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Dragthing

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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.

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  • FreemiumProprietary

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Country of Origin

  • GB flagUnited Kingdom

Platforms

  • Mac
Discontinued

Notice on https://www.dragthing.com/ of discontinuation as of 2019.

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Dragthing information

  • Developed by

    GB flagTLA Systems Ltd.
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Freemium product.
  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $0 + free version with limited functionality.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4
  • Alternatives

    67 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 4 comments and reviews about Dragthing, and it has gotten 7 likes

Dragthing was added to AlternativeTo by calavera on Aug 7, 2010 and this page was last updated Aug 26, 2020.

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brucelgrubb
Jul 18, 2021
0

The opensource Quicksilver does much of what DragThing did and is far more customizable.

brucelgrubb
Jun 3, 2019
1

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.

brucelgrubb
Oct 19, 2018
0

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).

HUNGRYGH0ST
Jun 1, 2019

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?

brucelgrubb
Feb 23, 2021

QuickSilver is a excellent alternative.

brucelgrubb
Sep 27, 2018
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You can simulate Dragthing on the mac via the Dock.

  1. Create a folder with Aliases of the programs you want in a “drawer”
  2. Put the aliases into a folder
  3. Repeat as often as necessary
  4. Put these folders into another folder
  5. After moving this folder to another folder (it cannot be on the desktop for the next stages to work correctly) put it into the documents side of the Dock.
  6. Configure the resulting icon to view content by list
  7. Click on the icon to open the “drawers” (a list of the folders containing the aliases).

[Edited by brucelgrubb, September 27]

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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