Mar 05, 2020 How to Force an App to Open in a Specific Desktop Space on a Mac. This wikiHow will teach you how to make an app open in a specific desktop space on a Mac. You will need to be running OS X Lion (8) or higher for this to work. Here are some examples of programs that benefit fr om using the Stay Always-on-Top button:. Best mac os x financial software. Stay Always-on-Top for e-mail message composing windows, for example, Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, Incredimail and others; Stay Always-on-Top for any Internet browser, for example, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera etc.
- For some reason my Mac thinks I have a mini screen next to my main screen and I somehow accidentally dragged a browser window too far and it vanished onto the other screen (that doesn’t exist). Anyway mirror, followed by closing the window in the mirror, before going back, was the trick for me. Mac OS 10.10.5 thank you for the tips!
- Nov 03, 2016 On a Mac, a window is treated more like a document than the app itself. When you close a window, you close the specific document you were looking at, but the application itself keeps running. Perhaps the most visible incarnation of this is the menu bar. Windows puts the menu bar (or, in some cases, the ribbon) at the top of the window for a.
If you’re a multi-tasker, you’re familiar with juggling more than one window on the screen. You probably have BetterTouchTool and special gestures set up to dock windows in specific positions. You also might be using Spaces to arrange windows more logically.
But no matter what your multi-window workflow is, you still need to manually arrange windows all the time. Or switch between a couple of windows now and then. Today we’ll talk about an app that will end all these issues. It’s an always-on-top, floating browser called Helium. It’s a free and open source app.
How Helium Works
Once you’ve downloaded and installed the app, it will show up in the right corner of the screen and you are free to resize it or move it around. The app is literally just a floating window.
If you want to enter a URL you need to go to Location ->Open Web URL and paste in the link. You can open a video or a file from here as well. You can also drag a file to the Helium window.
Helium stays on top of everything and you are free to interact with elements below. You can make the window transparent as well (Cmd + T). Use keyboard shortcuts Cmd + 1 to Cmd + 0 to change the opacity.
Use Cases for Helium
Helium uses Safari’s web engine. So opening a website you’re already logged into in Helium will work just fine. So you can use Helium as an always-on chat window with Facebook Messenger or for watching Hulu, Netflix or any YouTube video.
I think Helium will be great for when you need to refer to something, or when you’re copying something off a website. If you’re learning to code, having the tutorial video always there in the corner of the screen is very helpful. Even better is loading up the app/website you’re coding. So you can refresh and view your work easily.
Or you can just use it to watch the news or entertaining videos while you browse the web.
How Will You Use Helium?
Share with us how you’d use Helium in the comments below.
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Your browser keeps a track of your system's OS, IP address, browser, and also browser plugins and add-ons.