Mouse Finder is a fun replacement for the system Finder icon in the Dock.

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Overview

Mouse Finder

Mouse Finder is a fun replacement for the system Finder icon in the Dock. It mostly works exactly like the system icon, with one important difference — the eyes follow your mouse pointer. Here’s a video of it in action.

Installation

Download and unzip the latest release, move the app to the Applications folder, then open it. You may also want to keep it in the Dock and have it open at login.

Hiding the System Finder Icon

At this point you’ll have two Finder icons in your Dock — the real Finder icon, and the one from Mouse Finder. One way to hide the system Finder icon is using an app called cDock. If you know any more ways to hide the system Finder icon, let me know, and I’ll add them to this page.

Background

This project is a fun look at pushing the limits of the NSDockTile API. The API was likely never meant to be used this way, so you’ll find the code does get a bit hacky. The app itself, however, is pretty delightful, and I hope you enjoy using it as much as I do :)

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Comments
  • [Bug] Finder eyes blink incorrectly

    [Bug] Finder eyes blink incorrectly

    Hey @neilsardesai, great work again on Mouse Finder! I love how it makes my Mac unique and appreciate the work you put into it. I recently built it from the Xcode file on Github and I'm dealing with an odd issue.

    Once running, the blink animation zooms in and out instead of actually blinking. I'm not the best with Xcode so I can't quite figure out what is going on and I figured I'd open an issue to see if you had any ideas why this was happening or what I could do to solve it. Does anything come to mind?

    Thanks again for your hard work! Love your stuff and can't wait to see what comes next!

    If the attached video will not load please view it here: https://imgur.com/a/dGlZfu4

    https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/20716142/156214123-3d04303e-3e6e-4092-ae91-4b8eb7b608da.mov

    opened by 3raxton 4
  • [Question] Mouse Finder Right Click Menu Options

    [Question] Mouse Finder Right Click Menu Options

    Hey @neilsardesai, great work on Mouse Finder. I remember when you shared it on Twitter and since its been such a powerful addition to my Mac. I'm curious if it is somehow possible to have Mouse Finder show the recent files, locations, Go to Folder, New Finder Window, etc. within Mouse Finder as seen attached from the regular Finder.

    I'm a heavy Finder user relying on these shortcuts. Do you know if it is possible to do something like this? Again, great work on Mouse Finder, keep up the great work! 🎉 (also sweet slider, love your tweets of what you're working on)

    image

    opened by 3raxton 2
  • Not working on macos < 11.0, and fix

    Not working on macos < 11.0, and fix

    The project as is does not compile nor works under previous system versions.

    I compiled it successfully with the following changes:

    • Set Deployement Target to 10.12 (won't compile if < 10.12)
    • Change "@main" to "@NSApplicationMain" in line 10 of AppDelegate.swift
    • Rebuild; XCode will give another error but it can automatically fix it (Using "fix" button); build it again

    Tested and working on macos 10.14

    opened by jawsoftware 1
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