ControlPlane VS hammerspoon

If you're a developer who uses multiple browsers to keep your personal and work environments separate, you know how frustrating it can be to constantly switch between default browsers and different application shortcuts.

I'm using BetterTouchTool to quickly open my most-used applications (browser, IDE, Postman, LogSeq...). I've been using ControlPlane (https://github.com/dustinrue/ControlPlane) for some time to switch my default browser, but I've now perfected my setup using Raycast, Finicky and BetterTouchTool.

I'm sharing a basic Raycast extension written that allows you to quickly switch your default browser and application shortcuts via BetterTouchTool and Finicky.

The shared code is not intended to be used as it, rather to be cloned and customized to fit your own needs and your own config.

I'm always eager to learn ways of improving my efficiency on my Mac, so please share what you've setup on your end

It's ancient and I can't recommend it for any production tasks, but Imma still mention ControlPlane. Great for triggering all sorts of actions based on time of day, attached peripherals, (B)SSID, etc.

FWIW When I used to go to the office (back in the before time) I used an app called ControlPlane to do that sort of thing.

(I actually don't switch between them most of the time, as I've set up Control Plane to run little Applescripts that change the workspace when my external monitor shows up/vanishes. It was a little fiddly to set up but well worth it.)

It probably does, I personally use ControlPlane, hasn't been updated in a while but it still works pretty well for me, free and open-source.

Another option for hacking something like this together could be HammerSpoon. I’ve spent some time with it, but haven’t tried integrating with Apple Notes, I mostly did stuff at the file system level to keep it easy.

https://www.hammerspoon.org/

For basic window tiling, I stumbled across Hammerspoon and the MiroWindowsManager spoon.

https://github.com/miromannino/miro-windows-manager

https://www.hammerspoon.org/

I use hammerspoon a lot and it seemed like scheduling SelfControl could be done using it so I created Hammer Control. Check it out!

Hammerspoon - Price: Free Desktop automation tool for macOS that allows you to write Lua scripts to control your Mac.

Assuming no one has a cut-and-dried solution that just works, would something like this be possible with say, AppleScript or another scripting tool like Hammerspoon? I've not used either of these tools before, but would be open to seeking out a scripting solution on my own if it's viable. Or am I going to run into insurmountable security restrictions?

Spark (not the email app). There are others like Hotkey and Hammerspoon.

I have tried different tools for this including Rectangle, but I've finally settled with hammerspoon. It solves the problem of window-management but you can also use it to create custom keyboard shortcuts and much more.