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<Unpopular Opinion> I’ve used msft windows most of my life. Recently switched to a macOS and for the life of me just can’t get used to the switch between alt ta

<Unpopular Opinion> I’ve used msft windows most of my life. Recently switched to a macOS and for the life of me just can’t get used to the switch between alt tab and cmd tab behavior. Also windows explorer > finder. Yes Mac OS looks cooler I guess, but I’ve found windows very practical.

radlad 5y ago
Just in case you're not aware, Command+` is a necessary secondary shortcut for use with Command+Tab.
- vesinisa 5y ago
  Is there any way to disable this behaviour altogether? After almost a year of being forced to use MacOS at work, I still can't wrap my head around having two sets of window to switch between (inter-app level + intra-app level). I REALLY wish they included an option to just treat all the windows as top level! Edit: found elsewhere on the thread this app that purports to fix it: https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/ https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/
  - deergomoo 5y ago
    There’s never gonna be a first party way to change this because macOS has always been “app-centric” whereas Windows has always been “window-centric”. It’s two different takes on the desktop metaphor—same reason that apps (usually) remain running on macOS even once you’ve closed the last window, which is another difference that often annoys both sides when they have to use the other OS.
Sunspark 5y ago
The switch between Android and iOS is more jarring. Once you get really used to Android, iOS seems very unintuitive by comparison.
gsinclair 5y ago
I’d love to hear what’s good about Windows Explorer. I used Windows for many years and never found it (edit: Explorer) satisfactory.
dev_tty01 5y ago
"AltTab brings the power of Windows’s “alt-tab” window switcher to macOS." brew install alt-tab https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app Not a user or the developer, but happened across this recently.
tigerInATurvy 5y ago
You're not alone. I made the switch this year. Primarily for working on an iOS project. There are days I miss Windows quite a bit. For most things, animations are minimal. Things just pop up, switch gears, and do what you want almost instantly. Explorer is far better than Finder for most things, even if it's also substantially uglier. Just for a simple example: I change to arbitrary folders frequently. Control-L in Explorer, type the path, and I'm there the second I hit return. Done. Finder has a similar method using Command-Shift-G. But not only is the shortcut more awkward but going to the path has a delay. Not a long one. But it's noticeable and annoying. Oh well. Spotlight does seem to work better than 10/11's built-in search. So maybe it's a wash. Still miss Windows sometimes. At any rate, I did make one change in MacOS which long term Mac users might find heretical. When using my external mechanical keyboard, I have Command mapped to the Control key. Control (which doesn't get used often) mapped to the Windows / Super key. Alt / Option is unchanged. It's a bit amazing how much easier this made everything. Most of the usual keyboard shortcuts I had in Windows now map 1:1 on my Mac. Which is great for the muscle memory.
- dsQTbR7Y5mRHnZv 5y ago
  Cmd+Shift+G in finder lets you type a path and jump to it instantly.
  - tigerInATurvy 5y ago
    I mentioned it above. It does. On my machine (M1) there's sometimes very brief pauses while typing the path. I assume it's doing some sort of validation. And then sometimes there's a brief pause after hitting return. Complete with spinner. It's not a huge delay in either case. Just a few ms delay. Not really a big deal. But annoying because Explorer is instant and Finder is not.

radlad 5y ago

Just in case you're not aware, Command+` is a necessary secondary shortcut for use with Command+Tab.

vesinisa 5y ago
Is there any way to disable this behaviour altogether? After almost a year of being forced to use MacOS at work, I still can't wrap my head around having two sets of window to switch between (inter-app level + intra-app level). I REALLY wish they included an option to just treat all the windows as top level! Edit: found elsewhere on the thread this app that purports to fix it: https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/ https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/
- deergomoo 5y ago
  There’s never gonna be a first party way to change this because macOS has always been “app-centric” whereas Windows has always been “window-centric”. It’s two different takes on the desktop metaphor—same reason that apps (usually) remain running on macOS even once you’ve closed the last window, which is another difference that often annoys both sides when they have to use the other OS.

Sunspark 5y ago

The switch between Android and iOS is more jarring. Once you get really used to Android, iOS seems very unintuitive by comparison.

gsinclair 5y ago

I’d love to hear what’s good about Windows Explorer. I used Windows for many years and never found it (edit: Explorer) satisfactory.

dev_tty01 5y ago

"AltTab brings the power of Windows’s “alt-tab” window switcher to macOS." brew install alt-tab https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app Not a user or the developer, but happened across this recently.

tigerInATurvy 5y ago

You're not alone. I made the switch this year. Primarily for working on an iOS project. There are days I miss Windows quite a bit. For most things, animations are minimal. Things just pop up, switch gears, and do what you want almost instantly. Explorer is far better than Finder for most things, even if it's also substantially uglier. Just for a simple example: I change to arbitrary folders frequently. Control-L in Explorer, type the path, and I'm there the second I hit return. Done. Finder has a similar method using Command-Shift-G. But not only is the shortcut more awkward but going to the path has a delay. Not a long one. But it's noticeable and annoying. Oh well. Spotlight does seem to work better than 10/11's built-in search. So maybe it's a wash. Still miss Windows sometimes. At any rate, I did make one change in MacOS which long term Mac users might find heretical. When using my external mechanical keyboard, I have Command mapped to the Control key. Control (which doesn't get used often) mapped to the Windows / Super key. Alt / Option is unchanged. It's a bit amazing how much easier this made everything. Most of the usual keyboard shortcuts I had in Windows now map 1:1 on my Mac. Which is great for the muscle memory.

dsQTbR7Y5mRHnZv 5y ago
Cmd+Shift+G in finder lets you type a path and jump to it instantly.
- tigerInATurvy 5y ago
  I mentioned it above. It does. On my machine (M1) there's sometimes very brief pauses while typing the path. I assume it's doing some sort of validation. And then sometimes there's a brief pause after hitting return. Complete with spinner. It's not a huge delay in either case. Just a few ms delay. Not really a big deal. But annoying because Explorer is instant and Finder is not.