Dropover - Easier Drag & Drop 4+

There are many “shelf” apps on macOS. For years, I have used Dropzone, which works very well. I developed many workflows to integrate it into Finder, Alfred, QuickActions/Services, etc. It was always a bit hacky, involving some scripting. But two things helped a bunch: (1) The addition of a Dropzone target in Shortcuts; and (2) the addition of a Dropzone command line utility.

Well, I just discovered Dropover. The difference in quality between the two apps is immense. Dropover is clearly a “new” app. It includes every possible bit of Apple features as possible — e.g., very good Shortcuts support, it appears in right-click context menus, share sheets, etc. Whenever I was doing something and tempted to move it to my Dropzone Drop Bar via my own scripts, I tested out how I would move it to a Dropover shelf, and sure enough, the developer already found a way to make that simpler. Not to mention that the shelves themselves really look terrific and function amazingly well. The developer really deserves credit for making such a feature-complete and polished app.

In fairness, I will say that Dropzone’s Drop Bar (shelf functionality) is only one of its features, so it isn’t a perfect 1:1 comparison.

But as far as shelf functionality goes, Dropover is truly excellent. I recommend it to everyone. It will be an app that makes you wonder how you ever survived before without it.

this is such a well thought out app, with so many time-saving applications. In addition to gathering multiple files to move/copy within the finder, I use it to quickly upload my screenshots and tutorial videos that I make for my team using Snagit. I set Dropover as a sharing location and it pops the files right in to a shelf where I can choose the sharing location. Dropover's native sharing site works great and is so quick and simple. I am always thrilled to find an app that saves time and is well thought out, like this one. I'm still finding new ways to use it, but bought it within a few minutes of trying it since it solved a couple of basic time-consuming issues right away.

Relocating files to better organize my own images, graphics, logos, fonts, art, contracts and documents is so much easier, now. I don't understand why Apple failed to use a Cut to move files, it's always such a chore having to have that second window open for drag & drop, which takes completely away from the convenience of drag & drop.

With this little, just grab the file/files you want to move, shake them a bit, drop them in the presented window, navigate to their destination with the same finder window (I often just have to back-up or drill down 1 directory), move it/them from the holding window to the target window and voila! All done.