MyPoint Pro v1.7 Mac OS X

myPoint Pro combines six tools in one: Crosshair, Grille, Coordinates, Mouse Halo, Mouse Locator and Heavy Shade. All tools are customizable: hotkeys, color, opacity, size, thickness, offset. myPoint will show its information above all other windows and applications, even when other application is active or in full screen.

Crosshairs tool displays two thin lines according mouse position.

Features:

• Full screen on all monitors.
• Customizable gauge, color, transparency and offset from mouse position.
• Hotkey to toggle the tool visibility.

Grille tool displays grille by horizontal and vertical lines.

Features:

• Full screen on all monitors.
• Customizable gauge, aperture, color and transparency.
• Customizable offset from mouse position in follow mouse mode.
• Two modes: Follow mouse and Pin.
• Hotkeys to change aperture size.
• Hotkey to toggle the tool visibility.
• Hotkey to construct the grille from specified bands number, aka Rule of Thirds.

Coordinates tool displays information about current mouse position in menu bar and in a flying panel.

Features:

• Five origin points to calculate cursor position: left-top, left-bottom, right-bottom, right-top and custom.
• Set custom origin by a hotkey.
• Move mouse cursor to origin point by a hotkey.
• Input panel to set precisely mouse position.
• Copy to clipboard.
• Format X-Y or Y-X.
• Hotkeys to handle the tool.

Shade allows you to adjust the brightness of your monitors. The tool doesn't fiddle with display settings - it places translucent layers on top of desktop and other applications.

Features:

• Full screen on all monitors.
• Support all connected monitors with common desktop shade settings.
• Additional per-screen shade settings for up to six monitors.
• Shade level and color.
• Respect mirroring displays and doesn't overshadowing them additionally.
• Change shade level by hotkeys or from application's menu in menu bar extras.
• Not limited shade level - up to 100%.
• Safety timeout - the total shading above 90% is treated as Heavy and will be decreased after the timeout elapsed.
• Customization - hotkeys, levels, colors, timeout.

Mouse Locator reveals the mouse position with a gently animated or static ring.

Features:

• Activation on: hotkey combination; single modifier key; mouse gesture; mouse movement between screens or after a period of inactivity.
• Deactivation on: end of animation; end of display period; mouse click.
• Customization: colors, opacity, size, thickness; animated or static; animation speed and repetition; momentary or permanent.
• Visible in full screen on all monitors.
• Can be disabled.

Mouse Halo is an image permanently shown around the mouse cursor. The classic halo is a ring surrounding the cursor. However any image can be used as a halo source. Even more the image can be positioned aside of the cursor. A free online halo gallery is accessible from the preferences panel, giving an easy way to import new halos. The user can create its own halos too. Features:

• Activation: hotkey to toggle the halo visibility; hotkey to show the next halo from the predefined halo-set.
• Customization: size; opacity; rotation speed and direction; offset from mouse position; flip, shrink or cut the image.
• Select preferred halos in so-called halo-set.
• Preinstalled halo pack.
• Free online halo gallery with easy import.
• Unlimited user created halos.
• Visible in full screen on all monitors.
• Can be disabled.

General features:

• Hotkey to show or hide application menu in menu bar extras.
• Can start automatically at user login.
• Customizable hotkeys to handle tools.
• Common Preferences panel for all settings.
• Support multiple users, screens and desktops.

myPoint supports multiple users, screens and desktops. It is built on Apple's security paradigm - sandboxing - this way it is reducing the threat of rogue code and malicious software.

Note: When myPoint is running, no icon is shown in the Dock. The control is through a menu in Menu Bar Extras.