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DragThing - 5.9.3

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All Time:	(4.8)
This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	5.9.3
Release Date:	2008-06-04
License:	Commercial
Downloads (this version):	3,896
Downloads (all versions):	111,473
Price:	$29 $12 upgrade

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Product Description:

The original dock designed to tidy up your Macintosh desktop. It puts all your documents, folders, and applications just a single click away. Highly flexible, it allows multiple docks, each customised to suit your exact needs.

CNET Editor's Review:
DragThing takes the desktop dock concept several steps further by combining the best of the dock with the Finder, resulting in a flexible and powerful utility. DragThing allows you to create your own organizational schemes within the Mac OS environment, giving you easy access to your favorite applications, folders, URLs, servers, and just about anything else you would like to have at your fingertips.
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What's new in this version:

In order to work round a serious bug in 10.5.3, the Desktop Trash will no longer appear in all Spaces by default. If you use Spaces and want the Desktop Trash appearing in all of them, set DragThing to appear in all Spaces in the "Exposé & Spaces" section of System Preferences.
Worked round many problems with Spaces on 10.5.3.
Fixed a problem with dock windows not coming to the front on 10.5.3.
Fixed a problem with the Process Dock not sorting correctly by launch time on 10.5.3.
Fixed a problem with aliases not being followed when adding items to docks.
Fixed a number of problems on Leopard.

Operating System Requirements:

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

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later

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Leopard issues - Version: 5.9.3, 9/23/2008 12:47PM PST

gdfrost

I'm finding that DragThing under Leopard has a habit of going dead. Items in the dock will abruptly cease to function. Clicking on them does nothing. Quitting and restarting DragThing once this occurs has no effect, either. A full reboot seems to be required. This has happened enough times now that it's no longer an occasional event.

OK but.... - Version: 5.9.3, 7/31/2008 03:31PM PST

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ibooktech

OK app, but under Leopard, I really do not feel the need for it.

I agree with MacZoom, it is overpriced.
Consider iLife '08 is only $79 FULL Retail and that is for FIVE very productive applications.

Even with being 'maintained and updated', your initial cost per license is still too high. A license for Leopard is only $26 when you purchase a Family Pack from Small Dog, Buy, etc {$130 / 5} and Apple doesn't hit you with upgrade fees until a full, new version is released. Notice that folks on older Macs still using 10.4 & 10.3 still receive maintenance updates for free. Same goes with iWork, iLife, & FileMaker Pro,

Perhaps the developer could do a promo with MU-Promo or MacZot? A little goodwill would go a long way in the Mac community. Get 5,000 new users @ $9.95 or just a few hundred @ $29... Just my 2-cents.

Nice tool - Version: 5.9.3, 6/7/2008 01:48AM PST