Moving a macOS window by clicking anywhere on it

• RectanglePro-Community

  36 91 4.5

  Bug reports and discussion for the Rectangle Pro app

I've also been hand-copying my Zooom2 app from machine to machine.

On my new M1, I am using Hookshot (which apparently is now Rectangle Pro https://rectangleapp.com/pro ) – it has support for key combos to Move and Resize windows.

The only downside is that Hookshot/Rectangle focuses the window when you do this, which Zooom2 did not.

• Rectangle

  724 24,493 8.5 Swift

  Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas

Personally I use Spectacle [0] and a few handy shortcuts to move and resize windows. For me, it's just enough customization without going over the board with scripting a window manager from scratch. As I just discovered, Spectacle is no longer actively maintained, but it still works just fine. The recommended alternative from their readme is Rectangle [1].

[0] https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle

[1] https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle

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• spectacle

  15 13,533 0.0 Objective-C

  Discontinued Spectacle allows you to organize your windows without using a mouse.

Personally I use Spectacle [0] and a few handy shortcuts to move and resize windows. For me, it's just enough customization without going over the board with scripting a window manager from scratch. As I just discovered, Spectacle is no longer actively maintained, but it still works just fine. The recommended alternative from their readme is Rectangle [1].

[0] https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle

[1] https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle

• Hummingbird

  3 216 1.1 Swift

  A macOS utility that makes window management a breeze (by finestructure)

This method doesn't allow customizing the keys. Best app for this is https://github.com/finestructure/Hummingbird.

• altdrag

  18 1,351 0.0 C

  :file_folder: Easily drag windows when pressing the alt key. (Windows)

• desktoppr

  5 260 0.0 Swift

  Simple command line tool to set the desktop picture on macOS

• macos-defaults

  13 840 8.3 JavaScript

  Incomplete list of macOS `defaults` commands with demos ✨ (by yannbertrand)

I thought this was fairly well known with respect to the defaults customizations. There is a repo here: https://macos-defaults.com/#-what-s-a-defaults-command

...but it is missing a lot of them, which are scattered across the internet. Some others worth checking out are aggregated here:

https://gist.github.com/romanhaa/9804183f242991007b316a59c4b...

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• HyperKey.spoon

  2 21 10.0 Lua

  This library allows you to bind keys to a modifier, and shows you a popup overlay of all your key binds when you hold down the modifier key.

FYI, I ported the basic features to Hammerspoon (resize, drag) after Zooom2 was abandoned in this free OSS library: https://github.com/dbalatero/HyperKey.spoon

• SkyRocket.spoon

  2 49 0.0 Lua

  Resize and move windows using the mouse and modifier keys. A Hammerspoon clone of Zooom/2 functionality.

This free Hammerspoon plugin will also resize background windows: https://github.com/dbalatero/SkyRocket.spoon/

• Amethyst

  148 14,194 6.5 Swift

  Automatic tiling window manager for macOS à la xmonad.

Amethyst is another great tiling manager, although it's much more focused on the i3-style tiling than just easy snapping. Used it for a while (although I really still don't like Mac's window management).

https://ianyh.com/amethyst/

• yabai

  218 21,468 9.6 C

  A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

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