Dragthing
DragThing is 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.
It stores frequently-used clippings su.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Pay once)
- Proprietary
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
Notice on https://www.dragthing.com/ of discontinuation as of 2019.
Features
- Dock
- Launcher
- Application Launchers
Tags
- application-launch
Dragthing News & Activities
Recent activities
ForeverFlying added Dragthing as alternative to Desktop Fences+
POX added Dragthing as alternative to SupaSidebar
POX added Dragthing as alternative to Another Dock
tcregas added Dragthing as alternative to retroStrip
damynn added Dragthing as alternative to ShakePin, DropPoint, DragonDrop and Dockside- deenahai liked Dragthing
What is Dragthing?
DragThing is 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.
It stores frequently-used clippings such as text and pictures, and lets you easily paste them into other applications with just a click.
DragThing also allows you to define a wide variety of hot keys. These hot keys can open items in docks, control various other aspects of DragThing and even control the visibility of and switching between other applications running on your Mac.
DragThing can also provide you with a Trash on your desktop, play sounds in response to actions like ejecting a CD, and a lot more besides.
Important note: Dragthing is only 32-bit; it will not work on the upcoming 64-bit MacOSes.
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Dragthing information
Developed by
TLA Systems Ltd. Licensing
Proprietary and Freemium product.Pricing
One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $0 + free version with limited functionality.Alternatives
69 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
The opensource Quicksilver does much of what DragThing did and is far more customizable.
Station (the one by True North Software) seems to come close. You have to click on the Load More Apps as the bottom of the list of alternatives to see it. IMHO this site could do with a reorganization where new programs/recently updated programs are listed first and discontinued/problem alternatives are listed last.
The developers have stated the program will not work on Apple's future 64-bit only OSes and that given the time investment to get it compliant odds are it will not be updated.
The MacOS itself can be used to create an alternative to DragThing:
Dragthing on the mac via the Dock.
Create a folder with Aliases of the programs you want in a “drawer” Put the aliases into a folder Repeat as often as necessary Put these folders into another folder Put this folder into the documents part of the Dock Configure the resulting icon to view content by list Click on the icon to open the “drawers” (a list of the folders containing the aliases).
Have you found anything remotely as good as DragThing yet? If so, PLEASE let me know! Do you think we should start a Kickstarter fund to pay the developer or someone else to re-write it?
QuickSilver is a excellent alternative.
You can simulate Dragthing on the mac via the Dock.
[Edited by brucelgrubb, September 27]