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Developer: Sergio Martinez-Losa Del Rincon
Price: 0 free
Current version: 1.1, last update: 4 years ago
First release : 09 Jan 2015
App size: 610.6 Kb
4.9 ( 5259 ratings )
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Estimation application downloads and cost

> 2.2k
Monthly downloads
~ $ 900
Estimation App Cost


This application can hide your desktop to avoid an unwanted use of your computer.

Switch on/off to hide or show your desktop, this application lives in the status bar to reduce the space on screen, you can hide the icons of all screen spaces.

Set it on startup with a single click to control your desktop with another single click.

This application has been designed to perform easily with very simple point and click actions.

Use the Finder extension to hide your desktop at any time, enable it in System Preferences -> Extensions ->Finder.

Main features:

- Hide and show desktop icons
- Point and click interface
- Finder extension to control your icons
- Launch at startup feature
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Available in countries
Country Price
Canada free
China free
France free
Germany free
Italy free
Netherlands free
Portugal free
Poland 2.29 EUR
UK free
India free
Japan free
Korea, Republic Of free
Poland free
Russia free
Turkey free
USA free
Korea, Republic Of 2.19 USD
Ukraine free
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MacDesktop,
Inutile!

Ne fais même pas correctement la seule chose qu’on attend de lui. Aux premiers abords ça semble fonctionner (encore qu’en l’activant il m’agrandit mon fond d’écran... Allez comprendre…), mais aussitôt que je clique sur une fenêtre du finder, toutes mes icones du bureau se réaffichent ! J’ai perdu de l’argent en achetant cette appli. A EVITER.

It does only 1 thing yet it doesn’t do it right

As a developer, I don’t like writing negative reviews so apologies to the developer in advance. The hidden desktop comes back randomly. The menu switches from ‘Show Desktop’ to ‘Hide Desktop’ randomly when the desktop is acutally hidden already. The backgound image gets zoomed to 5 times it’s original size. There are no preferences except for ‘launch at login’ but this is by design. I think Apple should include this option in their system preferences since everyone seems to be riding the ‘zen’ wave these days.

Fast and easy to use, works like a charm

I use a screen recording app to make video tutorials, but I have an enormous amount of “organized clutter” on my desktop that I like having quick access to, but would just as soon not show up when making screen grabs. This turned out to be the perfect answer. It’s a fast and easy way to declutter the desktop, without having to bother with workflow-disrupting options like Terminal commands or dragging folders around. A single click of the dot in the top bar brings down the menu to show or hide desktop. I also like that the developer made it a plain dot - It’s unobtrusive and doesn’t distract from the content in my screen recordings. Highly recommend.

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