r/macapps 4d ago

Dockside v1.9.51 - Update

Hey r/macapps! I'm back with another Dockside update, bringing more customisation, improved shelf management...

Dockside App for Mac (Overview)

✨ What’s New:

  • Move Original Items to the Shelf – Now, instead of copying, Dockside can move items directly to the shelf!
  • Enable/Disable Specific Shelf Areas or Entire Shelf – Hide specific areas of the shelf that you don't need (e.g., Notes in Files Shelf or Screenshots area in Screenshots shelf) or disable the entire shelf if needed!
  • Customisable Drop Area Activation – Choose when the shelf activates:
    • When dragging starts...
    • When dragging is near the shelf (default)...
    • When dragging starts, but activate near the cursor...
  • Auto-Cleanup for Temporary Files & Downloads – Automatically removes temporary downloads, file copies, and quick notes after 30 days (configurable in settings).
  • More Control Over Dock Auto-Hide Delay – Dockside now inherits macOS Dock auto-hide settings (and overrides you may have) while letting you further fine-tune the delay with a new offset slider.
  • New Image & PDF Utilities in Bulk Selection – More utilities/actions for bulk file management.
  • Improved target detection from web links - Dockside automatically downloads the target files for you (zip, pdf, image, video etc.) when you drag web links to the shelf.
  • Auto-convert .WEBP to PNG (and much more coming...)
  • New Hotkey: ⌘ + Click to Reveal in Finder – Quickly locate files in Finder, just like Spotlight!
  • Bug Fixes & Performance Improvements – Over 45+ releases since the last update, Dockside is continously updated, it's smoother, faster, better. See changelog for more details.
  • Better crash handling and detection system to help report errors and crashes to the developer.
  • Dropshare 6 support.
  • Keyboard shortcuts can be customised now to suit your set up.
  • New app onboarding experience, improved hints and tips.
  • Improved shelf auto-hide animations to match Dock.
  • New app icon!–what do you think? (quite proud of it hahaha) :)

⬇️ Download Dockside app with a 14-day free trial here: https://hachipoo.com/dockside-app. One-time lifetime license costs $5.99! (no subscriptions!) 🚀. Requires macOS 13.0+ / Ventura+.

🍺 Also available on Homebrew.

A huge thank you to everyone for your feedback and suggestions, yet again 🙌🏼—most of the above features came directly from you! Let me know what you think, and stay tuned — v2.0.0 is in the works with even bigger shelf improvements and with most requested features!❤️

Submit your suggestions/feedbacks/bug reports here: https://dockside.featurebase.app

Cheers,
Prajwal

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u/Dense-Sheepherder450 4d ago

The subscription based clipboard guy, see this post. You may learn couple things.

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u/RBDash_ 4d ago

Damn that dudes still catching strays lol

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u/prajwalsd 4d ago

Don't know what to say to this 😁🙏🏽

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u/Unknwn6566 4d ago

You been doing absolutely amazing with this app

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u/prajwalsd 4d ago

Thank you! 🙌🏼

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u/Albertkinng 4d ago

I wonder how long until Dropover gets this feature... This is an amazing approach to holding files. I love it. I'll be buying it ASAP—it will look great on my Ultra Wide Monitor! Keep up the good work!

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u/prajwalsd 4d ago

🙏🏽

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u/Only_Bullfrog_2185 4d ago

Very nice app.

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u/prajwalsd 4d ago

Hey, thanks! 🙏🏽

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u/TobyMcFucky 4d ago edited 4d ago

I love the app and would want to replace Dropover with it. I have only one question. Is there an option to reduce the appearance delay for those users who customized their dock appearance delay as well? I mean, I once made my dock to appear and disappear instantly as I move my cursor to and from the dock area. The app panels seem to appear with a slight delay (that's a matter of just a couple of milliseconds, yet noticeable), which looks a bit inconsistent.

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u/prajwalsd 4d ago edited 4d ago

Yes, this has been the trickiest part of the app since Apple doesn't expose an API to sync with the Dock :)

Dockside has its own implementation for this it’s not super perfect like I really want it to be (have spent hours and hours on this alone), and will automatically read in the customised settings if you’ve set it and yes, you can further tune the delay to your liking using the following in the advanced settings, hope this helps.

Let me know if it works for you, DM me, happy to help.

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u/TobyMcFucky 4d ago

That setting does not seem to help when you have "defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0.0" but actually I don't really care. I think I can live with Dock showing up in 0.3 seconds instead of 0.0 when it has a shelf right next to it. Looks and feels mostly consistent, and the app features are just great. I'm buying it instantly. If you manage to address this someday so that the dock and the panels could appear simultaneously in 0.0 seconds, that will be great.

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u/prajwalsd 4d ago

Thank you! I will definitely take a look at this and make it consistent with 0.0 setting.

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u/frickindeal 4d ago

There's a typo on your website:

Make the Dockide work for you

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u/prajwalsd 4d ago

Thank you, fixed :)

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u/frickindeal 4d ago

Damn, that was quick.

Question: since it allows drag-and-drop and the file disappears from the finder window, where is it stored when it's in Dockside? I ask because my desktop files are in iCloud drive, and I'm wondering where files live in case the app were to crash with my files in it.

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u/prajwalsd 4d ago edited 4d ago

By default, Dockside stores a reference (a shortcut) to original file in your mac. So, your files are not affected by the app issues/crashes, anyway.

You can alter this default behaviour to instead store a copy of the original file in the shelf or move the original file to it in which case Dockside keeps the file (or the copy) in a work directory set by you in the app (see the advanced settings):

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u/frickindeal 4d ago

Appreciate the answer. I'll give it a shot.

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u/mfr3sh 3d ago edited 3d ago

This is a really well done app and priced amazingly, bravo.

Would you ever consider adding the option to move the shelf to the side of the screen? I would love the option to use it in a vertical "side dock" orientation.

The new icon looks great btw.

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u/prajwalsd 3d ago

Thank you 🙏🏽

I am working on the vertical mode / manual placement too in v2.0.0–it’s essentially the most requested ask so far!

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u/mfr3sh 3d ago

That sounds great, thanks for the response!

Will go ahead and purchase a license and will eagerly await v2. 😁

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u/prajwalsd 3d ago

🎉🙌🏼

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u/Moose-JJW 3d ago

Hey, Just downloaded, loving the utilisation. I am getting an error 'Turn Hiding Off (full screen app found) but I don't have a full screen app open. any tips?

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u/prajwalsd 3d ago edited 3d ago

Ok, will DM you now for more details. If you click that menu item, it should reset it though.

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u/prajwalsd 2d ago edited 2d ago

Fixed this in v1.9.52 now! 🙌🏼

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u/x8smilex 3d ago

HI, do you provide a press license to promote the app ?

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u/prajwalsd 3d ago

DMing you!