Foreman Foreman: The $2 Mac Power Tool

for Reducing Clutter Buy It Now

Is this a familiar sight?

Look at all these open apps:

What a pain in the patootie! All those apps clutter up your screen and turn ⌘+tab into a joke. But look what happens when Foreman closes the apps you don't need:

My heavens! What a relief!

If you find yourself with a bunch of unused apps open throughout the day, then Foreman will help you.

Foreman reduces clutter and helps you focus. It opens the apps you need and closes or hides the rest.

How it Works

You define app groups by dragging apps from the Finder into the space that says "Drag Apps Here To Create New Group".

Click a group to hide all applications which aren't in that group; shift+click to close apps instead of hiding them. Foreman also opens all the apps in the group that aren't already open.

– @StuRobson

Watch It in Action It only takes a couple keystrokes with Foreman:

Like it or your money back!

Purchase Foreman for only $1.99. If you don't like it for any reason whatsoever, your $1.99 will be refunded.

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More Instructions on Using Foreman

⌘⇧. (command+shift+period) a global hotkey to show foreman

Activating a group launches all the apps in that group. You can either hide or close the other apps:

click hide other apps

hide other apps shift+click close other apps

You can also use the keyboard:

↑ and ↓ select an app group

and select an app group ⏎ activate group and hide other apps

activate group and hide other apps ⇧ + ⏎ activate group and close other apps

That's all there is to it! Foreman just does its thing and gets out of your way.

Free Version Still Available

You can still download the free version. Give it a try! If you like it, upgrade for $1.99 and get the following features:

Hide apps instead of closing them

Preview which apps will get hidden or closed

A global hotkey to launch foreman

Keyboard navigation

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What's Next???

Although it's not obvious at first glance, Foreman is not perfect. Here are some upcoming features:

Create a command line version

Set per-app options like "always close", "always hide" etc

Make it keyboard-friendly

Make it possible to define a list of apps to never close

Have a window show what apps will be closed and what will be opened when you mouse over an app group

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