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When I first started using a Mac a year ago I found the UI very awkward to use but then I found this little app. Hammerspoon makes osx great again! Even just mo

When I first started using a Mac a year ago I found the UI very awkward to use but then I found this little app. Hammerspoon makes osx great again! Even just moving windows around or maximizing (without going fullscreen) is so useful. I almost never use Dock, Spotlight or Finder now. It's great! Wrap it all in a personal Cask, and you're good to go! https://github.com/Jeppesen-io/homebrew-hammerspoon https://github.com/Jeppesen-io/homebrew-hammerspoon

Camillo 10y ago
You can maximize without going fullscreen by holding down option when you click the green button.
- oneeyedpigeon 10y ago
  Ridiculously poor usability. The obvious solution is to have a fourth 'traffic light' with a meaningful icon.
  - intrasight 10y ago
    Steve Jobs - fashion over function
    - boondaburrah 10y ago
      This change happened after he died IIRC, but yeah. I miss the old zoom button.
- ghshephard 10y ago
  That doesn't work on OS X 10.11. Just tried it - Nothing happens. You need a tool like Spectacle/Magnet (or potentially Hamerspoon, haven't tried it yet) - I don't know of any way to maximize a screen using basic OS X 10.11 interface, which is bizarre if you think about it.
  - damptowel 10y ago
    Did you try shift or alt, or combinations of those? I'm pretty sure it's been hidden in OSX for a while, but I think the shortcuts were changed at some point.
    - ghshephard 10y ago
      Tried them all. Doesn't work on my Laptop (running 10.11.5)
  - yankcrime 10y ago
    It works just fine on OS X 10.11 [1]. Holding down 'option' while you hover over the green traffic light icon changes the glyph to a '+'. Clicking it maximises the window. [1] https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21894?locale=en_US https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21894?locale=en_US
    - ghshephard 10y ago
      It really doesn't. I just did so in Safari. Held the Option key, hovered over the green traffic light, and it first reduced the size of the screen. I clicked on it again, and it filled the screen vertically, but not horizontally. Still need to use Magnet/Spectacle to maximize my window.
      - yankcrime 10y ago
        I think the problem really is Apple's use of the term "maximise" doesn't mean what it does on other platforms, and really it's a misnomer entirely. "Optimise" would be a better adjective, and its behaviour differs slightly depending on the app. For example, in Safari it'll resize the browser window to what it thinks is best for the content you're viewing. Thankfully, tools like you've discovered address this behaviour and add a lot of other useful window management features anyway.
        ghshephard 10y ago
pmarreck 10y ago
Since you're a relatively new Mac user, you might be interested in how to hack the Cocoa text input system: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~jrus/Site/cocoa-text.html http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~jrus/Site/cocoa-text.html For example, you could make text editing (in apps that use the Cocoa text editor libraries and input fields etc..., which are most of them) act like Vim or Emacs, or Windows, or whatever you want.

Camillo 10y ago

You can maximize without going fullscreen by holding down option when you click the green button.

oneeyedpigeon 10y ago
Ridiculously poor usability. The obvious solution is to have a fourth 'traffic light' with a meaningful icon.
- intrasight 10y ago
  Steve Jobs - fashion over function
  - boondaburrah 10y ago
    This change happened after he died IIRC, but yeah. I miss the old zoom button.
ghshephard 10y ago
That doesn't work on OS X 10.11. Just tried it - Nothing happens. You need a tool like Spectacle/Magnet (or potentially Hamerspoon, haven't tried it yet) - I don't know of any way to maximize a screen using basic OS X 10.11 interface, which is bizarre if you think about it.
- damptowel 10y ago
  Did you try shift or alt, or combinations of those? I'm pretty sure it's been hidden in OSX for a while, but I think the shortcuts were changed at some point.
  - ghshephard 10y ago
    Tried them all. Doesn't work on my Laptop (running 10.11.5)
- yankcrime 10y ago
  It works just fine on OS X 10.11 [1]. Holding down 'option' while you hover over the green traffic light icon changes the glyph to a '+'. Clicking it maximises the window. [1] https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21894?locale=en_US https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21894?locale=en_US
  - ghshephard 10y ago
    It really doesn't. I just did so in Safari. Held the Option key, hovered over the green traffic light, and it first reduced the size of the screen. I clicked on it again, and it filled the screen vertically, but not horizontally. Still need to use Magnet/Spectacle to maximize my window.
    - yankcrime 10y ago
      I think the problem really is Apple's use of the term "maximise" doesn't mean what it does on other platforms, and really it's a misnomer entirely. "Optimise" would be a better adjective, and its behaviour differs slightly depending on the app. For example, in Safari it'll resize the browser window to what it thinks is best for the content you're viewing. Thankfully, tools like you've discovered address this behaviour and add a lot of other useful window management features anyway.
      - ghshephard 10y ago

pmarreck 10y ago

Since you're a relatively new Mac user, you might be interested in how to hack the Cocoa text input system: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~jrus/Site/cocoa-text.html http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~jrus/Site/cocoa-text.html For example, you could make text editing (in apps that use the Cocoa text editor libraries and input fields etc..., which are most of them) act like Vim or Emacs, or Windows, or whatever you want.