# DeskCover

> macOS productivity app that hides desktop icons and highlights the active application window with customizable covers using colors, wallpapers, or custom images to reduce visual distractions.

- **URL:** https://noteifyapp.com/deskcover/
- **Category:** Productivity Software
- **Tags:** Macos, Focus, desktop-management, window-highlighting
- **Updated:** 2026-03-16 21:30
- **Canonical page:** https://timetrack.works/it/items/deskcover

## Details

## Overview

DeskCover is a Mac application that helps you stay focused on your work by hiding desktop icons and highlighting the active application window with a single click or global hotkey.

## Key Features

### Desktop Cover
- Hide the mess on your desktop with one click
- Use color, system wallpaper, or custom pictures as a cover
- Adjust background transparency settings
- Clean visual workspace instantly

### Window Highlighting & Focus
- Highlights the window of the currently active application
- Automatically dims windows of inactive applications
- Focus on current task without background distractions

### Multiple Window Isolation (Pro)
- DeskCover Pro features "Isolate multiple Windows" mode
- Keep between two and five windows isolated simultaneously
- Perfect for complex multi-window workflows

### Customization
- Choose from various cover options (color, wallpaper, custom image)
- Adjust transparency levels
- Configure global hotkeys for quick access
- Personalize appearance to your preference

## Alternatives Comparison

DeskCover is described as a beautiful alternative to HazeOver, UnDistracted, and Window Focus, combining desktop hiding with window highlighting in one app.

## Platform

macOS

## Pricing

Basic version available with DeskCover Pro for advanced features.

## Use Cases

- Reducing desktop clutter
- Maintaining focus during deep work
- Managing visual distractions
- Creating clean workspaces for presentations or screen sharing

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