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macOS Tips and Tricks (2022)

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Re: macOS Tips and Tricks (2022)

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Post by johncoltrane »

tannhaeuser wrote: post #108

All I want is an app that can fix the "broken window" focus management. Like when I click a window, Mac OS brings to top all windows of the respective app, and when an app (say, Finder) has no window open currently, bringing it to front also unaskedly manipulates the stacking order such that other app's windows become the top most one, completely destroying the visual context. Also, back in the days I used Expose a l…

> Like when I click a window, Mac OS brings to top all windows of the respective app

It doesn't happen here with any of the app currently in use: Chrome, Finder, Terminal, Outlook, or Teams.

Re: macOS Tips and Tricks (2022)

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Post by timrichard »

robertoandred wrote: post #77
kadomony wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Alfred does a lot more beyond just searching.

Such as?

I should do a lot more with Alfred, but apart from using it as a launcher my most used feature is the clipboard search. After invoking it by typing 'clip' into the box, I get an incremental search on all clipboard contents it has tracked, and can re-copy any of those items to the current clipboard by pressing enter. Very useful and efficient when it's part of your workflow.

Re: macOS Tips and Tricks (2022)

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Post by traceroute66 »

etrautmann wrote: post #186
pindab0ter wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What exactly is so bad about Finder? I've never had any issues with it.

Things that are hard: launching a terminal at a location, viewing or copying a files path, navigating a deep file system, column width in the column view, searching for files, finding file info, and lots of other.

> searching for files

Erm, what ?

I use Mac, Windows, Linux and BSD daily.

Of all four, searching for files on a Mac is a dream.

Apple Spotlight is and always has been lightyears ahead of whatever garbage Microsoft use on Windows.

And don't get me started on the inconvenience of searching for files on Linux or BSD, I mean, for starters you have to download a non-default tool like `fd` if you want to search at any reasonable speed.

Re: macOS Tips and Tricks (2022)

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Post by Cenk »

tannhaeuser wrote: post #108

All I want is an app that can fix the "broken window" focus management. Like when I click a window, Mac OS brings to top all windows of the respective app, and when an app (say, Finder) has no window open currently, bringing it to front also unaskedly manipulates the stacking order such that other app's windows become the top most one, completely destroying the visual context. Also, back in the days I used Expose a l…

I believe the app “Front and Center” solves this: https://hypercritical.co/front-and-center/

Re: macOS Tips and Tricks (2022)

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Post by aa-jv »

tannhaeuser wrote: post #108

All I want is an app that can fix the "broken window" focus management. Like when I click a window, Mac OS brings to top all windows of the respective app, and when an app (say, Finder) has no window open currently, bringing it to front also unaskedly manipulates the stacking order such that other app's windows become the top most one, completely destroying the visual context. Also, back in the days I used Expose a l…

I solve this (really nonsense) issue with Hammerspoon and this simple script:

    local hyper = {"ctrl", "alt", "cmd"}
    hs.loadSpoon("MiroWindowsManager")
    hs.window.animationDuration = 0.3
    spoon.MiroWindowsManager:bindHotkeys({
      up = {hyper, "up"},
      right = {hyper, "right"},
      down = {hyper, "down"},
      left = {hyper, "left"},
      fullscreen = {hyper, "f"}
    })

Re: macOS Tips and Tricks (2022)

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Post by TingPing »

extraduder_ire wrote: post #141
abhaynayar wrote: post #126

Personal-Bookmarks:: Press ⇧⌘/ to search all of the current app's menu items. Then use the Up/Down arrow keys to navigate the results and press Return to execute that menu bar action. Hold Option while resizing a window to resize from the center of the window. Hold Shift while resizing a window to lock the aspect ratio. When a window is inactive, use the Command key to interact with it without making it active. If an…

> Press ⇧⌘/ to search all of the current app's menu items This is the one feature I miss most from using macos. I got used to it back when Ubuntu used unity as its DE and called it "HUD". Didn't work everywhere (looking at you, java), but a huge timesaver.

Ubuntu had to basically patch every toolkit for it to work. Not maintainable.

Re: macOS Tips and Tricks (2022)

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Post by eviks »

traceroute66 wrote: post #193
etrautmann wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Things that are hard: launching a terminal at a location, viewing or copying a files path, navigating a deep file system, column width in the column view, searching for files, finding file info, and lots of other.

> searching for files Erm, what ? I use Mac, Windows, Linux and BSD daily. Of all four, searching for files on a Mac is a dream. Apple Spotlight is and always has been lightyears ahead of whatever garbage Microsoft use on Windows. And don't get me started on the inconvenience of searching for files on Linux or BSD, I mean, for starters you have to download a non-default tool like `fd` if you want to search at any rea…

This just tells me you've never used they only file search dream - Everything search, unfortunately Windows only. Spotlight has never come close to that

Re: macOS Tips and Tricks (2022)

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Post by matthew-wegner »

johncoltrane wrote: post #188
etrautmann wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Things that are hard: launching a terminal at a location, viewing or copying a files path, navigating a deep file system, column width in the column view, searching for files, finding file info, and lots of other.

> launching a terminal at a location Right-click on directory > Services > New Terminal at Folder. > viewing or copying a files path Right-click on directory or file and press Option > Copy " " as path name. > navigating a deep file system Not sure what you mean. > column width in the column view Option + click & Drag. Or do you want them to adjust to files/folders name length? > searching for files What's wrong with…

> Right-click on directory > Services > New Terminal at Folder.

Note that you can also bind a hotkey to this! And in general in macOS, you can a bind to a hotkey to any menu item in any application.

Search "keyboard shortcuts" in settings, then under Services -> Files and Folders.

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