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HazeOver

HazeOver

Focus and reduce visual noise

•26 reviews•

42 followers

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Awards
TouchSwitcher was ranked #4 of the day for November 29th, 2016
HazeOver: Distraction Dimmer was ranked #3 of the day for June 1st, 2015
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Makers
Maxim Ananov
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What is HazeOver ?

Get rid of distractions and focus on your current task. HazeOver automatically highlights the front app window by dimming all background windows.

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TouchSwitcher was ranked #4 of the day for November 29th, 2016
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Forum Threads

Bram Kanstein (@bramk)
Bram Kanstein (@bramk)
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10yr ago

HazeOver: Distraction Dimmer - Focus on one app by dimming all the background windows

Too many windows open to manage? Big display? Or sometimes getting lost in multiple monitors? This app is for you!

Niv Dror
Niv Dror
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8yr ago

TouchSwitcher - Switch between apps with just the Touch Bar

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Reviews

Arsenii Gorushkin
Arsenii Gorushkin
•4 reviews

Great application, very useful to reduce the visual noise and improve the focus on the currently selected application. Personally find it very useful for doing my university work and programming, as well as performing browser research without and distractions.

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10mo ago
Micha
Micha
•1 review

Excellent app! It's saved me hours on distractions. One thing I wish that it had is a blur feature in addition to darkening, but that's a minor gripe and I love it anyways! According to the in-app statistics, it's dimmed windows for me for 250 hours.

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2yr ago
gerasim_sergey
gerasim_sergey
MacPlus Software

MacPlus Software

•8 reviews

There are several free competitors: Doodim, Hocus Focus, Backdrop, and Isolator, DeskCover.

Copypast - the author took the idea from Izolator or from other free alternatives that appeared earlier and implemented HazeOver

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7yr ago
André
André
•9 reviews

Sadly, even if I tried the app for a week, I couldn't change my habit of "CMD + tab". So much faster.

I'm sure some people will like the app. But not me sorry ! 😐

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7yr ago
Rohan Taneja
Rohan Taneja
•3 reviews
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4yr ago
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