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The biggest annoyance for me on MacOS is that apps that I need to leave open but don't have windows open still show up in the switcher. When I'm on my work lapt
by saghm 5y ago
The biggest annoyance for me on MacOS is that apps that I need to leave open but don't have windows open still show up in the switcher. When I'm on my work laptop, I still have to tab through Finder, the VPN app, etc. he rare times I need to work on the Java part of our codebase, I use the ssh remote beta for Intellij, which seems to open something called "Gateway", which is totally reasonable except that it adds yet _another_ entry to the cmd-tab menu. At this point, almost half of my cmd-tab menu is stuff that doesn't even have windows open. Back when I used MacOS more I had used something that I had gotten from the App Store way back (I think it was called "Witcher" or something), but with all the management software that the company has running in the background, the system already lags a decent amount every now and then, so I don't really want to add any more stuff for the management softwware to take up CPU time scanning. (I recognize that last part isn't specific to MacOS, but I can't help but feel like a user friendly OS would have better options built in specifically for cases where customization might not otherwise be desirable).
- klodolph 5y agoI think a big part of this is just the fact that desktop is overall not a priority these days for anyone. The app developers could easily enough prevent their app from showing up in the switcher, and there are apps that do that—like Quicksilver, Display Menu, etc.
- blacksmith_tb 5y agoIt's pretty easy to quit the Finder if you don't need to mess with files graphically [1]. Once you've set that you can also use cmd-q to do that when you're cmd-tabbing through apps (if something else re-opens it). 1: https://www.howtogeek.com/259378/how-to-quit-the-finder-in-os-x/ https://www.howtogeek.com/259378/how-to-quit-the-finder-in-o...