3 dock macOS analogue to quickly launch applications and productive work

System Quick Access Toolbar is convenient and familiar, but can not boast an abundance of settings and features. The possibility of third-party launcher is much richer. If you wonder about the dock is replaced by a more powerful counterpart, here are three possible contenders.

1. ActiveDock

Full launcher that has a standard dock off function and fully replaces it. With the help of a large set of themes appearance ActiveDock can be configured so that it looked like the system dock or completely different from him.

One advantage of the launcher - applets Start Menu and Show Desktop. They work like the same as that of Windows, allowing to navigate through folders, applications, and settings, as well as expand or collapse all the windows in a single click. In addition, ActiveDock can display thumbnails of windows and resize them. You may also be combined in a group application icons, documents and files to create workspaces for projects.

ActiveDock costs $ 20. There is a trial version for 14 days in order to assess the possibility of the launcher.

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2. TabLauncher

As the name suggests, this chip is a tabbed launcher. Due to them on the panel placed a lot more applications and it is possible to divide them into different categories. TabLauncher looks like a standard dock with colored labels of notebooks, diaries, through which applications and switch sets.

launcher panel is easily fixed on any of the edges of the screen, so it can be used even with TabLauncher dock. In addition to personal settings and preview windows of running applications, the launcher can boast the ability to add custom tabs. They can display the window, recently modified files or mini-player.

TabLauncher distributed as a normal and Lite-version. During the first will have to pay $ 4, and the second is free, but is limited to the three tabs.

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3. SuperTab

Unlike previous tools, SuperTab is not a direct replacement for the dock. This alternative application switching menu that heaped Bench that the ceremony will take over the dock function.

In SuperTab contains up to seven panels for various applications that you can customize and rearrange. At the top shows the running applications - both standard switch by Cmd + Tab. The second panel duplicates the dock applications. The rest can be adjusted to your own. There are recent applications and documents, the history of the clipboard, the contents of folders, calendar events and more.

SuperTab costs $ 20, but now the launcher can be bought for half the price. There is also a 30-day trial.

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