Alternatives
Alternatives to DockLatch
DockLatch: DockLatch keeps the original macOS Dock on the display you choose and remembers its display, edge, size and auto-hide settings for each display setup. It runs from the menu bar on macOS 15 or later, on Apple silicon and Intel Macs. The midpoint of the chosen edge must be on a free outer boundary; it does not create a separate Dock on every screen. Test your actual arrangement with the 14-day trial before buying. Continued use costs US$9.90 once for up to three Macs, including future updates. The trial does not charge automatically. These are 7 more in Display. 7 listed: 4 free, 1 free with a paid upgrade and 2 paid. Of those, 1 with a free trial.
7 apps
- About Petit Fire
Petit Fire , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Petit Fire puts a small candle light in the corner of your screen while you work.
Petit Fire puts a small candle light in the corner of your Mac screen while you work. Click the menu bar icon to light it and click again to put it out; it stays lit until you do. The menu holds five settings: brightness, size, place, volume and sound. Free on the Mac App Store. macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon and Intel.
Free - About Candela
Candela, opens the developer's site in a new tab Protect OLED displays from burn-in, check panels for defects and wear, and give every Mac display better controls.
A macOS menu bar app that protects your displays from OLED burn-in and wear: panel health history, a checkup for defects, and the everyday brightness, volume, and scaling controls macOS leaves out. For anyone with an external monitor on a Mac, and especially OLED owners.
Free - About Matrix Desktop
Matrix Desktop, opens the developer's site in a new tab matrix (web-based green code rain, made with love)
Live Matrix digital rain wallpaper and screensaver for Apple Silicon Macs. Customize presets from the menu bar, run it across multiple displays, and let power and thermal backoff keep it sensible on laptops. Free, with no account or subscription. Requires macOS 14 or later.
Free - About Backspace: macOS Live Wallpapers
Backspace: macOS Live Wallpapers, opens the developer's site in a new tab Transform your Mac with cinematic live wallpapers, seamless playback, and controls designed for macOS.
Explore more than 1,000 live wallpapers in 4K, built to transform your Mac desktop and Lock Screen. Start with a 7-day free trial.
Paid - About MacUno
MacUno, opens the developer's site in a new tab
Your desktop blurs, narrows in perspective, and dims as the lid closes — and restores as it opens. A menu bar app for Apple Silicon MacBooks.
Paid - About Arras
Arras , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Free native macOS photo widgets and editable desktop collages, with slideshows, layers and saved setups.
Arrange photos, slideshows and editable collages on your Mac desktop. Keep natural proportions, choose layers, add captions and save setups. Free and open source.
Free - About Musou
Musou, opens the developer's site in a new tab Everything you
Musou is a 2.9 MB native Swift and Metal menu bar app for Apple silicon Macs (macOS 14.2+) that turns everything you're not using pure black, so only the window or video you're on stays lit at 100% brightness. • Work Focus (⌃⌥⌘F): Keeps your active window (plus any reference windows you pin with ⌃⌥⌘P) at full contrast while the desktop, Dock, menu bar, and background clutter go pure black. • Only the Video (⌃⌥⌘O): Finds the video inside Safari, Chrome, Brave, Arc, IINA, or QuickTime without browser extensions and trims away the white page, tabs, comments, sidebars, and letterbox grey bars, with 0.7s video centering and 6 visual looks. • All-Day Modes & 120 Hz Metal Craft: Includes Away mode, Follow the mouse, Custom (Keep or Vanish), 120 Hz ProMotion tracking, 9 Metal going-dark transitions, Esc × 3 instant restore, and a Free-forever ($0) tier after a 14-day full trial.
$4.99
About DockLatch
DockLatch keeps the original macOS Dock on the display you choose and remembers its display, edge, size and auto-hide settings for each display setup. It runs from the menu bar on macOS 15 or later, on Apple silicon and Intel Macs. The midpoint of the chosen edge must be on a free outer boundary; it does not create a separate Dock on every screen. Test your actual arrangement with the 14-day trial before buying. Continued use costs US$9.90 once for up to three Macs, including future updates. The trial does not charge automatically.