Mac – Deskpins / Afloat Alternative Mac Mavericks

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When I was on PC i loved deskpins. Afloat is a similar app for mac.

I am having trouble getting the Github app to run after compiling and archiving with xCode. https://github.com/millenomi/afloat/

The only active download I could find for Afloat is here http://en.softonic.com/s/afloat:mac, but it doesn't seem to work with Mavericks.

I would think that there would be several alternatives, but apparently not. http://alternativeto.net/software/deskpins/?platform=mac

Unfortunately, the only applications I can get Afloat to work with are finder and Safari.

Can anyone help me get a Afloat or an alternative working with Mavericks?

Best Answer

https://github.com/fjolnir/afloat

This version of Afloat builds fine on Mavericks, and even has an added option "focus follows mouse".

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