Thoughtful Tree Software introduces Docks 1.0 for Leopard
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Nov 17, 2008 at 10:00am
Thoughtful Tree Software has introduced Docks 1.0, a new Dock-swapping utility for Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”). With Docks, users can swap out sets of applications and files that sit in their Dock with any other set they’ve stored.
Now users can have a Dock for work, a Dock for games, or a Dock for whatever they need. You can create a Snapshot of the current Dock, and switch back to it at any time. Users can store sets of Dock items by clicking the New Snapshot button, which will take a look at all the application and file icons in the Dock, and store what appears as a “snapshot” of their Dock, directly inside the Docks window. Once a Snapshot is saved, reordering and renaming Snapshots is also available through keyboard shortcuts or directly in the menu.
A menu bar item (next to the Menu Extras such as the Clock) is available for switching between Docks by name, without showing the applications window. There are also global hot keys the user can set to either take a new Snapshot or to show the Docks application window.
Docks is Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. It costs US$14.99 for a single-user license and $59.95 for a family pack of five licenses. What’s more, Thoughtful Tree Software will be offering Docks for an introductory discount of $5-off on Nov. 17 and 18.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
