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uBar 4 — The Dock replacement for the Mac.
uBar 4 is the Dock replacement for the Mac. It can be configured as a dock, task bar, or anything in between. Boost your productivity with the most advanced and versatile app and window manager for the Mac.
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Josef Richter
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@josefrichter *looks both ways* set your uBar to blue and fiddle with a few options, and you can get close!
Just bought this and I love it. Would be great to have a little more control over size than 4 options but it's a great replacement for the doc
@etc @manytricks has an updated version of Moom with compatibility: https://manytricks.com/download/...
This is fantastic. That bottom bit of my mac screen is basically useless because of the dock, this makes much better use of the space. Thanks!
@arlogilbert You could just auto-hide it. The bottom of my screen isn't useless.
@arlogilbert @_jacurtis All screen bottoms are perfect in the eyes of your videocard.
@mpalau Yep - in the Finder you can right-click any app/folder/file and go Services > Add uBar to Favorites. As for Adobe products, some originally non-native (i.e. ex-Carbon or Java) apps that aren't using AppKit may have issues. But if you move a window to another screen, uBar should detect that and update accordingly.
@edwardbrawer What made you build this app? How is it different from he previous version? How is better than other products that are similar?
@jacqvon Hi Jacqueline, I built uBar because the Apple Dock, while simple and easy to use, really is limited in terms of functionality. It isn't that different than it was in 2001. uBar has a lot of features found on other platforms (e.g. the Windows Taskbar), but far more on top of that. uBar 2 was featured on Product Hunt 3 years ago, and there's been a lot of added features and refinement since then. It has App Flashes (equivalent of bounce-notifications), App Progress (shows you how far along you are in iTunes/VLC/MPlayerX, Spotify) can be placed on any side of the screen, pinned in any and all directions, has fluid animation, Active Favorites, multiple monitor support (you can have a bar on every screen), and a lot more. The release notes on the website will give you an idea of just how much work has gone into making uBar 4 the absolute best dock replacement on the Mac. The best thing is that many of the changes come from user suggestions, who are always credited in the release notes!
@jacqvon @edwardbrawer There really isn’t an equivalent to uBar in any other app, is there? I don’t know of any “products that are similar.” Also, is there a uBar 3 upgrade discount? ;)
@edwardbrawer Hi Edward. You have a great product, but as someone who jumped on the bandwagon at uBar 2 and would like to stay on, I'm finding this higher price point to be deterring. Logging in and having my current uBar3 buggy is frustrating and the 50% discount is almost what I paid the first time around.
As if they tried to copy the great Windows task bar that fixes the failure of the Mac dock.
Update - It has failures at version 4... You can not choose between showing icon only and icon and app label. Also you cannot rearrange the apps in the task bar. Also has 4 sizes instead of a size slider.
It needs to be just like Windows where you can place icons anywhere and when they open they extend. With Ubar if you favorite the app it never expands and all the functionality advertised disappears???
@androidlove Hi Carlos, You can use the "Show Titles" checkbox to toggle showing Icons or Icons+Titles under Preferences>General. You can rearrange the apps in Preferences>Apps. And you are correct that there are 4 size settings, but you can drag the edge to expand uBar up to 5 rows. Favourited apps stay where they are in uBar, but you can see their title by hovering over them.
@dimitarnestorov No such theme, but any icon in uBar can be overridden to achieve that: https://brawersoftware.com/produ...
my window managers don't seem to recognise my ubar (I am not auto hiding it) so windows are enlarged until under my ubar instead of at the edge of my ubar. using magnet and the window manager in bettertouchtool. would be great if there was a fix for that. aside from this and the occasional loss of the application icon of firefox, I am very happy with your application. and the icon loss (I did report it already before) has not happened anymore in the last couple of months :)
This does bring a great feature (taskbar) from Windows to Mac. I welcome the change.
I have to say, uBar is pretty awesome. It's nice to have everything organized at the bottom of my screen. The new multiscreen support is also very handy. Another beautiful update.
@edwardbrawer I was about to buy uBar4, it looks awesome.
However, I cannot switch between windows I'm previewing, so there is not point for previewing windows if you cannot switch between them :( Are you planning to implement it?
Can we make the bar expanded to fill but icons in middle. How about some more sizes other than default 4.
Hey guys, how can i have my good old dock back ? uBar messed up with my configuration :/
And my dock has disappeared, even after i've removed uBar :/
Pros:nicely designed
Cons:i hav no app shortcuts, which is the point with the dock