Rectangle and Alt-Tab [0] significantly reduce my need to use the touchpad or reach for the mouse.
Normal MacOS windows handling seems enraging and cumbersome.
Normal MacOS windows handling seems enraging and cumbersome.
- Start with windows sized full height, they stack horizontally this way instead of diagonally.
- Never resize anything unless something got messed up re-attaching a display, which is exceedingly rare. (If I’m doing web stuff I use dev tools to test responsive, the browser window stays the same width.)
- Command + tab/command + ~ do great most of the time.
- Command + ? -> type window title when I have lots of open windows in one app.
- Generally avoid moving windows unless I really need to, the above strategies work well for everything except the occasional side by side workflow.
This took a little while to hone, but it definitely doesn't feel cumbersome to me, much less enraging.
I do generally use Moom[1] when I need to resize windows, mainly because I already have a license and I’m anal about consistent sizing.
I’m sure this wouldn’t work for everybody, but I also know a lot of folks don’t know about command + ~ or using the help menu search, so it felt worth sharing.
I originally hated Mac alt+tab behavior, but after learning to combine cmd+tab and cmd+tilde, I actually hate going back.
I still dislike a lot of mac UX, and use divvy for keyboard driven window placement, but that one thing became a huge highlight for me.
It's just not for me
While I generally like the UI/UX I didn't know about this shortcut and I have been missing it. I started using multiple desktops which works better for me on macOS than on Windows because of the way Alt + Tab works on macOS. But switching between Windows was a bit annoying in clamshell mode without the touchpad. This will be gone once I get used to the shortcut.