One small, free, open-source app. One permission, no screen recording, and it works the moment you open it.

You moved to a Mac. It’s lovely. Then you pressed ⌘Tab looking for that one browser window, got the whole browser instead, and quietly missed Windows for the first time.

The usual fix is three apps: one for Dock previews, one for an Alt-Tab clone, one for window snapping. That’s three settings windows, three permission prompts and three ways for things to argue with each other.

Or you’re Mark: 52, runs a company, and on Monday IT swapped his Lenovo for a Mac. Mark doesn’t do settings. He wants to hover the taskbar, press Alt+Tab and drag a window to the side, like he has for twenty years. Or Anna, who runs finance from twelve Excel workbooks and two displays, and just wants to type “budget” and be there.

DockFlip is one app that does all three, for Mark, Anna and you. It takes the bits Windows got right and leaves the rest where it was. No Start menu, no surprise restarts, no paperclip.

• Polished without peeking. Window cards, mini-maps and tab lists look the part without Screen Recording. Other Dock preview apps need to see your screen for that;…