Mobile platform Apple in the ninth embodiment has acquired a number of useful innovations. The same modes Split View and “picture in picture” allows a new look at the work with multitasking. Unfortunately, the desktop platform OS X by default lacks some features of its mobile reincarnation, and therefore, in the case enters third-party developers. One of them, Jaden Geller, has found a way to add to the Mac the missing mode “picture in picture”.
Working with video in windowed mode has always been available in OS X, but it’s much nicer to watch in the corner of the frameless window screen over the top video, as in iOS. To add this functionality just download the app Helium.
With Helium will be able to display on desktop tidy a small box with video, as with local storage, or from different streaming services, including YouTube, Netflix, Amazon or Hulu. According to the developers, with the help of Helium can significantly extend the possibilities of interaction with Safari, to make watching videos more comfortable. “You no longer have to choose between web surfing and the new series of the beloved series. Now multitasking has reached a whole different level,” he says.
The program is not in the official Mac App Store. However, it does not require deep integration into the OS, so there is no risk of losing important data. The app only uses the Safari WebKit, which activates the necessary plug-in and makes possible the use of mode “picture-in-picture”.
Download Helium absolutely for free at this link. By installing the application, open it and paste in the box that appears enter the URL where you want the movie or video. Frameless window Helium you can drag and place where it will be convenient. This is how the “picture in picture” migrated from iOS to Mac OS X. Perhaps one of the best features of all Apple.
The video to the article depicts the process of setting and interacting with Helium. If you are unsure about whether you need this app, be sure to install. Although it is possible that in the next update Apple will add this mode and the need for the add-in will disappear by itself.
