Brawer Software has announced the release of uBar 3.0, an update to their popular app and window manager for Mac OS X.
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Version 3.0 adds the ability to place uBar on any side of the screen, just like the stock OS X Dock. However, uBar one-ups the standard Dock by allowing itself to be placed at the top of the screen. uBar also offers a beautiful timepiece for display above the built-in calendar, as well as offering powerful Shift-Click Shortcuts for closing windows and apps.
Features include:
- All Positions (New) – Users can position uBar on any side of the screen: bottom, left, right, or top
- Window Previews (New) – See a visual preview of the windows within by just hovering the mouse over an app
- Timepieces (New) – Built-in or custom dial timepieces can now display above the calendar when hovering over the clock area
- Activity Mode – Hold a custom modifier key to see CPU and Memory usage for Apps
- Multi-monitor Support – Users with multiple monitors can set uBar to display on the screen of their choice
- App Badges – uBar displays red App badges that you can read
- Easily Spot Unresponsive Apps – Unresponsive Apps display a hatched red background
- Drag-and-Drop – Simply Drag-and-drop folders and files onto Apps to quickly launch them
- uBar Menu – List Applications, System Preferences, and custom Apps and Folders
- Favorites Area – Users can add their favorite apps, folders, and files to the Favorites area
- Clock Area – The clock area displays the day, date, and time
- Hover Calendar – Hover over the clock area to display the Calendar
- Expandable Rows – Drag the edge to expand uBar up to five rows in height
- Themes – Themes display as System (i.e. Automatic), Light, Dark, Platinum Neue, Now Playing, or Custom
- Sizes – Set the size of the uBar Dock to Automatic, Small, Medium, Large, or Huge
- Pinning – Pin or unpin uBar to any corner of the screen
- Application Order – Show Applications by Launch, Alphabetical, or Manual Order. They can be excluded as well
- Window Grouping – Set window grouping
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uBar has found acceptance in the world of enterprise, with employees at a number of companies using it daily on their Macs. These companies include: Apple, Google, Facebook, HP, Salesforce, Sequoia, Tumblr, Volvo, Yelp, and many more.
uBar 3.0 requires OS X 10.9 Mavericks or higher, a 64-Bit Processor, and 8.7MB hard disk space.
uBar 3.0 is $20, and is available at the Brawer Software website. Current uBar 2 users can upgrade to version 3.0 for $10.