[LTT] Mac Users Deserve Better – 7 Unacceptable Problems with MacOS

• Scroll-Reverser

  65 2,350 3.1 Objective-C

  Per-device scrolling prefs on macOS.

  

There's Scroll Reverser.app for the scroll direction issue. It can handle touchpad and mouse separately.

• Rectangle

  723 24,339 8.2 Swift

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

In case you guys don't have it, get Rectangle. Better than Magnet and open-source.

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com sponsored

  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.

  

• BackgroundMusic

  84 15,027 4.6 C++

  Background Music, a macOS audio utility: automatically pause your music, set individual apps' volumes and record system audio.

For per-app volume control I use Background Music: https://github.com/kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic

• yabai

  218 21,195 9.1 C

  A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

They just need to make yabai a part of the OS. I hate advocating for Sherlocking things, but this is a time it’s needed.

• BetterDisplay

  200 15,758 8.7

  Unlock your displays on your Mac! Flexible HiDPI scaling, XDR/HDR extra brightness, virtual screens, DDC control, extra dimming, PIP/streaming, EDID override and lots more!

I had issues too with 144p monitor where MacOS just refused to display sharp text. BetterDisplay (https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay) fixed it for me.

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  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.

  

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