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Oct 11

Simple WindowSets

Manage Finder windows with ease!

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About Simple WindowSets

Are you always digging into the same folders? Do you often have several Finder windows open to perform a task? Then Simple WindowSets is for you! Simple WindowSets sits in your menu bar and is always there when you need it!

You position some Finder windows on your desktop, arrange them however you want, with any view options you want, and then use Simple WindowSets to save them as a set. Your set can be comprised of as many windows as you like and you can save as many sets as you like. Now that you have a set saved, you can restore those windows any time you want by selecting the set from the menu. It’s that easy!

Why Simple WindowSets was Created…

The whole point of creating SWS was to make a product that I wanted to use. I personally needed this task. I’m constantly in-and-out of folders all day long so I needed something to speed that process. Spaces in 10.5 Leopard is one solution, but that’s much more than I need. So the goal of SWS is simply to save sets of Finder windows and allow you to most easily retrieve them. I didn’t want it to have every feature that you can imagine. I put in the features that I think will impact a person’s productivity. Version 3.0 was just released and this version is the most powerful and easy to use version yet. The global keyboard shortcuts have become essential for me. I’m still amazed how much time Simple WindowSets saves me every day.

It’s a Menu Bar Application!

Simple WindowSets runs primarily from the menu bar. When you launch it you will see the icon at the top of your screen near the date/time and spotlight search field. That’s Simple WindowSets! The menu has most of the commands you need to perform common tasks. As a menu-bar application it is available to you at all times. If you need more advanced capabilities then you can choose “Manage WindowSets…” from the menu and the Manager window will display containing other advanced functions.

Custom Menu Examples

What window properties are saved in a set?

Simple WindowSets runs primarily from the menu bar. When you launch it you will see the icon at the top of your screen near the date/time and spotlight search field. That’s Simple WindowSets! The menu has most of the commands you need to perform common tasks. As a menu-bar application it is available to you at all times. If you need more advanced capabilities then you can choose “Manage WindowSets…” from the menu and the Manager window will display containing other advanced functions.

What are people saying about it?

Craig Grannell from Cult of Mac

Lists Simple WindowSets as one of his 6 most favorite menu extras

If you regularly work on projects requiring a bunch of Finder windows, you’ll know how much of a pain it can be to set them up every time. Also, Finder isn’t the most stable of apps, and one quick crash is all it needs to take with it your careful planning. This latest release of Simple WindowSets does away with such problems, enabling you to define window sets based on currently open Finder windows and restore said sets from its menu-bar extra’s drop-down. Usefully, existing sets can be updated, and preferences settings enable you to append or replace on-screen Finder windows with a selected set… it’s therefore an essential download.

A recent customer

I’m a designer by trade and having your program sure cuts down on my time in opening different clients and all the windows I need each time. Thanks for the great work.

Review on MacUpdate

I rather like this. I use a lot of different split-pane settings, and this lets me choose them quickly. The program works very well. I was in the midst of trying it out when I experienced a glitch from another program that was severe enough to prompt me to erase my drive and reinstall everything. (Let me be very very clear – Simple WindowSets did NOT harm my system. It was something totally unrelated.) Anyway, I had saved my preferences for SWS, and afer reinstalling, the program still remembered all of my previous settings perfectly. I was sold on it.

Review on Swinkle.net

…No Negatives, It does what is says it does and does it very well.

What’s New

Version 3.6
- Modified how windows are opened to open the target’s container if the target can’t be found
- Rewrote some code to optimize opening sets
- Fixed a problem with the application launching on MacOSX 10.4
- Fixed a bug when importing old windowsets from previous versions which caused a crash
- New demo period for those who have tried it before
- Bug fixes

What are the computer requirements?

Simple WindowSets will work on Macintosh computers with system software of MacOSX 10.4 and higher. It is a “Universal Binary” application so it will work on both PPC and Intel based Macs.

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Simple WindowSets Website

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