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yabai
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My MacBook setup (the 2024 version)
It exists! Check out [yabai](https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai), which is nicely paired with [skhd](https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd).
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Ask HN: Best Hacks for a Ultrawide Monitor?
I have a 49 inch CRG9 and the best recommendation for window management is Yabai (https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai) along with skhd (https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd). Yabai is a greedy window management solution that tries to fit opened applications in given space and skhd let's you easily jump between those using keyboard shortcuts. This has massively improved my ultrawide experience.
Only disclaimer is, configuring yabai has a slight learning curve.
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Yabai – A tiling window manager for macOS
Here it is. There is no visualization of the stack, which apparently Stackline in the other comment supports, but I don't tend to need that. Just being able to move between the windows is good enough for me.
https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/issues/203#issuecomment...
I have been using Yabai for two years now and am very happy. For me, it's stable and you can script almost anything by using event reactors.
Yabai also makes working with a 15" display much more productive imho. For example, I can effortlessly and nearly instantaneously switch between browser and coding spaces by pressing hyper + w / hyper + x (I'm using Karabiner Elements to map capslock to hyper).
Since it's a common misconception, you do NOT need to disable SIP if you don't care about some features (noticeably, disabling those nasty space switch animations). For an overview of features that require SIP to be partially disabled:
https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/issues/1863
Also in general, the wiki on GitHub is very well-written.
You do lose some features[0] but I've found the only ones I really care about is focusing spaces, and you can create keyboard shortcuts for that in System Settings.
[0]: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/wiki/Disabling-System-I...
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Asahi Linux folks are doing us a solid with WPA3 fixes
I use Yabai on my Macs without SIP enabled. Here’s a list of the features that absolutely require SIP to be disabled: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/issues/1863
But you don’t need to disable SIP just for tiling.
> there's still a ton of tinkering and tweaking you need to do to get Yabai really working correctly
This is pretty much true of basically every tiling window manager on Linux, too.
For me, using Nix-Darwin for MacOS and NixOS has drastically simplified my tiling window manager setup after initially doing the work to figure out my ideal config.
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macOS Containers v0.0.1
SIP is a feature that protects you from malicious actors with root (admin) access on your device. After they've encrypted your photos and drives and changed your passwords, it prevents them from making your machine unbootable by deleting or altering system binaries. As a side effect of this protection, you give up certain freedoms to customize your system.
https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai
For instance requires SIP to be disabled.
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Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to macOS?
I feel the same way. I would much prefer no animation at all, and an instant transition to another space.
Apparently this is possible with [yabai](https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai), but it requires disabling system integrity protection which I am personally uncomfortable with.
This is disproven by the fact that Yabai [1] can instantly swap spaces with SIP disabled.
stats
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Nvtop: Linux Task Monitor for Nvidia, AMD and Intel GPUs
its not a terminal app like bottom or nvtop but I use https://github.com/exelban/stats and it has iGPU stats
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Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines
I’ve found stats [1] to be a great open source alternative to the iStat Menus system monitor app mentioned in the article.
- New to MacOS - how do I view remaining battery time and screen on time?
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A standalone Activity Monitor alternative that isn't on the menu bar and shows stats for individual apps and groups processes by app?
have not used it for quite some time, and I think it was launching the Mac system monitor , it does don't have its own widow , but you can check this https://github.com/exelban/stats
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Anyones macbook also run hotter than their gaming laptop. What temp does the cpu start to throttle? Slow speeds
stats, it's an awesome FOSS app!
- Does anyone know what app I have to get or what setting to change to get my M1 MBA to show its temp on the top bar?
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ELI5: Why do computers get so enragingly slow after just a few years?
Use a tool like smFanControl, Macs Fan Control, or Stats to manually set your fan speed to 100%. This is noisy and reduces the lifetime of the part, but it means you can force your device to cool down, even when the OS doesn't want to.
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Which apps do you install first on any new Mac?
i use, stats, its like istat menus but free and the dev adds almost every feature that is requested!
- I just bought a MacBook air M1 but I faced a temperature problem
What are some alternatives?
Amethyst - Automatic tiling window manager for macOS à la xmonad.
Rectangle - Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas
vscode-vibrancy - Enable Acrylic/Glass effect for your VS Code.
iGlance - Free system monitor for OSX and macOS. See all system information at a glance in the menu bar.
eul - 🖥️ macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.
Karabiner-Elements - Karabiner-Elements is a powerful utility for keyboard customization on macOS Sierra (10.12) or later.
MenuMeters - my fork of MenuMeters by http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/
alt-tab-macos - Windows alt-tab on macOS
MonitorControl - 🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.
hammerspoon - Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua
skhd - Simple hotkey daemon for macOS
firejail - Linux namespaces and seccomp-bpf sandbox