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• How I stay (more) focused with ADHD

  Tip: I use Rectangle app to set up keyboard shortcuts to resize windows (I only have three shortcuts there: left/right half of the screen and full screen). - Source: dev.to / 2 months ago

• Ask HN: Best Hacks for a Ultrawide Monitor?

  If you are using MacOS, I recommend these 2 apps 1. "Rectangle" for window management https://rectangleapp.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Working in the Vision Pro [video]

  Use tiling window manager + one large or ultrawidescreen monitor. If you have Mac, rectangle is good free software (https://rectangleapp.com/). - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers

  But Raycast also has some functionality in that direction. [1] - https://rectangleapp.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Little macOS Apps That Make a Big Difference in 2024

  Two more little utilities that I cannot live without on Mac: A tiling window manager like https://rectangleapp.com/ Muzzle, which automatically silences desktop notifs when you're screensharing https://muzzleapp.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Macbook M3 Max new MacOS user

  I suggest using Rectangle instead of Magnet; it has the same features but is free. I don't know what other Windows features you want to have. Source: 5 months ago

• Found this on Facebook and I've started questioning my life choices...

  I’ve used this app forever. Adds in all the window snapping features. Source: 5 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: 5 months ago

• MacOS tools to make your life easier

  Rectangle Mac - Move and resize windows in macOS using keyboard shortcuts or snap areas, similar to Windows. Source: 5 months ago

• Everything I install and set up on a new MacBook as a web developer

  I was a Spectacle user for years, but I recently switched to using Rectangle for window management. Rectangle has a few more options than Spectacle; I’m still getting used to it but I have no strong feelings either way. - Source: dev.to / 5 months ago

• Ask HN: What perfect software did you discover of recent?

  If you have a Mac, Rectangle on is an excellent open source solution for window management. It’s almost like I never left windows with some bounces sprinkled on top. - https://rectangleapp.com. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Yabai – A tiling window manager for macOS

  I like rectangle [0]. It fits my needs well enough without requiring disabling SIP. I especially like the “repeated key presses resize a window on the same side” feature, so I can get cycle the size of the window on the right side of the screen from 1/2->1/3->2/3 easily. I miss i3 sometimes and this ain’t an identical replacement but it gets the job done! Turns out I don’t move my windows all that often anyways.... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Some first impressions on using the Defy

  THE MORE REFLEXES YOU DEVELOP, THE MORE THERE IS TO UNLEARN. The default layouts have made me realize how dependent I am on some unconventional keyboard shortcuts, like moving windows around via ctrl-shift-arrow with https://rectangleapp.com/. And I haven't dared to try vim yet. Source: 5 months ago

• No Bing, no Edge, no upselling: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon

  Try Rectangle: https://rectangleapp.com/ One of the first things I install on a new MBP. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• A picture is worth a thousand permissions requests

  Https://rectangleapp.com/ I am also one of those Linux desktop users who bought an M2 for power management and I don't understand how people can be satisfied with the out of the box window management experience. Every other environment supports hyper + arrow to move windows into a split view, windows, gnome, kde, whatever. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Am I missing out on something?

  Currently installed apps: Alfred for searching applications/files and launching websites quickly I Stat menus to monitor my hardware Geo Gebra Classic 6 for school Rectangle for better window management Obsidian for note taking Resolve for video editing and all utilities that come with it Bitwarden as my go-to password manager Microsoft Word, Excel PowerPoint and Teams for school Dropover for moving or... Source: 6 months ago

• Best ways to control window size and placement with hotkeys?

  Edit: Looks like a few options are BetterSnapTool, Rectangle, and Raycast. Any other suggestions appreciated. Source: 7 months ago

• macOS Sonoma is available today

  Not having to install apps like Rectangle to snap windows into desired areas. [1] https://rectangleapp.com. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• macOS 13.5 no longer allows setting system wide ulimits

  > magnet There is Rectangle which is free and open source. Also there is Touch-Tab (disclaimer: I'm the developer) to switch apps with 3-finger swipe left/right. https://rectangleapp.com/ https://github.com/ris58h/Touch-Tab/. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• hello guys I'm new to Mac do you guys have any tips?

  If you come from Windows I would advise you to install Rectangle (https://rectangleapp.com/) since window snapping is not a thing in macOS. Source: 8 months ago

• Does Windows have an app similar to Rectangle for Mac that allows you to "throw" windows?

  There's this incredibly handy app on Mac called Rectangle. Rectangle Mac (rectangleapp.com). Source: 9 months ago