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No, many of my colleagues do this, using desktops. They use the four finger swap left/right to switch between the different fullscreen apps. It's their main mul

by nomel 1y ago

No, many of my colleagues do this, using desktops. They use the four finger swap left/right to switch between the different fullscreen apps. It's their main multitasking method. I think it's partly because alt + tab does not exist on Mac. Command + tab is between applications rather than windows. Command + ~ is between windows within an application. I had to downloaded HyperSwitch to get the same functionality. edit: HyperSwitch is free. HyperDock is what I paid for.

muvich3n 1y ago
In full screen mode, there’s even a split-screen feature.
- shinycode 1y ago
  I use shortcuts to split windows with rectangle app all the time it’s really more powerful than split screen
notpushkin 1y ago
https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/ https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/ (free, GPLv3) is one of the first things I install on any macOS setup. (and of course, ⌘ ` opens the terminal on all of my machines)
shinycode 1y ago
Fwiw I discovered rcmd a few years ago and it changed my workflow to attribute an app to a shortcut. I switch through cmd-tab less often and I’m really more productive. I can’t live without it now https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd/ https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd/
- notpushkin 1y ago
  Losing right cmd isn’t great IMO (e.g. if you want to press ⌘ P, you need both hands now). I’ve tried doing both cmds for launching apps, but settled on ⌘+⌥ (and use it for very common apps only: browser, mail, Telegram, Finder). Both variants (and of course an rcmd-like setup) are easy to do with Karabiner (free, Unlicense): https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/ https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/ Edit: looks like rcmd also includes a quasi-modal app switcher - if it works like I imagine (type the name of the app you want), that’s pretty neat. But not that different from just typing it into Spotlight I guess?
  - shinycode 1y ago
    Yes I sacrificed the right ⌘ but the gain I have all day compensate for the few times I have to do ⌘ + p in one hand. You can cycle through and have a switcher yes. It’s really instantaneous to switch apps for me and I gain so much time for the main apps I use. You can summon them from any screen and virtual screen and it goes right to it without an other modal in the middle. All other tools I tried didn’t offer the same flawless UX
pxeger1 1y ago
Three/four finger swipe is unbearably slow for me. I'm ready to interact with 0.3s but then I have to watch the image slide the last 10 pixels for another 0.3s before focus switches (and if I use the keyboard before it's finished switching the input goes to the now-99%-invisible app that was previously focused!!) [numbers made up, I don't know the exact values, but the general point still stands, and you can't change the speed!!]

by nomel 1y ago

muvich3n 1y ago

In full screen mode, there’s even a split-screen feature.

shinycode 1y ago
I use shortcuts to split windows with rectangle app all the time it’s really more powerful than split screen

notpushkin 1y ago

https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/ https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/ (free, GPLv3) is one of the first things I install on any macOS setup. (and of course, ⌘ ` opens the terminal on all of my machines)

shinycode 1y ago

Fwiw I discovered rcmd a few years ago and it changed my workflow to attribute an app to a shortcut. I switch through cmd-tab less often and I’m really more productive. I can’t live without it now https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd/ https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd/

notpushkin 1y ago
Losing right cmd isn’t great IMO (e.g. if you want to press ⌘ P, you need both hands now). I’ve tried doing both cmds for launching apps, but settled on ⌘+⌥ (and use it for very common apps only: browser, mail, Telegram, Finder). Both variants (and of course an rcmd-like setup) are easy to do with Karabiner (free, Unlicense): https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/ https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/ Edit: looks like rcmd also includes a quasi-modal app switcher - if it works like I imagine (type the name of the app you want), that’s pretty neat. But not that different from just typing it into Spotlight I guess?
- shinycode 1y ago
  Yes I sacrificed the right ⌘ but the gain I have all day compensate for the few times I have to do ⌘ + p in one hand. You can cycle through and have a switcher yes. It’s really instantaneous to switch apps for me and I gain so much time for the main apps I use. You can summon them from any screen and virtual screen and it goes right to it without an other modal in the middle. All other tools I tried didn’t offer the same flawless UX

pxeger1 1y ago

Three/four finger swipe is unbearably slow for me. I'm ready to interact with 0.3s but then I have to watch the image slide the last 10 pixels for another 0.3s before focus switches (and if I use the keyboard before it's finished switching the input goes to the now-99%-invisible app that was previously focused!!) [numbers made up, I don't know the exact values, but the general point still stands, and you can't change the speed!!]