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I find that many people who say things like this have never actually tried to boost their productivity on Mac in the first place. As someone who uses Alfred, Ka

I find that many people who say things like this have never actually tried to boost their productivity on Mac in the first place. As someone who uses Alfred, Karabiner Elements, Keyboard Maestro, Spectacle, Omnifocus, and a host of plugins on fish shell besides, it baffles me how slow my peers are at doing basic stuff they do twenty times a day. Just set up a shortcut, it's trivial. Not so trivial on Linux. The fact that the author considers Firefox add-ons (!) a Linux feature is a clear indicator they never even tried on a Mac and were enamored by Linux due to the lionisation in the particular subreddits they follow. Kind of like here! Not that there is anything wrong with getting excited about something. Just don't make sweeping generalizations. Also, a small tip: You can put your Mac apps and configurations in Dropbox and they will show up and work as you expect across your multiple machines.

slifin 7y ago
I agree with your premise, I'd suggest Yabai if you're curious about getting the productivity of a power user on Linux using something like i3
gingerlime 7y ago
One thing I sorely miss after switching from Linux to Mac is i3. Spetactle gets close, but something as trivial(?) as switching window focus with the keyboard I couldn't figure out a solution for... Can Keyboard Maestro do it?
- IggleSniggle 7y ago
  I haven’t used i3, but I missed good keyboard context switching support when I started using macOS. There’s some reasonable solutions out there, but my current favorite interface customizer is BetterTouchTool, which is setup to let you customize any input for any kind of OS function you might want. I have a 4-monitor setup so easy window/tile management is important to me. I have a handful of keyboard chords to put windows on the screen/quadrant combo that I want. My TouchBar is permanently set to media keys with media info + notification area + emoji keyboard. For keyboard control over focus, I use the Contexts app inter-app and ShortCat within app.
- sombremesa 7y ago
  Depends on your use-case. KM comes with an app-switcher out of the box that looks like this and can be controlled via Keyboard: https://puu.sh/E9qyC/cdbeb9ce4c.png https://puu.sh/E9qyC/cdbeb9ce4c.png On another note, highly recommend Puush (https://puush.me/ https://puush.me/) for instantly taking and sharing screenshots without having to manually upload. Anyhow, you're more likely looking for something like Amethyst. https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
- least 7y ago
  I personally use Contexts (https://contexts.co https://contexts.co) for switching between applications. It functions similar to rofi's application switcher (fuzzy keyboard driven switching). There are a couple of automatic tiling window managers for MacOS, the most notable being Yabai (https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai) and Amethyst (https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst). Yabai doesn't handle window switching on its own but it can use SKHD (https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd) or any other application that can bind terminal commands to keyboard shortcuts such as Hammerspoon (https://www.hammerspoon.org https://www.hammerspoon.org) or BetterTouchTool (https://folivora.ai https://folivora.ai) or even Keyboard Maestro. The commands are context-aware of spaces and the placement of windows on the x-y plane so you can move between windows relative to their position on the screen.
- tqkxzugoaupvwqr 7y ago
  Switching between windows of the same application: https://superuser.com/questions/299241/in-mac-os-what-is-the-keyboard-shortcut-to-switch-between-windows-of-the-same-a https://superuser.com/questions/299241/in-mac-os-what-is-the...

slifin 7y ago

I agree with your premise, I'd suggest Yabai if you're curious about getting the productivity of a power user on Linux using something like i3

gingerlime 7y ago

One thing I sorely miss after switching from Linux to Mac is i3. Spetactle gets close, but something as trivial(?) as switching window focus with the keyboard I couldn't figure out a solution for... Can Keyboard Maestro do it?

IggleSniggle 7y ago
I haven’t used i3, but I missed good keyboard context switching support when I started using macOS. There’s some reasonable solutions out there, but my current favorite interface customizer is BetterTouchTool, which is setup to let you customize any input for any kind of OS function you might want. I have a 4-monitor setup so easy window/tile management is important to me. I have a handful of keyboard chords to put windows on the screen/quadrant combo that I want. My TouchBar is permanently set to media keys with media info + notification area + emoji keyboard. For keyboard control over focus, I use the Contexts app inter-app and ShortCat within app.
sombremesa 7y ago
Depends on your use-case. KM comes with an app-switcher out of the box that looks like this and can be controlled via Keyboard: https://puu.sh/E9qyC/cdbeb9ce4c.png https://puu.sh/E9qyC/cdbeb9ce4c.png On another note, highly recommend Puush (https://puush.me/ https://puush.me/) for instantly taking and sharing screenshots without having to manually upload. Anyhow, you're more likely looking for something like Amethyst. https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst
least 7y ago
I personally use Contexts (https://contexts.co https://contexts.co) for switching between applications. It functions similar to rofi's application switcher (fuzzy keyboard driven switching). There are a couple of automatic tiling window managers for MacOS, the most notable being Yabai (https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai) and Amethyst (https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst). Yabai doesn't handle window switching on its own but it can use SKHD (https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd) or any other application that can bind terminal commands to keyboard shortcuts such as Hammerspoon (https://www.hammerspoon.org https://www.hammerspoon.org) or BetterTouchTool (https://folivora.ai https://folivora.ai) or even Keyboard Maestro. The commands are context-aware of spaces and the placement of windows on the x-y plane so you can move between windows relative to their position on the screen.
tqkxzugoaupvwqr 7y ago
Switching between windows of the same application: https://superuser.com/questions/299241/in-mac-os-what-is-the-keyboard-shortcut-to-switch-between-windows-of-the-same-a https://superuser.com/questions/299241/in-mac-os-what-is-the...