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Focus on Mac could be so much better, but sadly like file tags, it remains half-baked. I'd love to be able to set, say a "Programming" Focus, and have everythi
by Razengan 4y ago
Focus on Mac could be so much better, but sadly like file tags, it remains half-baked.
I'd love to be able to set, say a "Programming" Focus, and have everything else disappear: All my desktop spaces would change, including their wallpapers (replaced by the Matrix green rain) and only the apps that I allowed would be visible, and even the files/folders and websites which I didn't include in that Focus should not be accessible (from the GUI or Terminal at least).
Basically it should be sort of like logging into a different user account, without logging into a different user account (i.e. keeping all your data and state, just temporarily filtering it).
In fact I think all operating systems should adopt the notion of a "focus" as a fundamental sub-level under the user account: Bob may have a social networking focus, office focus, or no focus, and so on.
- Toutouxc 4y agoTrying to achieve some of that with Shortcuts, AppleScript and some shell scripting could be a fun weekend project. There's quite a lot of stuff in macOS (iOS and iPadOS too!) that's surprisingly scriptable.
- Razengan 4y agoYes, the out-of-the-box extensibility/scriptability of macOS is often overlooked by people coming from Windows thinking uglier==smarter && prettier==dumber.