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Transparent Mac OS

June 01 2021

Transparent Mac OS

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  1. I liked the feature in Linux where you could simply turn a window transparent. I also had an app for Windows that did it, called Peek Through that did it. I finally came back to macOS and now I want a similar feature. I don't know the Swift/C langs, but I know the command line pretty well (kinda rusty, my short stint with windows didn't help any).
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Current Mac OS X Software. TransparentDock 2.3.9 (Mac OS X 10.2 or later required) TransparentDock 2 is an application that allows customization of the Mac OS X dock. The transparency level of the dock is fully adjustable, from fully transparent to fully opaque, or somewhere in between. An assortment of options are available to enhance the appearance & functionality of the dock, and each can be applied independently, or combined into a theme. Here is a solution for Mac OS X. The main file calls this function: #include 'my-cocoa-wrappers.h' setWindowTransparency(myfltkwindow, istransparent? 0.75: 1.0); Then I created my-cocoa-wrappers.h.

GraphicConverter, a powerful shareware image manipulationtool for Mac OS and Mac OS X, has an easy-to-usetool for setting the transparent color in a GIF image. Openyour GIF in GraphicConverter, then do the following:

  1. Click the Transparency tool in the Toolbox.
  2. In the image, click a pixel of the color that you want to maketransparent. All pixels that are exactly the same color will becometransparent.
  3. When you save the file, click the Options button and makesure the version is set to 'GIF 89a' as opposed to 'GIF 87a'.

To download GraphicConverter or to find out more about it, visit LemkeSoftware at:

The more I work in macOS Big Sur the more I notice its design nuances. One change over previous Mac operating systems is an overall transparent design to OS systems and other Applications. This is not evident in all third party Apps yet, because they have not been updated to Big Sur specs, but it is seen everywhere in Apples Apps in Big Sur including the Finder, Pages and others. Here is what that looks like.

Big Sur Transparency

There is a type of Transparency built into the Big Sur OS. Many of Apple’s Default Apps including the Finder take advantage of it. Here is what the Finder looks like:

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The Finder Sidebar background changes with the Desktop background behind it. Here is the “Favorites” section of the Safari web browser:

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Some third party Apps already take advantage of this transparency feature. Here is a sample from the Paste Clipboard App:

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And, here is what the Sidebar in the MarsEdit Blogging App looks like in Big Sur:

Finally, here is the Sidebar area of the Ulysses Writing App:

Most of the transparency is in the Sidebar area of these Apps. And, of course, it is evident in the Menu Bar and Dock areas of the operating system as well.

I am sure most third party App Developers will tap into this transparency capability since it is such an integral part of the Big Sur operating system.

Conclusion

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This all is not a great epiphany. I just wanted to show you the new look and feel of transparency in the Big Sur OS.

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