I've abandoned my principles...

Nice. I need to get myself a work upgrade at some point, my M1 Macbook Pro still works but the battery is a bit worn out now and doesn't last like it used to. The M5 is also significantly faster than the M1 now, so probably worth the upgrade.
 
Smiggles said:
Two finger tap = right click.
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I normally change secondary click to "click in bottom right corner" (trackpad) and "click right side/button" (Mouse). I also turn off natural scrolling.
 
Swapped to M5 MP Pros at work, since easiest way to get 64GB of RAM at the moment. Been interesting having new hardware, and haven't used MacOS as a proper work machine since 2019.
Speedster said:
Speaking of clipboard - copyclip is a winner
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konfab said:
Raycast is such a productivity booster for me on MacOS.
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Was gonna say, get this, and turn off spotlight / replace it with Raycast, it has a clip tray in it, and you can install other extensions like kill process, and brew (lets you do brew search -> hit install on it), plus actually uninstall stuff easily.

I would also highly recommend Sidebar, MacOS really sucks at window management, either use Raycast and bind the keys there for window management or use Sidebar. I like doing it via Sidebar as you can have it also show zones if you drag to the edge. My set-up I have Spotify, Teams and Outlook set to the right, with Spotify being media, left side is a work client, and center is actual apps.

Then side track / recommend DockDoor has a way better window switcher, I don't understand how MacOS you'd want grouping for multiple windows. In default OS you can alt-tab, and then hit up arrow to swap between specific windows. Why. I rebound my alt-tab to it.

Sidebar

The modern Dock replacement for your Mac. All features at a glance
sidebarapp.net sidebarapp.net
Can do full window with taskbar, and all screens get their copy, plus can set it so app is only on screen it's open on. Use / shortcut to quick type to swap between open apps. Can customize taskbar to be full width or only as wide as what is open, where you want default apps on the taskbar, sort order, etc.

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As in above you can force to full width as well, so empty space between things. You can customize how many apps on hover preview / when becomes a list, and if apps should have expanded text, plus set it per app basis.

Don't remember which app it is, but one of them is also to help with focus so you don't have to click on an app then click, it directly gives focus to the app you click on. Just in terminal apps like ghostty you need to stop it inserting mouse movements.

Also don't forget that the zoom/pinch gesture, three finger one, is under accessibility somewhere, you want to disable that. I prefer setting click sensitivity to light.

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And this is more dev, you want to install Ghostty as your terminal, you can set its themes if you like with preview and stuff, but I find Ghost Complete great as an add-on. Windows Terminal has the auto complete suggestion stuff, I like it, this adds that plus just checks what commands are possible so you have as a drop-down.
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Nice shell set-up guide here: https://lucanerlich.com/other/my-shell-setup/ with starship.

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I would still prefer Linux though, miss my old work set-up :(
Still sucks that it doesn't support display port MST, sucks for home with 2x1440p, work I have a 5k2k 40" so it's fine.
 
Johnatan56 said:
Swapped to M5 MP Pros at work, since easiest way to get 64GB of RAM at the moment. Been interesting having new hardware, and haven't used MacOS as a proper work machine since 2019.


Was gonna say, get this, and turn off spotlight / replace it with Raycast, it has a clip tray in it, and you can install other extensions like kill process, and brew (lets you do brew search -> hit install on it), plus actually uninstall stuff easily.

I would also highly recommend Sidebar, MacOS really sucks at window management, either use Raycast and bind the keys there for window management or use Sidebar. I like doing it via Sidebar as you can have it also show zones if you drag to the edge. My set-up I have Spotify, Teams and Outlook set to the right, with Spotify being media, left side is a work client, and center is actual apps.

Then side track / recommend DockDoor has a way better window switcher, I don't understand how MacOS you'd want grouping for multiple windows. In default OS you can alt-tab, and then hit up arrow to swap between specific windows. Why. I rebound my alt-tab to it.

Sidebar

The modern Dock replacement for your Mac. All features at a glance
sidebarapp.net sidebarapp.net
Can do full window with taskbar, and all screens get their copy, plus can set it so app is only on screen it's open on. Use / shortcut to quick type to swap between open apps. Can customize taskbar to be full width or only as wide as what is open, where you want default apps on the taskbar, sort order, etc.

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As in above you can force to full width as well, so empty space between things. You can customize how many apps on hover preview / when becomes a list, and if apps should have expanded text, plus set it per app basis.
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Thanks, exactly what I was looking for. It was starting to bug me when you select a window and all of them pop up at once, and the only other way was a 4 finger swipe to go to Mission Control, but then you have a bunch of other noise to contend with.

Also Finder really sucks at file management. Most free options have their quirks too, and anything else that looks kind of decent seems to have a subscription attached to it.

Other than that it's pretty cool so far...
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Thanks, exactly what I was looking for. It was starting to bug me when you select a window and all of them pop up at once, and the only other way was a 4 finger swipe to go to Mission Control, but then you have a bunch of other noise to contend with.

Also Finder really sucks at file management. Most free options have their quirks too, and anything else that looks kind of decent seems to have a subscription attached to it.

Other than that it's pretty cool so far...
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Hang in there. :p
 
Think MacOS’s built in window placement shortcuts would have been fine for me if it wasn’t using an Ultra Wide primarily.

So I use Magnet so I get a 1/3rd and 2/3rd split more easily.

Tend to have Slack in my left 1/3rd and all my personal stuff like Telegram/Whatsapp and so on in the right 1/3rd and then have my primary working window of whatever sitting in the middle overlapping them.

Occasionally will flip to two side by side “full screens” depending what I’m doing.
 
MCGA (make computers great again)

Just remember to stick one of these on the back of your car so others can be aware of your bad driving "skills"
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Couldn't stand Finder anymore. Bit the bullet and bought QSpace.

QSpace - A Better Finder

QSpace is a clean and efficient Multi-Pane File Manager, also can be a FTP,SFTP,WebDAV,OneDrive client. It has the same operating habits and interface presentation as Finder, and supports more flexible and practical features.
qspace.awehunt.com

Oh what a joy to not have to click on that stupid smiley face again. Plus immediate terminal access...
 
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SauRoNZA said:
Explain?

I don’t understand the Finder hate, but I guess I’ve used it for so long it just doesn’t even occur to me.
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And yeah I know you can add it to Finder, but you can't customise the crap out of Finder to do exactly what you want.

And the whole point of being able to do so is to help you be more efficient in a way that works for you. What you've done is adapted to a limitation...
 
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