'Always on top' window on macOS

Question

I need a way to put any chosen window to be always on top.

For example, if I read a book in iBooks or I'm writing code in Xcode using Sublime Text. I want an application or way to overcome the issue.

I tried Helium and Fluid Browser but they are like web browser it's not I look for. I exactly want any application to be on top always for macOS.

I used know of a terminal command to do it I’ll try to find again. — user7886229, Jun 14 '18 at 11:10
Possible duplicate of https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/219116/any-nice-stable-ways-to-keep-a-window-always-on-top-on-the-mac — user7886229, Jun 14 '18 at 11:34
@Josh Which of the answer is correspond to my request in that duplicate? — Soner from The Ottoman Empire, Jun 14 '18 at 14:21

Matt Sephton · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-25T19:17:44.687

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Try Deskovery3. It does that and more. (up to and including Catalina)

There's also Afloat (up to Mojave): http://www.perfectlyrandom.org/2016/10/23/always-on-top-in-macos-sierra/

Or AfloatX (for Catalina): https://github.com/jslegendre/AfloatX

Note: these require you to temporarily lower the security settings on your Mac (disabling SIP) during part of the installation/setup.

Alternatively, you might want to investigate the following macOS features: Full Screen, Mission Control, Hot Corners and Spaces which all allow easy and flexible control of application windows.

edited Mar 25 '20 at 19:17

answered Jun 14 '18 at 14:51

Matt Sephton

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by the by, it doesn't work nowadays. – Soner from The Ottoman Empire Mar 25 '20 at 19:08
@itsnotmyrealname what doesn't work? Deskovery3? Alfoat? And what is "nowadays"? Catalina? Mojave? – Matt Sephton Mar 25 '20 at 19:15
deskovery 10.15.3 catalina "toggle float" feature doesn't work. I used it last year in a perfectly valid way. – Soner from The Ottoman Empire Mar 25 '20 at 19:16
Has anyone been able to use the "Toggle Float" feature of Deskovery3 successfully on BigSur? – Sanjiv Jivan Dec 06 '20 at 15:40
@SanjivJivan though sip is disabled, no work – Soner from The Ottoman Empire Jan 23 '21 at 15:24

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 17 '22 at 09:33

If you want to keep SIP enabled you can use BetterTouchTool (https://folivora.ai) it now has an option to keep a window floating. The action is called "Pin/Unpin Focused Window to Float on Top" It works with most windows, but not with DRMed video content like Netflix. (It basically floats a live video stream of the backgrounded window on top)

'Always on top' window on macOS

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