Impressions from a first-time Mac user

1

Moom

I think Moom is one of the best reccs for OSX in general: https://manytricks.com/moom/ Will let you snap windows the way you expect.

#Window Manager #OSX Tools #OSX Window Manager 65 social mentions

2

yabai

FFM is completely possible on macOS (unless you mean something completely different). I use yabai for it: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai.

#Window Manager #OSX Tools #Mac Tools 132 social mentions

> There is no other way to say this: window management is painful on macOS. Out-of-the-box yes. > If you open two of the same window (e.g., two Chrome windows), they appear as one in the dock. However, when you press Command (⌘)+Tab, this will only show one entry for Chrome, even though you have two windows of Chrome open. For app switching I've set the "Move focus to next window" keyboard shortcut to Option+Tab (don't remember what the default is). This works like Cmd+Tab, except it cycles between windows of the active application (i.e. Chrome windows in the above example). It's really quick and smooth since you just move your thumb between Cmd and Option. There is a slight difference between using Cmd+Tab though - you don't get a preview of the window you're about to switch to, so it's sometimes a bit clumsy if you have many windows open. To solve this I have three-finger swipe down set to display all windows of the focused app (called App Exposé). Don't remember whether this is default behavior. But with this you actually see all windows, which makes it even better than Cmd+Tab in this regard (which only shows icons). The above two in combination work very well for me and window management is a breeze. For window snapping I use BetterTouchTool[0] (paid app), but agree that if you need to get corporate IT's blessing to install apps then it's a hassle. Another app I couldn't live without: Alfred[1]. Just its clipboard history management and snippets make it awesome, but it can do so much more, like Workflows which I use a lot for various things). And iTerm2[2] is <i>great</i>. So in conclusion I agree with OP - if I was forced to use a vanilla installation then I'd prefer most Linux DE's, but being able to install a couple of apps I simply <i>love</i> MacOS and would have a really tough time transitioning back to Linux (been a MacOS user now for almost 7 years, before that 10 years of Linux). [0] https://folivora.ai/ [1] https://www.alfredapp.com/ [2] https://iterm2.com/.

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

4

Contexts

- Contexts (https://contexts.co/) to switch between apps. Yes, it would be better if this functionality was included, but it's an easy fix. The thing that was a dealbreaker for me with Windows is that it would reboot to upgrade without my permission and I would lose work. Mac doesn't do that. It may reboot to upgrade when I"m not looking, but you would never know as it puts you exactly back where you were before the reboot. That one thing will keep me loyal to Mac.

#Mac #Window Manager #Productivity 59 social mentions

5

Stats

Some alternatives: An IStats like: https://github.com/exelban/stats very nice looking, highly configurable.

#Monitoring Tools #Mac Tools #Device Management 94 social mentions

6

Raycast

I've been using Raycast [0] as an alternative to Spotlight and Alfred. Super fast file search, good looking and very extensible with its large community. Plus, it's a YC company :). [0]: https://raycast.com/.

#Productivity #App Launcher #Mac 36 social mentions

7

iTerm2

> There is no other way to say this: window management is painful on macOS. Out-of-the-box yes. > If you open two of the same window (e.g., two Chrome windows), they appear as one in the dock. However, when you press Command (⌘)+Tab, this will only show one entry for Chrome, even though you have two windows of Chrome open. For app switching I've set the "Move focus to next window" keyboard shortcut to Option+Tab (don't remember what the default is). This works like Cmd+Tab, except it cycles between windows of the active application (i.e. Chrome windows in the above example). It's really quick and smooth since you just move your thumb between Cmd and Option. There is a slight difference between using Cmd+Tab though - you don't get a preview of the window you're about to switch to, so it's sometimes a bit clumsy if you have many windows open. To solve this I have three-finger swipe down set to display all windows of the focused app (called App Exposé). Don't remember whether this is default behavior. But with this you actually see all windows, which makes it even better than Cmd+Tab in this regard (which only shows icons). The above two in combination work very well for me and window management is a breeze. For window snapping I use BetterTouchTool[0] (paid app), but agree that if you need to get corporate IT's blessing to install apps then it's a hassle. Another app I couldn't live without: Alfred[1]. Just its clipboard history management and snippets make it awesome, but it can do so much more, like Workflows which I use a lot for various things). And iTerm2[2] is <i>great</i>. So in conclusion I agree with OP - if I was forced to use a vanilla installation then I'd prefer most Linux DE's, but being able to install a couple of apps I simply <i>love</i> MacOS and would have a really tough time transitioning back to Linux (been a MacOS user now for almost 7 years, before that 10 years of Linux). [0] https://folivora.ai/ [1] https://www.alfredapp.com/ [2] https://iterm2.com/.

#Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 99 social mentions

8

Forklift

#FTP Client #File Transfer #SFTP Client 32 social mentions

9

Shottr

- Non Keyboard: Drag -> Drop I know that's not the same as right click -> select cut -> right click -> paste, but it doesn't seem strictly worse. Oh! While dragging a file if you keep the cursor over a directory or over the Back/Forward Finder arrows it will move the focus while move to that dir. 5. I really don't know much about screenshots, their possible functionality or what you are looking for, but this app -> https://shottr.cc/ might serve your needs?

#Design Tools #Screenshot Annotation #Screenshots 68 social mentions