DesktopShelves
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The facts
Each one read from DesktopShelves's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Capacity
- A shelf the size of five icons holds 20 files.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Create files from text
- Dropping a text selection onto a shelf creates a new file.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Design gallery
- The gallery invites users to browse designs and share their own.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The maker provides DesktopShelves tutorials covering shelf basics, drag and drop, text snippets, folder browsing, Finder labels, designs, and sorting.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Drag and drop
- Files can be dropped from the desktop or Finder onto shelves and dragged from shelves into other apps.checked 9 Oct 2026
- File movement limit
- Files dragged onto a shelf must be on the same volume as the shelf folder.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Finder integration
- The Finder context menu can open any folder as a shelf on the desktop.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Founder
- Rico Gundermann founded Kitestack after working as a software engineer at HP.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Hotkey access
- A hotkey provides access to shelves while other apps are running.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- DesktopShelves organizes files on shelves on the Mac desktop.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Quick Look
- A single click on a shelf file opens a Quick Look preview.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security
- The opened maker pages provide no security or compliance details for DesktopShelves.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Shelf access
- Shelves can be accessed with a hotkey while other apps are running.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Shelf designs
- The app includes shelf designs and offers more designs through its gallery.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- DesktopShelves users can report problems through the app's built-in feedback mechanism or contact support by email.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Text capture
- Dropping a text selection onto a shelf creates a new file.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Text formats
- Dropping selected text creates a .txt, .rtf, or .rtfd file depending on the text format.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Text snippets
- Right-clicking and dragging a file away from a shelf pastes its text contents into another app.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Company location
- Kitestack describes itself as a small company based in Luebeck, Germany.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Luebeck, Germanychecked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker location
- Kitestack describes itself as a small company based in Luebeck, Germany, making Mac applications.checked 9 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform
- The maker describes Kitestack as building software for Mac, and DesktopShelves is presented as a Mac desktop app.checked 9 Oct 2026
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