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Not being able to snap/tile windows to a screen border or corner without third-party software is just baffling, and the official tiling method only supports two

Not being able to snap/tile windows to a screen border or corner without third-party software is just baffling, and the official tiling method only supports two windows side by side in some weird fullscreen mode. Back when Windows introduced this feature I made the jump from a 256MB RAM computer to a brand new laptop with 2 whole CPU cores. It's time Apple caught up to every other desktop OS in this regard. > is windows better? In terms of UI yes, provided you don't need a functioning search feature. Windows 10 also finally added support for virtual desktops and scrolling in unfocused windows. Though unfortunately Windows 10 was such an unpleasant experience for me overall that I don't see myself using it in the foreseeable future.

birdyrooster 4y ago
Magnet works fine, if Apple replicated the functionality people would be complaining that they killed off a successful third party app. Can't please everybody.
- bil7 4y ago
  i think disproportionately more people would enjoy the feature being made native. There's no reason the third party app has to go away, fans could keep using it.
- __warlord__ 4y ago
  7.99 in the App Store. Microsoft even have PowerToys for free to improve your already good experience.
  - alpaca128 4y ago
    Mac also has free alternatives like Rectangle. It lets me snap windows to screen edges in various sizes with keyboard and mouse, and that's all I need. > to improve your already good experience. The whole reason I stopped using Windows 10 is because it was not a good experience, to put it very mildly. But I likely was an untypically bad case, judging from Windows still being on the market.
    - rswail 4y ago
      Rectangle is great. The fact that some apps (mostly Electron based it seems) are terrible at remembering where they were last opened does appear to be a MacOS trait.
odysseus 4y ago
Moom also has this snap to edge feature, and allows quite a few other window manipulation tricks too.

birdyrooster 4y ago

Magnet works fine, if Apple replicated the functionality people would be complaining that they killed off a successful third party app. Can't please everybody.

bil7 4y ago
i think disproportionately more people would enjoy the feature being made native. There's no reason the third party app has to go away, fans could keep using it.
__warlord__ 4y ago
7.99 in the App Store. Microsoft even have PowerToys for free to improve your already good experience.
- alpaca128 4y ago
  Mac also has free alternatives like Rectangle. It lets me snap windows to screen edges in various sizes with keyboard and mouse, and that's all I need. > to improve your already good experience. The whole reason I stopped using Windows 10 is because it was not a good experience, to put it very mildly. But I likely was an untypically bad case, judging from Windows still being on the market.
  - rswail 4y ago
    Rectangle is great. The fact that some apps (mostly Electron based it seems) are terrible at remembering where they were last opened does appear to be a MacOS trait.

odysseus 4y ago

Moom also has this snap to edge feature, and allows quite a few other window manipulation tricks too.