Browse all: every power-up, filters and Advanced
Browse all is the full catalog: every power-up, slider and tool in Mainspring, grouped by the part of the Mac it changes. Recipes are built from these same power-ups.
Filter by area
A row of chips runs across the top. All shows every section, one after another. Any other chip shows just that section:
| Chip | What's there |
|---|---|
| Power | Keep awake with the lid closed, Keep awake, Clean Mode, Turn the display off after and the power switches |
| Display | Dark Mode |
| Network | Wi-Fi status and speed test, Fix My Internet, Hotspot mode, Faster DNS and Low-latency Wi-Fi |
| Screenshots | Screenshot folder and the screenshot power-ups |
| Dock | Dock power-ups, plus the Dock size and magnification sliders |
| Finder | Show the Library folder, Private folders, Finder power-ups and the sidebar icon size slider |
| Keyboard | Typing and key-repeat power-ups |
| System | Window behaviour, dialogs, sounds, contrast and update power-ups |
| Performance | Animation, transparency and motion power-ups |
| Trackpad | Scroll direction, and the pointer and scrolling speed sliders |
| Privacy | Lock-screen message, privacy power-ups and Tidy windows for a call |
| Mission Control | Hot Corners and Spaces power-ups |
| Menu Bar | Clock, battery and spacing power-ups |
| Safari | Safari power-ups — all of them Advanced |
The power-up reference lists everything in each section.
The Advanced switch
At the top right of Browse all is an Advanced switch. Off, you see the everyday power-ups. On, you also see ones for people who know they want them — skipping the warning when you empty the Trash, say, or using F1–F12 as standard keys. These carry an ADVANCED chip.
In Mainspring 3.3.1, 33 of the 95 power-ups and 3 of the 5 power switches are Advanced. Safari's power-ups are all Advanced, so the Safari chip shows nothing until you switch Advanced on. Search always includes Advanced power-ups.
Reading a power-up row
Each power-up is one row: an icon, its name, a one-line description, a ☆ to pin it, and a switch. Use power-up switches explains what the switch does — and the rows that show a Run or Allow… button instead.
Tools with cards of their own
Some things aren't simple on/off settings, so they get a card of their own at the top of their section: Keep awake, Clean Mode, Dark Mode, the Network tools, Hot Corners, Screenshot folder, Show the Library folder, Private folders and Lock-screen message. Each has its own guide — see all of them on the Mainspring Guides page.
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