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[OS]I open-sourced a Mac app that automatically brings app windows to your current display when you click their Dock icons.
If you use multiple monitors on macOS, you've probably clicked an app in the Dock only to realize its window is still on another display. I built DockLift to fix exactly that. When you click the Dock icon of a running app, DockLift automatically moves its most recently used window to the monitor you're currently using and brings it to the front. It can also restore minimized windows and lets you exclude apps you don't want it to manage. Price: Free & Open Source GitHub: https://github.com/jaywcjlove/dock-lift Website: https://wangchujiang.com/dock-lift/ I'd love to hear your feedback or feature ideas!
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Awesome idea. Unfortunately for me, I don't often use multiple screens on my mac, but I do my windows machine .... maybe I should switch!
Thanks for your support! You don't need to switch your work platform just because you like an app. If you really want to support me, feel free to give my open-source projects a star 🌟
I love the idea, because its exactly what happens to me all the time.
Awesome! If this app is helpful to you, feel free to bookmark it. You might have a hard time finding it again when you need it later haha. 😄
How many apps you build in a month lol
Before using AI for development, I used to build about one app per month. Since I started using AI, I’ve only released two apps from the Chinese New Year until now — DockLift is one of them. Many of my apps have been replicated by others or replaced by AI tools, so I don’t have the same level of motivation to create new apps as before. These days, I mostly focus on maintaining my existing apps and improving the ones I personally use.
Bros been building macOS everyday mind if i ask which app is the most popular out of your list of like 30+
I don't only build macOS apps every day. Sometimes I also maintain my old open-source projects, including some very popular React component libraries that I created years ago. My two most popular apps are Menuist and Iconize Folder. Iconize Folder isn't as popular as it used to be, but it was one of my most successful apps in the past.
This is such a great app. Thank you. I love how it brings the window from my second monitor to the exact same position on my main monitor!! Gave you a Github ⭐ 😄
Thank you so much for your support! Every 🌟 star means a lot to me and is the biggest motivation for me to keep my open-source projects going. 🙏
That seems incredibly helpful (also, nice wallpaper on the left 👀)
Thanks! Glad you find it helpful. 😊
Where did you get the wallpaper on the left?
I downloaded it from a video wallpaper website. I’ve also collected a list of great video wallpaper websites in my Vidwall app, so you can find plenty of similar wallpapers there.
This one looks great, but dude how many apps are you releasing? 😂
I plan to release a total of 100 apps before calling it a day.
something that Apple should fix but doesn't, thank you for this
Yeah, I noticed this issue a long time ago.
My current problem. Dock wont show in the second screen.
Got it. I may need to add some Dock settings within the app.
What happens if you have another window already open on the other screen?
nice idea! i have 4 screens. this might be handy
I'd love to hear your feedback if you give it a try!
Didnt know i needed this! Thank you very much!!!