: What other programs can replace Dragthing? People asked for the feature, and I’m adding it, but this isn’t a “badge of shame”, so please don’t treat it like one”

Same goes for many third-party applications. Indeed, this release of DragThing and the latest release of PCalc are both still 32-bit apps, and won’t be 64-bit for some time to come. The main advantage of 64-bit is to allow access to very large amounts of memory - that’s important for some applications, but not so much for others. This isn’t like Classic or Rosetta where applications were running slowly under an emulator - they still run the same speed they always used to run under Leopard. “I want to say one quick thing about the 32-bit badges - just because an application is running as 32-bit doesn’t make it second cond-class in any way.

#Dragthing app for mac ox x archive#

The thing is if you use Internet archive you get this little gem: