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Life & fun · January 10, 2017

App Pier for MacOS

Keyboard-centric app launcher & switcher

App Pier for MacOS launched on January 10, 2017 with 58 votes, #1,230 of 3,671 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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What it does

App Pier for MacOS is keyboard-centric fast app launcher and switcher for MacOS with strong touch bar support. Features: * See and open running apps together with your pinned apps. * Search and launch any application from Application Folder * Open your favorite folders * Focus Mode: Hide other app's windows when an app is launched * Touch Bar

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Works well and is apparently by a relative newbie developer: kudos. Sure wish I could find advertised “dark mode” though. Thanks for buying App Pier and for your review. Regarding dark mode, it is automatically activated when you enable dark mode in operating system from System Preferences -> General ->Use dark menu bar and Dock. Works well and is apparently by a relative newbie developer: kudos. Sure wish I could find advertised “dark mode” though. Not including a way to launch apps directly from the Macbook Pro’s Touch bar was very shortsighted on Apple’s part, and might be one reason for all the criticism. Enter App Pier. A fast, easy way to launch your favorite apps in only a second or…from apps.apple.com

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