![]() ![]() DragThing had features - like the ability to create custom palettes that only appeared in a certain app - that I don’t know how one would replicate today. I haven’t used DragThing in many many years, but for a long time it was essential to my workflow, and I firmly believe it was a much better launcher than Apple’s own system Dock ever has been. But it’s the sort of app that is going to make some users sad that MacOS 10.15 Catalina has dropped 32-bit app legacy support. ![]() It was felled not by the transition from classic Mac OS to OS X but by the gradual sunsetting of Carbon APIs. We are sorry to say, DragThing has launched its last app. It will no longer run if you update to Catalina, and there are no plans to make a new version that will. And TLA founder James Thomson actually worked for Apple and helped create the Dock - it’s a complicated story.ĭragThing hasn’t been updated in years - it wasn’t even updated to support retina displays. DragThing is written using the 32-bit Carbon APIs that Apple have now removed in macOS 10.15 Catalina. It was the Dock before Mac OS had a built-in dock. Pour one out for DragThing, which has had a great run.ĭragThing’s heyday was back in the classic Mac OS era, but it was a very credible utility in the early days of Mac OS X as well. Updated the DragThing website with a very definitive final The ground up, a process which would take us at least a year toĬomplete, with no guarantees we could re-implement all theĮxisting functionality, or how much of a future it would have We are sorry to say, DragThing has launched its last app.Ħ4-bit support would require completely rewriting the code from Update to Catalina, and there are no plans to make a new version DragThing is written using the 32-bit Carbon APIs that Apple have DragThing is a desktop launcher utility that can launch applications, open documents and folders, store text and picture clippings, and do many other customizable actions with a single click or keystroke. ![]()
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