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• Supercharge your macOS workspace management with Aerospace - A guide for busy people

  Aerospace does not rely on the native spaces feature. Instead, it has the concept of virtual workspaces, all of which live in a single native macOS space. Switching between these virtual workspaces essentially means hiding all other windows and only keeping the window(s) assigned to the active workspace. This is genius, as it makes Aerospace incredibly flexible in managing windows between workspaces, without the... - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago

• Jeff Geerling: The Framework 12 is dead. Apple killed it [video]

  Interesting. I used to daily drive for almost a year until a major macOS update broke it and I just didn't have it in me to diagnose the issue. I'll bookmark this for future adventures, thanks! - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• Show HN: Liquid Radius – Unifies macOS Tahoe's inconsistent window corners

  > Liquid Radius doesn't touch /System or modify the SSV I'm not doubting you, but by requiring users to disable SIP you are effectively opening their entire system to SSV attacks. 99% of "regular" users won't understand that tradeoff. Rounded corners are not worth disabling the operating system's major security protections, especially in today's crazy cyber environment. Yabai [0] is a good example of how... - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

• From M1 MacBook to Arch Linux: A month-long experiment that became permanenent

  This. My 2013 MacBook Pro lasted just shy of 10 years no issues. My m3 max mbpro I only wish was the larger screen one and not the 13 inch one … oh well. But I suspect it will last me — and be passed down as well — 8-10 years as well. The trackpads are second to none. So are the speakers. The screen are pretty good. I wish mine got even brighter but the m4s do. The keyboard is finally awesome. The OS just works.... - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• I Used Arch, BTW: macOS, Day 1

  Aerospace is nice, but also consider checking out yabai [0] + sketchybar [1] for an i3/hyprland style tiling setup. More customizable (IMO) and perfectly suited for a terminal based workflow :~^) [0] https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?

  If your into the tiling window manager experience, I would highly recommend looking into yabai + skhd + Sketchybar - https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Ask HN: Best Hacks for a Ultrawide Monitor?

  I have a 49 inch CRG9 and the best recommendation for window management is Yabai (https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai). Yabai is a greedy window management solution that tries to fit opened applications in given space and skhd let's you easily jump between those using keyboard shortcuts. This has massively improved my ultrawide experience. Only disclaimer is, configuring yabai has a slight learning curve. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Is there an app that does this Windows feature?

  Want something free that's better than tiling on Windows? Yabai. Source: over 2 years ago

• macOS Containers v0.0.1

  SIP is a feature that protects you from malicious actors with root (admin) access on your device. After they've encrypted your photos and drives and changed your passwords, it prevents them from making your machine unbootable by deleting or altering system binaries. As a side effect of this protection, you give up certain freedoms to customize your system. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to macOS?

  This is disproven by the fact that Yabai [1] can instantly swap spaces with SIP disabled. [1] https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai. - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

• Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to macOS?

  I feel the same way. I would much prefer no animation at all, and an instant transition to another space. Apparently this is possible with [yabai](https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai), but it requires disabling system integrity protection which I am personally uncomfortable with. - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

• [Serious] I don't get why people like Mac and I feel like I'm missing out

  If you find the native window management lackluster (like I do), you can install a window manager like Amethyst, or yabai, veeer, or many others. Source: about 3 years ago

• i3 Linux -> macOS

  What I've done is configure yabai and skhd in a way that somewhat mimics my i3 setup (dotfiles in case it helps) with the help of Karabiner-Elements since Apple wouldn't recognize my keyboard layout properly (or at all...). Source: about 3 years ago

• i3 Linux -> macOS

  I'm using yabai, but due to MacOS's IMHO stupid limitations regarding Windows, to be "fully" working, it requires SIP (System Integrity Protection) to be disabled (fully or partially), which is a HUGE no-no for the Mac that I'm using. Source: about 3 years ago

• Witch – macOS window switcher replacement

  If you install yabai (https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai) it has a feature that can completely disable spaces switching animations - but it does require partially disabling SIP (worth it for yabai, IMO). - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

• Ask HN: Scrolling Window Manager for macOS?

  Not exactly what you're looking for in terms for scrolling, but this allows resizing multiple windows: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai. - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

• Why BSD community is more willing to use macs then linux?

  If you want a tiling window manager, you can use yabai or Amethyst on macOS. I know I do. Source: about 3 years ago

• Keyboard tricks from a macOS app dev

  This is not an example of a "workflow they’re proposing" (also, afaik https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai allows you to eliminate the animation completely). - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

• Keyboard tricks from a macOS app dev

  I use NixOS+GNOME+pop-shell for tiling windows on Linux, and I love it! I am quite frequently on MacOS, and I use Yabai[0] and skhd[1], managed with Nix-Darwin for tiling windows and custom keyboard shortcuts. With how I make my Linux and MacOS builds look and feel identical it's pretty easy for me to forget when I'm on one vs the other. For anyone curious, here's my repository for deploying my configs[3]. It's... - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

• Keyboard tricks from a macOS app dev

  You can mimic that in part with yabai (https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai). Disabling SIP gets you instant Space switching and creating without animation just like Pop_OS. But you can get very far to an automated tiling WM and keyboard navigation even without disabling SIP. - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

• Vim-like “jump” cursor for Mac OS Window Management

  Yabai[1] looks like it supports directional focus movement.[2] [1]: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai. - Source: Hacker News / over 3 years ago