Dozer
Hide menu bar icons on macOS (by Mortennn)
AppPolice
MacOS app for quickly limiting CPU usage by running applications (by AppPolice)
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| Dozer | AppPolice | |
|---|---|---|
| 38 | 8 | |
| 7,840 | 1,061 | |
| - | 1.1% | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 5 months ago | 8 months ago | |
| Swift | Objective-C | |
| Mozilla Public License 2.0 | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Dozer
Posts with mentions or reviews of Dozer.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-12.
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Native macOS fix for applications hiding under the MacBook Pro notch
It doesn't look like it solves the problem.
https://github.com/Mortennn/Dozer/issues/184
- Tell HN: macOS Bartender disables features, forcing users to buy license again
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App LIST!!!
Dozer (free - open source), HiddenBar (free), free alternatives to bartender, however, only does 1 thing and that's hiding the icons, not adding an extra menu, nothing just icons here, icons gone.
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Long time iOS user, first time trying a Mac! Any tips and tricks/must know about?
If your menu bar is a little cluttered, Dozer is a nifty little tool to clean it up.
- Menu Icons Hidden Behind M1 Pro 16" Notch
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I am a Mac App Developer. Which app would you like me to build.
example: https://github.com/Mortennn/Dozer
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13” 2015 to 14” 2021. Excited for the upgrade! What’s everyone’s first things they do to their new Mac?
Dozer (Github)
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Bartender Discount Code/Sale?
Give Dozer a try. Its free, open source and does essentially the same thing AS Bartender. Using it for over a year now and have nothing to complain about https://github.com/Mortennn/Dozer
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Just switched from windows to the macbook air
Dont buy Bartender.. download Dozer for free
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Bartender 4
Dozer
AppPolice
Posts with mentions or reviews of AppPolice.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-18.
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Emulate Code On Slower Computer?
It looks like AppPolice can do something similar on Mac OS, albeit in a somewhat hacky way (by repeatedly checking the process's CPU usage and pausing/resuming it) so it might not give you an accurate idea of how your program would actually behave on a slower computer.
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Free alternative to AppTamer?
Is this the latest version? https://github.com/AppPolice/AppPolice/releases/tag/v1.1
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Is there an app/extension or something that allows a game (downloaded app) to run at slower speeds?
App Police lets you quickly throttle down the CPU usage of any running process.
- Is it a good idea to get a laptop fan for a Air M1 while rendering in Blender?
- 100% CPU use in Zoom on 2017 MPB Big Sur 11.4 – how to solve?
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Hackintosh / MacOS free tools
- Lulu : user friendly and easy to use firewall - Stats : monitoring your hack/mac hardware (temps, fans, HDD, SSD...), basically a copy of iStat Menu but free - KeepingYouAwake : keep your hack/mac awake (prevent from going to sleep mode without modifying system parameters) - Hackintool : The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing (must have) - HoRNDIS : use your Android phone's native USB tethering mode to get internet access - AppCleaner : thoroughly uninstall apps - AppPolice : quickly throttle down the CPU usage of any running process - Onyx : clean and configure your hack/mac - HandBrake : open source video transcoder - Shutter Encoder: easy to use video transcoder - Keka : lightweight and powerful file archiver - Sublime Text : lightweight and powerful text editor - SuperDuper! : backup your disks, make the copy bootable if necessary - Teamviewer : control your hack/mac from another device (phone/computer/tablet) - VirusTotalUploader : check for malware inside a file - Malwarebytes : scan your system drive for malware - WineBottler : use Windows apps on MacOS - Karabiner-Elements : configure your keyboard as you want (useful to configure hotkeys on a windows keyboard) - IriunWebcam : use your phone as a wireless webcam - DaVinci Resolve: professional video editing software - Shifty : get more control over Nigh Shift
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Dozer and AppPolice you can also consider the following projects:
hidden - An ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons
Hackintool - The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing
Rectangle - Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas
sensible-side-buttons - A macOS menu bar app that enables system-wide navigation functionality for the side buttons on third-party mice.
HoRNDIS - Android USB tethering driver for Mac OS X
LuLu - LuLu is the free macOS firewall
bitbar - Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot)
eul - 🖥️ macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.
Karabiner-Elements - Karabiner-Elements is a powerful utility for keyboard customization on macOS Sierra (10.12) or later.
yabai - A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning
MacOS-Setup - Collection of information for where to find applications upon OS reinstall.
iTerm2 - iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.