See-through Stickies

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Appleis Stickies application is handy for storing quick notes and other bits of information, but those note windows can get in the way of everything else on your Macis Desktop. If you need to see the contents of a Stickie window and also see whatis behind it, just make the window see-through. Hereis how:

  • Select the Stickie window you want to see through.
  • Choose Note > Translucent Window.

Use the Stickies Note menu to enable translucency.

You canit set the level of translucency for Stickie windows, but you can activate translucency on a window-by-window basis.


This see-through stickie is floating over a document window.

The Stickies translucency feature is useful if you also set individual windows to float above other applications. You can keep reference information in a Stickie visible while working unobstructed in another application below the Stickie window.

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Jeff Gamet

Jeff Gamet

Jeff is the Mac Observer's Managing Editor, and co-host of the Apple Context Machine podcast. He is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X" from Peachpit Press, and writes for several design-related publications. Jeff has presented at events such as Macworld Expo, the RSA Conference, and the Mac Computer Expo. In all his spare time, he also co-hosts the We Have Communicators podcast, and makes guest appearances on several other podcasts, too. Jeff dreams in HD.

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