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alt-tab-macos
- Windows Alt-Tab on macOS
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U.S. Sues Apple, Accusing It of Maintaining an iPhone Monopoly
> - Can't tab cycle through minimized windows
> - Windowing system sucks compared to Windows
Checkout: https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos solved most of my pains with it.
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Yabai – A tiling window manager for macOS
I use AltTab [0] for this. I find using a mac without it horrendous.
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No Bing, no Edge, no upselling: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon
I know of this app which allows you to port that functionality: https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/
Disclaimer: I have never used it, one of my colleagues mentioned it a while ago.
- AltTab – Windows alt-tab on macOS
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Collection of "Today I Learned" notes
If you're using a Mac, I really recommend alt-tab https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/.
I love cmd+tab on a mac to switch between applications, but I was missing a feature to switch between windows of the same application. Alt+tab solves that in the same manner Windows does.
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On Desktop GUI Minimalism
I know this isn’t the point of your post, but in case it helps your experience in MacOS:
1. You can change the setting so that workspaces do not change their position/order. See: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/214348/how-to-prev...
2. The third party app “alt-tab” provides an alt tab experience that is much better than the native one, and is likely more similar to the behavior you expect from Linux. See: https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app
I also personally like to use Rectangle for window positioning using keyboard shortcuts, tried the various auto tiling solutions like yabai and amethyst in the past but I think the flexibility of Rectangle is worth having to remember and use a few keyboard shortcuts.
I think it’s unfortunate that so many third party apps are required, but with a bit of babysitting MacOS can be pretty decent to work with.
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Tools I like
AltTab MacOS app
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Ask HN: What GNOME Shell extensions do you use?
There's likely a delay so that you can use Alt-Tab to quickly go back to your last window without the pop-up showing. I use AltTab on macOS like this, which has a configurable delay.
- macOS 13.5 no longer allows setting system wide ulimits
homebrew-bundle
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How do you setup a new Mac?
I maintain a Brewfile (https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-bundle) which contains the majority of the non-project specific applications that I like to install on any new Mac:
https://github.com/jonahgeorge/dotfiles/tree/main
What's really nice is the `cask` & `mas` keywords allow you to install .dmg files & directly from the App Store.
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While its not included in there yet, I've been experimenting with maintaining a private Homebrew tap which contains my ~/bin directory as opposed to shell aliases.
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Pkgx – “Run Anything” from the creator of brew
> It's strange that people are so against declarative systems, or even file-based OS configuration. When I get my new Macbook I was up-and-running within a few minutes. I can't imagine maintaining a list of brews I need to re-install just to set up everything + my configs + everything else.
I haven’t had time to try Nix yet, but HomeBrew does have a declarative-ish workflow that I’ve been using for years:
[Brew Bundle](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-bundle) let’s you have a plaintext file listing all packages you want installed on your system. Add a line for stuff you want installed, delete a line for stuff you want removed, invoke it the right way and it will install/remove packages until your system matches the list. The initial list can be generated by “brew bundle dump” or something like that.
For configuration, I find that a normal dotfile repo cloned into my ~/.config (with a script that maintains symlinks to config files in e.g. ~/Library) works well enough for my use.
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Ask HN: What are your favorite iOS/macOS automations?
Brew supports dumping installed things into a brewfile: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-bundle
I was using text files before as well to manage it.
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Show HN: Applite – Clean Homebrew front end app for macOS built with SwiftUI
Assuming everyone's on a Mac, I'm actually surprised there isn't that much use of something like homebrew-bundle[1]. It's definitely nicer to have your tooling run natively rather than, say, trying to wrap everything in Docker, or trying to get everybody on board with nix or guix.
I think the only real issue here is that you can't really pin to specific versions unless a formula exists, and there is no guarantee that a formula with a pinned version will stick around because homebrew likes to stay lean.
- Brew Bundle
- The new Obsidian icon
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Which apps do you install first on any new Mac?
You should checkout Homebrew bundle and create a Brewfile instead. That will let you install both stuff from brew, casks and Mac AppStore apps in one go.
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macOS users: you can now install Active Trader Pro with Homebrew!
If you use brew bundle and create your own Brewfile, you can store this with your personal dot files and automate bootstrapping (auto-installing all your system tools) a new or recently reformatted Mac by including auto-trader-pro in your Brewfile.
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2 Days ago I made a comment saying I would quit photography before buying an Apple for photo editing. I'm sorry, be gentle
And if you're already loving Homebrew, definitely check out Homebrew Bundle!
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I was a MacOS hater until...
If you like homebrew, definitely give homebrew bundle a whirl if you haven't already
What are some alternatives?
winget-cli - WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).
linuxbrew-core - 💀Formerly the core formulae for the Homebrew package manager on Linux
Rectangle - Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas
PopClip-Extensions - Source code extensions in the official PopClip Extensions directory.
yabai - A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning
FinderFix - FinderFix lets you resize and reposition Finder windows to your liking
Mos - 一个用于在 macOS 上平滑你的鼠标滚动效果或单独设置滚动方向的小工具, 让你的滚轮爽如触控板 | A lightweight tool used to smooth scrolling and set scroll direction independently for your mouse on macOS
homebrew-lilypond - Install LilyPond from homebrew/core instead of this tap: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lilypond
hammerspoon - Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua
mas - :package: Mac App Store command line interface
CotEditor - Lightweight Plain-Text Editor for macOS
linearmouse - The mouse and trackpad utility for Mac.