Windowshade X For Mac

1. Windowshade X For Mac Mac
2. Windowshade X For Mac Free

Apple to Roar on Oct. 20 and sink it's teeth in new version of Mac OS X 10.7 Apple announced a special media event for Oct. 20 which states “Come see what’s new for the Mac on October 20, including and sneak peek of the next major version of Mac OS X. More details to come on Oct. 20 at There are also rumors of new iLife updates and product announcements too. I am looking forward to bring some needed focus back to the ‘ol Mac OS for a bit and hopefully other related news, check back for more updates, news and views on this event 😉.

WindowMizer is a Mac application that will roll-up your windows like a windowshade. When you double-click the title bar of a window, WindowMizer minimizes the window to the Dock and leaves a placeholder title bar on the screen. Unsanity today released WindowShade X 2.1.2, a maintenance update to its utility that brings the familiar window-collapsing effect from Classic Mac OS into Mac OS X, and allows you to control window shadow settings. Version 2.1.2 fixes several bugs and all users are encouraged to upgrade. WindowShade X is US$7 shareware.

Has updated WindowShade X to 5.0.6, grab it here:, and I thought this would be a good time to give a mini-review. WindowShade X is a simple system utility app. Which if my memory serves me correct was a feature introduced by Apple way back in Classic Mac OS 7 or 8 where you could collapse windows to their titlebar. Essentially when you double-click on the title bar of a window, instead of the window moving into the dock, which you can leave that feature on if you like, it will collapse the window to the title bar in its place.

I love this feature as it seems to increase my productivity when I have my desktop infested with a copious amounts of windows to deal with dragging and dropping files from one window to the next. WindowShade X has many other features like making the window transparent which can be dialed in to your exact liking among others. Sidenote: Some people have said the Application Enhancer, aka APE, WindowShade uses tends to cause issues with their system. Personally I have used Windowshade close to a decade since Mac OS 10.1 on dozens of Mac systems with various flavors of Mac OS X from web production to gaming systems and haven’t had any issues related to APE or WindowShade. I’m currently using WindowShade X 5.0.6 on a iMac i5 using Snow Leopard 10.6.4. Personally I find WindowShade X a utility application I would hate to be without.

Mac: Weekly Wisdom from Bob LeVitus Once a month or so, we publish an entertaining & informative email ‘zine packed with insights and special offers. It’s free and you can easily unsubscribe anytime, so please subscribe now: 9-05-03 This column originally appeared in the Houston Chronicle. Unsanity “Haxies” Better than Ever By Bob LeVitus It’s been over a year since the last time I mentioned any of ’s excellent and reasonably priced utilities (they call ‘em “haxies”). Since then, most (if not all) of the haxies have been updated, upgraded, bug-fix-ated, or otherwise improved, and a couple of new ones have been introduced. My favorite is still WindowShade X.

Why Apple saw fit to remove this fantastic OS 9 feature from OS X is still a mystery to me, but quite honestly, Unsanity’s WindowShade X 3.0 is better than any of the Apple versions ever were. Of course WindowShade X offers the classic effect it’s named for: Double-click the title bar of any window and it “rolls up” like a window shade, so only its title bar remains on screen. But WindowShade X also has several unique and useful features never seen in the Apple versions of old.

My favorite of these was introduced in the latest version. They call it “Minimize-in-Place,” and I’ve been using it a lot more than the traditional window shade effect these past few weeks. When you apply it to a window, the window shrinks down and becomes, essentially, a floating icon. You can specify the size and opacity of minimized-in-place windows, and enable magnification (similar to the Dock’s) if you prefer, which I don’t. You also have the option of having the minimized window display the application icon of its parent application, and can configure it so when you mouse over a minimized-in-place window you see its name and/or the application that owns it. You can drag the mini-windows anywhere on screen and there’s even an option to automatically arrange your minimized windows along any edge of the monitor. Another great feature of WindowShade X is the ability to make windows transparent.

This is another feature not available in the OS 9 windowshade and a useful one at that. I use it almost as much as I use minimize-in-place. In fact, I can’t remember what life was like without it. Other fantastic haxies include Labels X, which brings OS 9’s colored file and folder labels to OS X; Xounds, which brings back OS 9’s Appearance sounds; and Fruit Menu, which gives you a fully configurable Apple menu, just like we had in (you guessed it) OS 9. All of the above haxies can be tried for free, and cost just $10 each to purchase. But Unsanity also offers a handful of free haxies you might find useful: ClearDock changes the Dock background color; Menu Extra Enabler lets you use third-party Menu Extra modules; Dock Detox stops application icons from bouncing in the Dock; Cee Pee You shows your CPU load in the menubar; and ShadowKiller removes the windows and menu shadows completely to speed up slower Macs.

By the way, while haxies look like shareware and are distributed like shareware, Unsanity avoids the use of the “s” word, referring to their wares as “commercial quality software at affordable prices, distributed mainly through the Internet.” I find that a fair assessment. As much as I like OS X, I like it even better with the addition of WindowShade X and Fruit Menu. I’ve said it before and I’m saying it again now: You can have my Unsanity haxies when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers. If you’ve never used Unsanity’s reasonably priced haxies, there’s never been a better time. They’re better than ever, so download one (or more) and give it a try.

Windowshade X For Mac Mac

You won’t be sorry. Unsanity LLC. Somewhere in Utah with employees “all over the world.” No phone number listed.

Windowshade X For Mac Free

Bob LeVitus is a leading authority on Mac OS and the author of 41 books, including. E-mail comments to. Copyright © 2004 Bob LeVitus Virtual Community -Archives (Old Stuff) -Sweet Deals - Web Site by This work is licensed under a.