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Backdrop Folders is an addition to the Finder, that was designed to take advantage of Mac OS X 10.3 "Expose" feature.You probably noticed, for a given kind of work, that you had to go to the same places with the Finder, again and again.With Backdrop Folders, you can open "views" of your folders at the desktop level and interact with them.These views remain visible when you reveal the desktop with Exposé, which allows you to pick a file or to do a drag and drop operation in no time, without the hassle of having to switch to the Finder and navigate through your disk hierarchy.Main features :workspacesdrag & dropauto-resizingfully customizable views :display/hide hidden filestransparency, colorsicon size, text sizeauto-resizesupports Panther's "kernel event notification mechanism" : the views are directly notified by the kernel when a file is created/moved/renamed/deleted. In other words, if you create a file from the Terminal, the view will be in sync immediately.

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Format:SoftwareSize:229 KB
Date:Mar 2005Version:1.3.4
License:PurchasePrice:$18.95
Platform:Mac
System Req:Mac OS X 10.3 or later (10.3.4 recommended)
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