Magnet Window Manager VS uBar

uBar

The Dock replacement for the Mac.

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2021-07-27

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Categories	Window Manager OSX Tools OSX Window Manager Mac Tools
Website	magnet.crowdcafe.com

Categories	Window Manager OSX Tools OSX Window Manager Mac Tools
Website	brawersoftware.com

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Review: Magnet window manager for OS X

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Category Popularity

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uBar

Window Manager

76 76%

Window Manager

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OSX Tools

78 78%

OSX Tools

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Mac Tools

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Reviews

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Rectangle shows that you don’t need to dip into your bank account to get window resizer tools. This free Mac window manager lets you manage multiple windows using keyboard shortcuts, menu options, or by dragging and dropping. Just like Magnet, you can split your screen up into quarters, thirds, or halves.

Source: mackeeper.com

Top 6 Window Manager Apps for Mac

Most window manager apps for Mac support multiple monitors. They can help you move windows between screens and create custom layouts for each monitor. Many window manager apps – such as BetterSnapTool, Magnet, and Rectangle – offer this functionality.

Source: www.maketecheasier.com

The 6 Best Mac Window Management Tools

Magnet supports up to six external displays in different orientations, including vertical orientation. You can get Magnet from the App Store for a $7.99 one-time fee, which is pretty reasonable, especially if you miss Windows 11's Snap feature.

Source: www.makeuseof.com

Moom vs Magnet vs Spectacle

There are some tools to improve this on macOS. The two I have tried are Moom and Magnet. And lastly I tried Rectangle as well. They are very similar in the way that they intend to solve the same problem, but they differ in some essential parts.

Source: medium.com

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Magnet Window Manager should be more popular than uBar. It has been mentiond 68 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Magnet Window Manager mentions (68)

Ask HN: Anyone know workarounds to MacBook Air M2 missing dual-monitor support?
* a cheap USB-C to (Mini-)Display port adapter will allow you to drive two monitors and the laptop panel simultaneously. I have no problem driving the Ultrawide at 3440x1440@100Hz via HDMI and/or Displayport , though without the convenience of USB-C/Thunderbolt. [1] https://magnet.crowdcafe.com. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
Little macOS Apps That Make a Big Difference in 2024
Adding my must haves: - DisplayBuddy: a more modern alternative to BetterDisplay to control monitors (https://displaybuddy.app) - Magnet: the simplest and best window manager (https://magnet.crowdcafe.com) - DaisyDisk: fantastic way to visualise your disk usage and free up space (https://daisydiskapp.com). - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago
Recommend apps for learning Macbook hotkeys and shortcuts coming from a Windows background.
Third-party window management apps like Magnet and Rectangle. Source: 4 months ago
A collection of useful Mac Apps
Magnet - Price: Free Window manager for macOS that allows you to easily resize and arrange windows on your Mac. Source: 9 months ago
Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to macOS?
I use Magnet which is sweet. https://magnet.crowdcafe.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

uBar mentions (10)

Is there a way to quickly restart open apps?
Probably overkill, especially given it's a paid app, but uBar (Dock replacement) has a shortcut that restarts an app: cmd+shift+click on the app icon. Source: over 1 year ago
Apple Silicon Is an Inconvenient Truth
I use uBar, you can have all windows ungrouped on the bar and it should have the title for each window. Source: over 1 year ago
Finally seeing the draw to Mac...
There's always Ubar for an alt to the dock. It's Windows-esq. Https://brawersoftware.com/products/ubar. Source: over 2 years ago
How to make easier MacOS for my mom long time user of Windows?
UBar could help quite a bit. It replaces the MacOS dock with a Windows-style taskbar. That along with Start, which is basically a Windows Start Menu for the Mac, and she should be good to go. Source: over 2 years ago
Multiple MacOS Docks or MacOS Dock Alternatives
Here is what I´ve found elsewhere: uBar - Cost 30$ - I havent tested this, purely because I doubt I would be paying 30 bux for a dock, also from screenshots, it seems to be tailored to looking like a windows taskbar, which I am not looking for. Source: over 2 years ago