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This is interesting to me. As an avid user of multi-monitors (no such thing as too many screens!) only recently has OSX (er, MacOS) even been at par with Windo
by phil21 10y ago
This is interesting to me. As an avid user of multi-monitors (no such thing as too many screens!) only recently has OSX (er, MacOS) even been at par with Windows.
I also agree that these days MacOS does a better job at multi-monitor for laptops, but still is lacking in other areas of usability vs. W10 to me.
The one thing I really miss when switching to MacOS from using my windows workstation is the windows-arrow key shortcuts to quickly move windows between screens and snap them to half the screen size. I waste an amazing amount of screen real estate on my Mac simply because resizing windows and moving them around takes too much time and dexterity.
Both have horrible monitor re-connection bugs, you just have to spend time with them to see them. MacOS windows still constantly get moved to almost-off-screen where you can barely click and drag them to restore, Windows sometimes doesn't wake one out of 4 sleeping monitors, etc. It's certainly miles better than even 2 years ago, but annoying bugs abound. Especially if you plug in at home and at work to different monitor configurations.
In general multi-monitor support until very recently seemed like a half-baked solution on both platforms. I'm very happy with the progress on this front (after a decade of stagnation) in the last couple years. I am cautiously optimistic this development pace will continue and finally iron out all the annoying usability bugs we've been living with for 10+ years.
- jooize 10y agoMagnet helps to move and resize windows. There are many similar apps. Magnet is simple and attractive with easy to use default shortcuts. Either drag to a corner/edge or press `⌃⌥[LUNE←↓↑→]`. `⌃⌥⌘[←→]` for previous/next display. `⌃⌥` + `Enter` to maximize, `C` to center, and `Backspace` to restore. Can do thirds now as well. I would still get excited to see a well-executed tiling WM in macOS. http://magnet.crowdcafe.com http://magnet.crowdcafe.com https://itunes.apple.com/se/app/magnet/id441258766?mt=12 https://itunes.apple.com/se/app/magnet/id441258766?mt=12