Windows to MBP 16". What are your must tools/apps ?

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/macbookpro

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  • Rectangle

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

  • alt-tab-macos

    Windows alt-tab on macOS

    Alt-tab (brings the windows alt-tab to macos) https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  • iTerm2

    iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.

    iTerm2 - better terminal - https://iterm2.com/

  • Scroll-Reverser

    Per-device scrolling prefs on macOS.

    Definitely iTerm2 over the stock Terminal... One tool I can't live without is Scroll Reverser that allows me to use the mouse scrolling wheel in the same way as windows while keeping the "natural" scrolling direction for the trackpad

  • macos-defaults

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

    Since you’re a sysadmin, you may appreciate the whole infrastructure as code philosophy so check out homebrew, mas, and homebrew bundle as well as configuring OS settings via the command line.

  • homebrew-bundle

    📦 Bundler for non-Ruby dependencies from Homebrew, Homebrew Cask and the Mac App Store.

    Since you’re a sysadmin, you may appreciate the whole infrastructure as code philosophy so check out homebrew, mas, and homebrew bundle as well as configuring OS settings via the command line.

  • UnnaturalScrollWheels

    Invert scroll direction for physical scroll wheels while maintaining "Natural" scrolling for trackpads on MacOS

    seperate options for external mouse like deactivate acceleration and natural scroll (while leaving the options of trackpad as they are) https://github.com/ther0n/UnnaturalScrollWheels

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • MiddleClick-Sonoma

     "Wheel click" with three-finger click/tap for Trackpad and Magic Mouse.

    get middle click for trackpad (opening links as tab, closing tab, ...) https://github.com/artginzburg/MiddleClick-BigSur

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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