Dockside App

Welcome to the Dockside App!

Dockside is your friendly file shelf app for Mac, designed to keep your essentials close in a way that feels simple, flexible, and out of the way. It can live beside your Dock or independently of your Dock on any edge of your screen, making the most of unused space with remarkable customizability. With flexible drag zones, workflow automations, quick access to recent screenshots and downloads, and folder monitoring, Dockside creates a shelf that beautifully adapts to how you work.

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Getting Started

• 🌐 Visit www.hachipoo.com/dockside-app to download the Dockside App for Mac. Explore all features with a 14-day free trial or buy a lifetime license for just $5.99 (with unlimited updates, upto 3-devices).

Features

• 📂 Drag and Drop: Add almost anything onto the shelf—files, folders, images, docs, text snippets, or even apps for easy access and organisation.

• 🛠️ Support for all Dock positions: Left/Right/Bottom, including hidden mode and full screen app mode.

• 🌐 Local & External Source Support: Add web content with automatic downloads for target files in links.

• 📁 Quick Access to Favorites: Access favorite folders, recent Screenshots, and Downloads by default. Easily configure this area to be your work folder shelf or the "Recents" shelf, giving you instant access to what you need right inside of the Dockside.

• 📝 Text Note Creation: Quickly create and save text notes, using native TextEdit.

• 📋 Clipboard Integration: Includes clipboard integration with optional screenshot monitoring and iCloud device support.

• 📌 Flexible Storage Options: Store items as references/shortcuts or as copies for later use.

• 🗑️ Item Removal: Drag items out to remove them—either permanently or temporarily.

• 🔍 Scrollable & QuickLook Previews: Custom scrollable previews for text files and QuickLook previews for other file types, allowing quick access.

• ⚡ Quick Action Buttons: One-click access to common tasks for faster workflows.

• 👁️ Visual Item Tracking: Visual cues help you remember items recently added.

• 🖥️ Multi-Display Support: Works across multiple desktops, monitors, in full-screen app mode, and hidden Dock mode (follows macOS Dock positioning). Ability to pin Dockside to a specific monitor is also available.

• 🛠️ Finder Options in Context Menu: Access useful Finder options, including:

  • Copy
  • Move
  • Copy Contents
  • Share
  • Open With...
  • Rename
  • Show in Finder
  • Compress as Zip file...
  • Remove Image Metadata...
  • Reduce size (via Clop app)...
  • (and many more coming...)

• ⚡ Image/Video/PDF Size Reduction — effortlessly reduce file sizes with a single click for optimized storage and sharing. Requires Clop app to do this and is integrated right into the Dockside with support for bulk operations.

• 🕒 File and Notes History: Quickly access recent file and notes history.

• ⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts and HotKeys: Similar to Finder for efficient navigation and file management. Manage app using customisable keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys.

• 🖱️ Intuitive Mouse Actions: Supports hover, single-click, double-click, and right-click.

• 🧹 Automatic Housekeeping: Maintains recent files, screenshots, and downloads, allowing virtually unlimited items without clutter.

• 📐 Responsive Design: Adapts to different screen sizes and adjusts to Dock size changes.

• 🖥️ Hidden Dock & Full-Screen Modes: Supports various modes to fit your workspace setup.

• 🔍 Expand to Reveal: Optimized to support a wide array of screen sizes.

• ⚙️ Customizable Controls: Tailor Dockside to your needs with options for:

  • Dock-like style
  • Dark mode support
  • Adjustable section widths
  • Control over drag-and-drop behaviors
  • Item limits
  • App ignore list

• 🌐 Offline-First Design: Works entirely offline (one-time license check only) with no data collection.

• ⚙️ Third-party apps can talk to Dockside: Add items to the shelf: open -a Dockside.app /path/to/file

• 💸 Lifetime License: One-time fee of $5.99 for up to 3 devices, with lifetime updates and support.

• 🔐 Privacy-Focused: No background processes, servers, or tracking. Dockside is focused on providing a simple, efficient tool for managing your files while protecting your privacy.

  🔐 Dockside does not collect any data—no tracking or background processes. As an indie developer, my goal is to provide a useful tool without compromising your privacy.

Trial and Purchase

• ⏳ 14-Day Free Trial: Try Dockside with a 14-day free trial.
• 💵 Lifetime License: After the trial, purchase a lifetime license for $5.99 (up to 3 devices).
• 🚫 No Subscriptions: A one-time payment, just like classic Mac apps.

Compatibility

• 💻 macOS 13.0+ (Ventura and above)
• 🚀 Intel and M-Series Macs
• 🍏 Written in Swift: Utilizes native Apple APIs for optimized performance.