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• 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 / 10 months 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 / about 1 year ago

• Is there an app that does this Windows feature?

  Want something free that's better than tiling on Windows? Yabai. Source: over 1 year 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 / over 1 year 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 / almost 2 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 / almost 2 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: almost 2 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: almost 2 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: almost 2 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 / almost 2 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 / almost 2 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: almost 2 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 / almost 2 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 / almost 2 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 / almost 2 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 / almost 2 years ago

• For those that WFH, what's your monitor setup like?

  I also make use of yabai with them to get some decent window tiling on MacOS. Source: about 2 years ago

• What app do you wish existed?

  Yabai can do the transparency thing if you disable SIP partially. Here's a demo where I have it assigned to fn+- and fn++: https://shots.panaitiu.com/wq9MDlK1. Source: about 2 years ago

• What's a good window management app similar to PowerToys?

  Lately I am trying out letting a tiling window manager do the - well - tiling. Right now I am using Yabai (https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai) - it's quite a different experience and not all the kinks have been sorted out, but overall I quite like it. If you want to go down a different route... Source: about 2 years ago

• Essential macOS-only apps for 2023

  Yabai + skhd for tiling windows and window focus. Source: about 2 years ago

• [Help] Is there a way to open an app in the Space I'm currently in? I've tried to Google, can't find any information. Maybe there is an app or a simple shortcut? Thanks.

  I always have between 7 and 10 desktops open at a time. Using a combo of mission control to move shit around and cmd + w (close window), cmd + m (minimize), and cmd + q (quit) and yabai are pretty much it for me. Windows always open in weird places, so I just keep everything open in the right spot. lmao, I wish there was a better way. Source: about 2 years ago