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Has anyone made the switch from developing in Windows to macOS? Any general or specific advice about the switch?

This page summarizes and extends the software alternatives mentioned in the source post on Reddit.
2022-10-11

Rectangle Starship (Shell Prompt) Karabiner Phoenix Homebrew Kap
Window Manager Mac Tools Developer Tools
  1. Rectangle Landing Page
    Rectangle Landing Page
    1

    Rectangle

    Window management app based on Spectacle, written in Swift.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Get a window tiler. At the very least, you'll want one that can maximize (not fullscreen) and split windows in different configurations. Some options here are Rectangle, BetterTouchTool, or Phoenix if you like to tweak and customize.

    #Mac Tools #Window Manager #Developer Tools 451 social mentions

  2. Starship (Shell Prompt) Landing Page
    Starship (Shell Prompt) Landing Page
    2

    Starship (Shell Prompt)

    Starship is the minimal, blazing fast, and extremely customizable prompt for any shell! Shows the information you need, while staying sleek and minimal. Quick installation available for Bash, Fish, ZSH, Ion, and Powershell.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Install iTerm2, configure oh-my-zsh and a good terminal prompt like starship or Powerlevel10k. Might want to save this one for last since there can be a lot of tweaking involved. Some tutorials/guides might help here.

    #Developer Tools #Programming #Terminal 189 social mentions

  3. Karabiner Landing Page
    Karabiner Landing Page
    3

    Karabiner

    Karabiner, previously called KeyRemap4MacBook, is a very powerful keyboard remapper for Mac OS X.
    If there are any keybindings that you absolutely can't live without. Look into remapping them with Karabiner. There are some pre-defined rules ready to go for windows that may be interesting to you.

    #Mac Tools #Window Manager #Automation 271 social mentions

  4. Phoenix Landing Page
    Phoenix Landing Page
    4

    Phoenix

    Brief Description of Phoenix software: Phoenix is a light platform that acts as a macOS and windows application manager and is scriptable with JavaScript. Read more about Phoenix.
    Get a window tiler. At the very least, you'll want one that can maximize (not fullscreen) and split windows in different configurations. Some options here are Rectangle, BetterTouchTool, or Phoenix if you like to tweak and customize.

    #Window Manager #Linux #OSX Tools 11 social mentions

  5. BTT Remote Landing Page
    BTT Remote Landing Page
    5
    BTT

    BTT Remote

    A remote control for you Mac, using your iPhone or iPad
    Get a window tiler. At the very least, you'll want one that can maximize (not fullscreen) and split windows in different configurations. Some options here are Rectangle, BetterTouchTool, or Phoenix if you like to tweak and customize.

    #Window Manager #Mac Tools #OSX Tools 185 social mentions

  6. Homebrew Landing Page
    Homebrew Landing Page
    6

    Homebrew

    The missing package manager for macOS
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    First thing is to install Homebrew. It lets you install and manage both gui and cli applications easily. Try to use this for any app installs going forward. It allows you to upgrade to latest versions easily.

    #Package Manager #Windows Tools #Front End Package Manager 884 social mentions

  7. Kap Landing Page
    Kap Landing Page
    7

    Kap

    Kap is an open-source screen recorder built with web technology.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    The built-in screenshotting tool is awesome (Cmd+Shift+3 / Cmd+Shift+4) Kap is an awesome open-source screen video capturing tool https://getkap.co/.

    #Screen Recording #Screenshot Annotation #Video Maker 38 social mentions

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