App hider utility?

[hologram]

I was wondering if there's a utility out there that would hide everything except the frontmost application.

In other words, if I have several apps open, each with open windows, as I switch from one app to the other everything else gets hidden automatically, like hitting command-option-H.

This used to be built-in to OS9 and earlier, and I've been using a utility called MenuStrip in OSX 10.4x, but it's PPC only. I've tried searching, but haven't found anything. Does something like this exist for Leopard?

 

[72930]

Is Isolator what you're looking for?

http://lifehacker.com/software/distraction/download-of-the-day-isolator-mac-239746.php

 

[IJ Reilly]

You can also try Spirited Away.

 

[hologram]

Isolator is actually pretty good. I'll need to play with it a little, but it should be fine. I wish Apple would bring this feature back.

Spirited Away seems to hide apps after a period of inactivity.

Thanks!

 

[IJ Reilly]

Isolator is actually pretty good. I'll need to play with it a little, but it should be fine. I wish Apple would bring this feature back.

Spirited Away seems to hide apps after a period of inactivity.

Thanks!

It does, but the period can be set.

 

[hologram]

Thanks, both of you!

Isolator was exactly what I was looking for, once I figured out I could set the background opacity to transparent.