Our Verdict
AlthoughWitchhas long been a Mac Gems favorite , we ’ve have n’t formally review it since 2006 , when it was a young , version-1.0.2 whippersnapper . This ready to hand usefulness provide an alternative to Mac OS X ’s built - in Command+Tab app switcher : Instead of restricting you to just switching between open computer programme , Witch display a sorted leaning of all windows in all applications , let you quickly switch to — and perform actions on — any of them .
Since that recap , besides implement countless fixes and improvements , Witch has added a slew of celebrated new features . On the pocket-sized - but - useful side , Witch now show shortcut keys for switching forthwith to the most - recently used windows , with minimized windows have a different coming into court . you’re able to also perform actions — near , quit , skin , derogate , unminimize , reveal in Finder , and more — on window and programs from within Witch , and you’re able to create a list of programs and window that never appear in Witch .
Among the fully grown , and most late , additions are Quick Look preview of windows — so you could assure exactly what a window contains without induce to flip-flop to it — and , if you ’re run for Snow Leopard ( OS X 10.6 ) , support for OS X ’s Spaces multiple - workspace system . The latter lineament have you choose whether Witch shows just the windows in the current workspace orallwindows . you could also enable “ Spaces badges ” that , if you ’re exhibit all window , help you distinguish which windows reside in which workspace .
Witch also now include more option for keyboard - ascendency and appearance . The number of available configurations and pinch can be a bit overpowering — I do n’t even habituate half of them , and I still occasionally leave about some of the one I do utilize — but Witch is easily one of the most useful utilities on my Macs .
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[ Dan Frakes is a Macworld elderly editor program . ]
