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Who it’s for
Someone on a Mac with many windows open who wants to look at just one of them.
On the desktop · it’s out
Look at one window. Let the rest go soft.
For someone on a Mac with many windows open who wants to look at just one of them. Until now they tried to ignore the clutter, or closed and hid the other windows. Focal sits in the menu bar and blurs everything behind the window you are using.
Mac menu-bar appmacOS 13 or newerFree and open source (MIT)App 01 of 30
Strength80%
Keep sharp
Pause anywhere with ⌃⌥⌘F, or Option-click the icon.
A sample desktop, made up for this page. It is a browser simulation, not the real app.Drag a window by its title bar · arrow keys move a focused title bar · the red dot closes, the Dock reopens.
What it’s for
Who it’s for, and what changed for them.
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By hand, until now
They tried to ignore the clutter, or closed and hid the other windows.
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What I built
A menu-bar app that keeps the window you are using sharp and blurs everything behind it, with a strength slider and an Auto setting. You can pin a second window so it stays clear too.
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Where it is
It’s out: free and open source (MIT), App 01 of 30, for macOS 13 or newer. You download a ZIP from GitHub and drag it into Applications.
Rough edges
What it doesn’t do yet, said plainly.
- First openMac only, and not notarized by Apple, so the first open needs an extra approval in System Settings.
- Full-screen appsFull-screen apps are left alone unless you switch that on.
Credit: Focal’s README says it was inspired by Monocle.
Honest line: the windows above are drawn by this page. The real Focal never reads your screen; it asks macOS where the windows are and puts one blur layer behind the one you’re using. No version number is published yet.