Rectangle Alternatives

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• MacOS equivalent to Windows+Shift+Left
  reddit.com/r/MacOS | 2021-06-17

  You'll need a third-party application to do this. I use Rectangle.

• What if iPad windowing acted link the snapping here? Not enabling free form windowing, just placement in any of the preset states. What do you think?
  reddit.com/r/ipad | 2021-06-17

  I practically do this on my Mac too. Using Rectangle (https://rectangleapp.com, free and open source) you can have keyboard shortcuts to set windows to certain positions. I don’t know whether the iPad screen is large enough to have quarters of a screen, though. I never use less than half a screen on my 13” laptop screen.

• Any way to disable this side panel in safari? When I move my cursor to the left side, this sidebar pops up. Any way to disable it?
  reddit.com/r/MacOS | 2021-06-16

  A really stupid workaround would be to use Rectangle, which let's you "maximize" windows by dragging them to the top of the screen or by pressing ^⌥ ENTER. In rectangles settings you can define a border around windows. If you set this value high enough, the Safari window will not touch the left side of your screen, which would decrease your chance of triggering the side bar. Don't take this too seriously 😉

• I was a non believer. The ability to have a desktop like experience with folders and multitasking convinced me iPadOS 15 is the real deal!
  reddit.com/r/ipad | 2021-06-15

  Check out Rectangle. I found it really useful and it's free (and open source)!!

• Please recommend me a window management tool that does this!
  reddit.com/r/MacOS | 2021-06-15

  Magnet or Rectangle might provide what you're looking for.

• LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS
  news.ycombinator.com | 2021-06-12

  Rectangle [0] is FOSS and may satisfy your window arranging needs.

  [0] https://rectangleapp.com/

• iPadOS 15 confirms Apple's M1-equipped iPad Pro is a V8 engine powering a Ford Pinto
  reddit.com/r/apple | 2021-06-11

  I used Spectacle for that, I'm told that Rectangle is a valid Open Source replacement.

• macOS Monterey Automatically Resizes Windows Moved to a Secondary Display
  reddit.com/r/apple | 2021-06-10

  I like https://rectangleapp.com/

• Switching to MacBook as daily driver
  reddit.com/r/mac | 2021-06-06

  You will probably also want to use something like Rectangle to emulate the (objectively better) Windows window management. There are other options available but this one is great, free, and open-source.

• macOS based standing desk setup
  reddit.com/r/macsetups | 2021-06-05

  Magnet (or any snapping app) lets me easily drag a window to any corner, or create vertical 3rds, so that I can have 3 apps side by side. [Rectangle is a free alternative to this; BetterTouchTool is a very popular app with lots of features that I believe also includes windows snapping and resizing. May want to give this 45-day trial a try.]

• New MacOS User, looking for some seasoned users suggestions
  reddit.com/r/macmini | 2021-06-04

  Before shelling out $8 (or whatever) for Magnet check out rectangle. It's open source, free, M1 optimized and has some of the same functionality. https://rectangleapp.com/

  reddit.com/r/macmini | 2021-06-04

  Probably, but here is a free version of magnet. I use this tool https://rectangleapp.com/

  reddit.com/r/macmini | 2021-06-04

  rectangle app to make my 4K monitor useable. (free/opensource) https://rectangleapp.com/

• Lifelong windows user here, switched to Macbook Air for the M1 chip. This has to be one of the best decisions I have ever made. AMAZING PRODUCT!!
  reddit.com/r/macbook | 2021-06-04

  Maybe https://rectangleapp.com/

• Best Window manager three screens (34” vertical, 27” horizontal, MBP 15”)?
  reddit.com/r/macapps | 2021-06-04