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AutoHide - 1.3.8

Automatically hides apps after switch

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All Time:	(4.4)
This Version:	(4.2)
Current Version:	1.3.8
Release Date:	2004-01-16
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	4,984
Downloads (all versions):	10,323

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Product Description:

AutoHide is a simple background application that will automatically hide applications after you switch out of them. This is convenient if you work with applications that have many windows and switch between them often. AutoHide will automatically hide your other applications, reducing screen clutter and making a cleaner work environment.

What's new in this version:

Fixed bug that caused error messages to be displayed in the Finder
Improved compatibility with Panther
Fixed typo in the "Added Excluded Application" window
Made Add and Remove buttons in preferences "smart" so they auto enable and disable based upon listbox selections

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.1 or higher

Feedback Summary:

This Version:
Overall Rating:	(4.2)	Features:	(4.0)	Support:	(2.0)
Ease of Use:	(4.0)	Quality / Stability:	(1.3)	Price:	(5.0)

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Retraction - Does NOT work properly with Leopard! - Version: 1.3.8, 1/13/2008 02:02PM PST

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iHatePC

Okay, here's the deal...AutoHide works with Leopard but you can not modify the preferences and exclude certain applications from hiding. So for me it's pretty much worthless unless someone can come up with a workaround. I tried to edit the prefs file with BBEdit (copying my old pref from Tiger) but AutoHide just seemed to ignore the modifications.

Seems to be working fine work with Leopard - Version: 1.3.8, 1/13/2008 01:39PM PST

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iHatePC

After reading the previous comment about AutoHide not working with Leopard I decided to try DragThing's auto-hiding feature. I love Dragthing for it's custom dock features but I was not as happy with it's implementation of automatically hiding applications as compared to AutoHide.

Today I decided to install AutoHide 1.3.8 and try it for myself. After a few minutes of testing AutoHide seems to be working great with Leopard. Perhaps the previous user who said it did not work "upgraded" to Leopard (as compared to a clean install) and this caused some preference problems. All I can tell you is that I did a clean install on a new Mac Pro and so far it seems to be working fine.

I will report back here if it fails with Leopard but so far so good!

Leopard - Version: 1.3.8, 12/18/2007 12:42PM PST

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aimpromo

This is a super handy program, but doesn't work on Leopard. Two emails to the author got no responses. That's a real shame!