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I moved from Fedora to MacOS a few months ago and its unbelievable the shortcuts apple added to make window management bearable and even still, it is impossibl

I moved from Fedora to MacOS a few months ago and its unbelievable the shortcuts apple added to make window management bearable and even still, it is impossible without an add-on. I refuse to believe anyone at apple thinks it is okay and is able to actually work at all.

thiht 3y ago
Rectangle is one of the first things I always install when on a Mac... and yet I never use it anymore. I remember using it a lot on Windows, but since I've switched to macOS I think I've migrated entirely to their Mission Control way of handling windows. I'm not sure why but I very rarely need to have 2 windows side by side anymore, maybe because I can just three-finger swipe to compare windows. I still think Rectangle should be integrated as a native feature, but I think I understand why it's not.
kstrauser 3y ago
This bugged me when I first switched, too. I highly recommend going with the flow and doing it the Apple way for a while. I was frustrated at trying and failing to make my Mac act just like Linux. It's bad at that.
LinkMain4224 3y ago
I did the same transition because my work gave me a m1, cannot stress how good vanilla gnome is and how lackluster is macos desktop. 1. When opening 'mission control' in gnome, all the windows have the application icon at the bottom, it's easier to find what I am searching for. In macos I have to scan every window for the content I am looking. 2. If I don't find an app in 'mission control' in gnome I can just type and open it very quickly. In macos you need to close mission control and then open spotlight. 3. In gnome it's possible to close applications from 'mission control'. In macos if I want to clean up the space I have to go window by window. 4. Mission control arrangement sucks, sometimes windows overlap, position changes randomly. 5. In gnome, when moving a maximized window it resizes to a smaller size so you can easily interact with the windows behind (drag a file or whatever). Those are the ones on the top of my head. It really kills my productivity and make me wonder if macos is worth the pain. Yes, it comes with lot of very polished applications but most of the time I am just using the basics.

thiht 3y ago

Rectangle is one of the first things I always install when on a Mac... and yet I never use it anymore. I remember using it a lot on Windows, but since I've switched to macOS I think I've migrated entirely to their Mission Control way of handling windows. I'm not sure why but I very rarely need to have 2 windows side by side anymore, maybe because I can just three-finger swipe to compare windows. I still think Rectangle should be integrated as a native feature, but I think I understand why it's not.

kstrauser 3y ago

This bugged me when I first switched, too. I highly recommend going with the flow and doing it the Apple way for a while. I was frustrated at trying and failing to make my Mac act just like Linux. It's bad at that.

LinkMain4224 3y ago

I did the same transition because my work gave me a m1, cannot stress how good vanilla gnome is and how lackluster is macos desktop. 1. When opening 'mission control' in gnome, all the windows have the application icon at the bottom, it's easier to find what I am searching for. In macos I have to scan every window for the content I am looking. 2. If I don't find an app in 'mission control' in gnome I can just type and open it very quickly. In macos you need to close mission control and then open spotlight. 3. In gnome it's possible to close applications from 'mission control'. In macos if I want to clean up the space I have to go window by window. 4. Mission control arrangement sucks, sometimes windows overlap, position changes randomly. 5. In gnome, when moving a maximized window it resizes to a smaller size so you can easily interact with the windows behind (drag a file or whatever). Those are the ones on the top of my head. It really kills my productivity and make me wonder if macos is worth the pain. Yes, it comes with lot of very polished applications but most of the time I am just using the basics.