WindowMizer FAQ
Yes. Each license allows you to install WindowMizer on 2 computers.
Yes! You can download WindowMizer free of charge and try it before commiting to a purchase.
The demo is fully functional for 14-days. After the trial period has ended WindowMizer will quit working until you purchase a license.
If you previously purchased WindowMizer from the Mac App Store, you can convert your license by following these instructions:
- Create an account here at RGB World.
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Make sure you are logged into your account, then add WindowMizer to your cart and checkout using coupon code CONVERT.
You must be logged into your account or the coupon code will not work. - Download the WindowMizer.dmg file from the WindowMizer page.
- Install and Launch WindowMizer - It will ask if you want to convert your license.
- Enter the account details used to create your account in step 1.
WindowMizer is being phased-out of the Mac App Store because it can not be sandboxed due to its use of the Accessibility API. Adding new features is not allowed for non-sandboxed Apps in the App Store, so in order to improve WindowMizer, it has to be removed from the MAS.
Licenses purchased via the App Store will be converted to RGB World licenses at no cost. If you previously purchased WindowMizer from the App store, please follow the instructions in the FAQ titled "How do I switch to the website distributed version of WindowMizer?".
RGB World is now the exclusive distribution channel for purchasing WindowMizer.
This issue has been resolved. Please upgrade to WindowMizer 2.0.
As far as I am aware, there are only 2 methods available to control windows that do not belong to your own application.
The first method involves writing a hack that injects code into all other applications. While this method may work, it can lead to instabilities in those applications. Additionally, as is evidenced by the demize of WindowShade from Unsanity, this type of hack is becoming more and more difficult to accomplish, due to new security features of recent Mac OSes. This security trend is expected to continue, so when developing WindowMizer, a new approach was necessary.
The second approach, and the one adopted by WindowMizer, is to use Apple provided methods to control other applications windows. By using approved methods, it is more likely that the ability to control other windows will not break with every OS upgrade.
So, to summarize, WindowMizer is an application because the only other alternative is a system hack, and that method breaks too easily.
Some of the benefits of the method WindowMizer uses to control windows are:
- WindowMizer works on the latest versions of MacOS and should continue to do so.
- WindowMizer does NOT modify the Operating System (OS X) in any way.
- WindowMizer does NOT inject code into other applications