HazeOver Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Everyone seems to forget why GNOME and GNOME 3 and Unity happened

  > Edit: also if Apple cares so much about this, why do they make the close/minimize buttons so tiny? My guess would be that daily users graduate to ⌘W and ⌘M fairly quickly, while power users graduate to the window manager they prefer. > …I'm still slower at this specific thing on Mac OS because I always first have to make sure the right window is focused… You might find this useful:... - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

• Little macOS Apps That Make a Big Difference in 2024

  A few more that I recommend: Bartender, to control visual clutter: https://www.macbartender.com/ HazeOver, to dim distracting background stuff: https://hazeover.com/ Raycast, which does a bunch of stuff (launcher, window manager, menu search, etc.): https://www.raycast.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Are there really no good alternatives for Hocus Focus?

  I really like HazeOver. It’s paid, but worth it. Source: 11 months ago

• MacMini keeps adjusting Saturation / Brightness...

  As a fellow Mac + OLED TV owner, I think you'll appreciate these too. MonitorControl to access brightness settings through your keyboard and Hazeover to darken background and prevent burn-in. Source: 12 months ago

• Blurring desktop

  I used to have a similar app on my Mac: https://hazeover.com . Loved it, it would be great to have something similar doe gnome! Source: 12 months ago

• Dynamic wallpapers keep going back to dark mode

  The culprit was the Hazeover app I had running in the background. Now, my selected wallpapers appear as normal. Source: over 1 year ago

• Is there a Lunar alternative that actually works?

  These one called Haze over that will dim (I think almost completely) the display you aren’t using. Source: over 1 year ago

• Is there a software that makes screen black behind the one opened window?

  Im not sure what computer you're on but I have a mac and this application called "HazeOver" does exactly what you are asking for. It's actually so good and you can completely control how much the background blacks out (so you can make or more or less opaque). Source: over 1 year ago

• Is there a script to create an color overlay on the wallpaper?

  Not Applescript, but Window Focus or HazeOver will do what you want. Source: over 1 year ago

• What are your favorite hidden gem Mac apps?

  HazeOver ($4.99): helps you focus on a single window. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Anyone know the name of this focus-based app

  I do this manually with HazeOver (https://hazeover.com/) but I'll check out Hocus Focus. Source: about 2 years ago

• I made a new tweak to Almighty to highlight active app window

  What are the differences between it and HazeOver. Source: about 2 years ago

• Ultra-wide Monitor Bugs

  I also use have an extra app that dims/blacks out the background here: https://hazeover.com/. Source: about 2 years ago

• App that highlights what Window is in focus?

  HazeOver has such a feature, though it operates by dimming inactive windows. Source: over 2 years ago

• Background windows dimming on Mac OS Big Sur (11.6) and I don't know why!

  Hey everyone - I am on a MacBook Pro 2019 with the latest version of Big Sur (11.6). I have an issue where the apps in the background of my screen dim behind my main window (see above). There are apps on the App Store that do this, such as hazeover. But I have never installed anything like it and I don't see anything installed. I have tried restarting, making sure latest software is installed, different monitors,... Source: over 2 years ago

• [Question] Your favorite apps?

  There's also Hazeover, a productivity/focus app, that let's you dim anything on your screen aside from the window in focus. Although I rarely use it, it sure is a nice and useful software, worth a mention imo. Source: almost 3 years ago

• How do you separate your work environment from your personal stuff on your MacBook without them interfering ?

  You mentioned you would like to have separate files for each desktop, which unfortunately cannot happen. But, there are ways to hide the desktop. One is with a Terminal command that basically kills the instance of Finder on your desktop (until you turn it back on), and one is an app that you can use known as Hazeover that basically dims out your desktop and other windows a selectable amount. I use the former... Source: about 3 years ago

• rose gold windows 10

  No mods except for Hazeover which I’ve been using for over 6 years for window management. Source: about 3 years ago