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I would pay a lot of money for a good tiling wm for a mac, not sure how it's not a thing. It's one of the main reasons I keep going back to linux, everything el

I would pay a lot of money for a good tiling wm for a mac, not sure how it's not a thing. It's one of the main reasons I keep going back to linux, everything else I don't care about much

thfuran 3y ago
At least windows has fancy zones. Mac's window management is just sad.
kuchenbecker 3y ago
I use BetterSnapTool, which is $4. You can divide the screen however you want and hotkey to them.
- mckn1ght 3y ago
  Same with Moom.
  - mstipetic 3y ago
    those are not tiling wms
    - mckn1ght 3y ago
      Why not? You can essentially emulate the capability with Moom as long as you memorize the necessary shortcuts. I have a mnemonic representation of the location/size of window targets on my keyboard.
gomox 3y ago
I use Rectangle (free). Does the trick well enough.
stoniejohnson 3y ago
It exists! Check out [yabai](https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai), which is nicely paired with [skhd](https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd).
- behnamoh 3y ago
  It's not the same thing tho.
  - stoniejohnson 3y ago
    I agree but it's pretty close.
- ddavis 3y ago
  Really only usable on a personal machine. Having to disable SIP is a non starter for work computers
  - stoniejohnson 3y ago
    Just curious, what features do you need that require you to disable SIP? Even on my personal machine I haven't done that; I really just need to manage my windows and move them around.
    - bluesign 3y ago
      instant switching virtual desktop is the one which I miss.
      - stoniejohnson 3y ago
        So this definitely isn't instant, but you can get pretty close (this is my setup without disabling SIP): 1. Go to Settings -> Accessibility -> Display, turn on Reduce Motion. 2. Use something like this in your skhd config: ctrl - 1 : yabai -m query --spaces --space 1 | jq -r '.windows[0] // empty' | xargs yabai -m window --focus Repeat this for however many virtual desktops you typically use.
- mstipetic 3y ago
  I really tried it but find it to be super inconsistent and more annoying than useufl. I tried several times, and nowhere near even basic wms on linux

I would pay a lot of money for a good tiling wm for a mac, not sure how it's not a thing. It's one of the main reasons I keep going back to linux, everything else I don't care about much

thfuran 3y ago

At least windows has fancy zones. Mac's window management is just sad.

kuchenbecker 3y ago

I use BetterSnapTool, which is $4. You can divide the screen however you want and hotkey to them.

mckn1ght 3y ago
Same with Moom.
- mstipetic 3y ago
  those are not tiling wms
  - mckn1ght 3y ago
    Why not? You can essentially emulate the capability with Moom as long as you memorize the necessary shortcuts. I have a mnemonic representation of the location/size of window targets on my keyboard.

gomox 3y ago

I use Rectangle (free). Does the trick well enough.

stoniejohnson 3y ago

It exists! Check out [yabai](https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai), which is nicely paired with [skhd](https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd).

behnamoh 3y ago
It's not the same thing tho.
- stoniejohnson 3y ago
  I agree but it's pretty close.
ddavis 3y ago
Really only usable on a personal machine. Having to disable SIP is a non starter for work computers
- stoniejohnson 3y ago
  Just curious, what features do you need that require you to disable SIP? Even on my personal machine I haven't done that; I really just need to manage my windows and move them around.
  - bluesign 3y ago
    instant switching virtual desktop is the one which I miss.
    - stoniejohnson 3y ago
      So this definitely isn't instant, but you can get pretty close (this is my setup without disabling SIP): 1. Go to Settings -> Accessibility -> Display, turn on Reduce Motion. 2. Use something like this in your skhd config: ctrl - 1 : yabai -m query --spaces --space 1 | jq -r '.windows[0] // empty' | xargs yabai -m window --focus Repeat this for however many virtual desktops you typically use.
mstipetic 3y ago
I really tried it but find it to be super inconsistent and more annoying than useufl. I tried several times, and nowhere near even basic wms on linux