What's new in DragThing 5.9.17
Nov 16, 2016
- Fixed a problem with badges on application icons not showing.
- Fixed a problem loading colour sets.
- Fixed a problem opening links in the Help menu.
New in DragThing 5.9.16 (Oct 30, 2016)
- Added support for Sierra.
- Fixed problem with discrete GPU always being used on macOS Sierra.
New in DragThing 5.9.15 (Aug 6, 2016)
- Fixed online ordering link.
New in DragThing 5.9.14 (Jun 2, 2016)
- Added support for El Capitan.
- Changed some of the dock themes to better match the appearance of El Capitan.
- Fixed a problem with DragThing causing the cursor to become stuck system-wide.
- Fixed a problem with translucent docks showing phantom icon outlines.
- Fixed a problem with icons drawing in the wrong place with reflections enabled.
- Fixed a problem with double-clicking a dock titlebar.
- Fixed a problem with drawers not always opening.
- Fixed a problem with the software update check always failing.
- Fixed a problem with items displaying “?!” not being selectable.
- Fixed a problem with label colours not drawing on the icon.
- Fixed a problem with Classroom Mode.
- Fixed a crash with VoiceOver.
- For John Siracusa.
New in DragThing 5.9.12 (Oct 7, 2013)
- Added support for Mavericks.
- Reduced the size of dock files significantly, and improved loading times.
- The “Hide DragThing icon in Apple Dock” option is currently disabled on Mavericks, due to an OS bug.
- Fixed a problem with DragThing freezing on Mavericks.
- Fixed -120 error when trying to save docks.
- Fixed -600 error when starting up.
- This is a highly recommended update for all users on 10.9.
New in DragThing 5.9.12d4 Pre (Sep 3, 2013)
New in DragThing 5.9.11 (Aug 16, 2012)
- Fixed a problem when saving dock files on Lion and Mountain Lion.
- This is a highly recommended update for all users on 10.7 or 10.8.
New in DragThing 5.9.10 (Jul 25, 2012)
- Added support for Mountain Lion.
- Fixed a problem where docks wouldn't open when display mirroring was on.
- Fixed a rare permissions problem when saving docks.
- Fixed a number of memory leaks.
- Hiding the dock icon no longer modifies the application.
- DragThing now requires Mac OS X 10.7.4 or later.
New in DragThing 5.9.9 (Feb 10, 2012)
- Fixed a problem that could cause DragThing to crash on 10.7.3.
New in DragThing 5.9.8 (Oct 21, 2011)
- Fixed a problem that stopped DragThing from opening or saving docks on 10.7.2.
New in DragThing 5.9.7 (Aug 26, 2011)
- Added support for Lion.
- Changed some of the dock themes to better match the appearance of Lion.
- Fixed a crash with floating docks on Lion.
- Fixed a crash when editing text clippings on Lion.
- Fixed a crash when using DragThing Sounds on Lion.
- Fixed a problem with software update not working on Lion.
- Fixed a problem control+option double-clicking dock items to do a "Get Info" on Lion.
- Fixed a problem excluding items from the Process Dock on Lion.
- Fixed a problem with "path to me" when running AppleScripts from a dock on Lion.
- DragThing now requires Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later.
New in DragThing 5.9.6 (May 3, 2010)
- This is purely a bug fix release for a problem that stopped DragThing from opening at all on 10.6.4.
New in DragThing 5.9.5 (Nov 5, 2009)
- Fixed a problem with docks not coming to the front on Snow Leopard.
- Fixed a problem with the "Ignore Exposé" option for docks and the Desktop Trash on Snow Leopard.
- Fixed a problem drawing minimised docks.
New in DragThing 5.9.4 (Aug 25, 2009)
- Added support for Snow Leopard.
- Added a new dock theme, "Marble", for Snow Leopard.
- Added an option to highlight 32-bit applications when running on Snow Leopard.
- Added an option for docks to ignore Exposé on Snow Leopard.
- Now display the number of unread tweets on the icon of Twitterific.
- Fixed the "Ignore Exposé" option for the Desktop Trash on Snow Leopard.
- Fixed a problem clicking windows when the DragThing icon is hidden from the Apple Dock on Snow Leopard.
- Fixed a problem that incorrectly flagged some applications as running in Rosetta.
- Fixed a problem with the Process Dock sometimes showing long application names.
- Fixed a problem with changes to dock sorting not being saved on quit.
- Fixed a problem importing folders and disks from the Apple Dock on first run.
- DragThing now requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later.
New in DragThing 5.9.3 (Jun 4, 2008)
- 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 "Expos� & 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.
New in DragThing 5.9.2 (Dec 21, 2007)
- This is the 50th release of DragThing!
- Added an option to sort hierarchical folder menus by date or kind (in Item Options).
- Added a new dock theme, "Panthera Lite", a slimmer version of the default theme.
- The Process Dock now updates when application names change.
- Fixed a problem showing version and hot keys at the end of item names.
- Fixed a problem with dock item tool tips still showing while Time Machine was active.
- Fixed a problem with the wrong window being selected after closing a dialog.
- Fixed a problem with DragThing sounds constantly using a lot of CPU.
- Fixed a problem with DragThing's Desktop Trash and Path Finder's Desktop.
- Fixed a problem with "Keep Arranged" when dragging from one layer to another in the same dock.
- Fixed a problem with the "Minimalism" dock theme.
- Fixed a number of problems when DragThing's icon was hidden in the Apple Dock on Leopard.
- Fixed a crash when trying to display the contents of smart folders with no items in them.
New in DragThing 5.9.1 (Nov 1, 2007)
- Added a new dock theme, "No Glass", to match the side variant of the Leopard Dock.
- Added an option to display specific docks in all Spaces on Leopard.
- Added an option to only insert items into docks when the Command key is down.
- Added an "Exclude From Dock" command to the contextual menu for items in the Process Dock.
- Reduced the default spacing on many dock themes - you can increase it again in Dock Options.
- Fixed a problem with minimised docks creeping across the screen.
- Fixed a problem with the Process Dock always showing long application names.
- Fixed a problem with DragThing not always coming to the front.
- Fixed a problem with the "Anodised Aluminium" dock theme.
- Fixed a number of problems on Leopard.
New in DragThing 5.9 (Oct 18, 2007)
- You can now finally insert and rearrange items in docks without needing to make space first!
- You can now drag URLs and other data directly onto application icons in docks.
- Added an option to draw reflections for dock icons.
- Added a new dock theme, "Panthera Pardus", which is now the default DragThing look on Leopard.
- Added two new dock themes, "Heads Up" and "Ghost", to match the HUD windows on Leopard.
- Added support for live document icon previews in docks on Leopard.
- Added support for previewing many more kinds of documents using Quick Look on Leopard.
- Added support for showing EXIF data for photos when previewing.
- Added support for "Secure Empty Trash" on Leopard.
- Added support for the F17, F18 and F19 function keys on the new keyboards.
- Added support for copying and pasting clipping items via AppleScript.
- Added an option for spring-loaded applications, for switching applications while dragging.
- Added an option to show the hot keys for a dock item on the icon or as part of the name.
- Added an option to turn off font smoothing for dock text.
- Added Leopard style tooltips and other user interface elements.
- Text clipping item names now automatically update to reflect contents, unless changed manually.
- You can now temporarily disable "Hide other applications when switching" using the Caps Lock key.
- Improved preview of images with transparency.
- Moved contextual menu commands into a "More" submenu for folder and disk items.
- Fixed a drawing problem when rearranging tabs by option-clicking and dragging.
- Fixed a problem creating shortcut files when dragging URL items to the Finder.
- Fixed a problem adding some background apps to the exclusion list for the Process Dock.
- Fixed a memory leak related to custom ColorSync display profiles.
- Fixed a number of problems on Leopard.
- This is a free upgrade for registered users of DragThing 5.