Other programs I’ve tried: Spectacle, BetterSnapTool
If you’re from a linux background and looking for an i3-like experience to manage your windows on macos, this (combination of) software is the best solution I’ve found. The other programs I’ve tried for this on mac are desktop apps, but yabai and skhd are configured in plaintext and are much more powerful and customizable.
Note: The yabai readme mentions a need to disable system integrity protection, but I have never done this and I can still resize/move windows just fine.
Any xp with Amethyst for compare/contrast? I’ll be switching laptops soon and the biggest thing keeping me on linux is my very custom multi screen sway setup
Why do you want to switch to macOS? The only thing going for it is having Adobe and Office software. On the other hand, it is likely to do explicit on-device scanning, it doesn’t support Docker well, it is generally slow and can hang when the internet connection has problems. Hell, even its API for changing the background wallpaper doesn’t work reliably for me.
Haven’t used Amethyst, but I do use sway on my personal machine, it’s my favourite window manager! I prefer sway to my mac solution on my work computer, but that’s mainly because macs are missing the $mod key, other than that I notice no real difference.
Software: yabai + skhd
Need: window management for mac
Other programs I’ve tried: Spectacle, BetterSnapTool
If you’re from a linux background and looking for an i3-like experience to manage your windows on macos, this (combination of) software is the best solution I’ve found. The other programs I’ve tried for this on mac are desktop apps, but yabai and skhd are configured in plaintext and are much more powerful and customizable.
Note: The yabai readme mentions a need to disable system integrity protection, but I have never done this and I can still resize/move windows just fine.
Any xp with Amethyst for compare/contrast? I’ll be switching laptops soon and the biggest thing keeping me on linux is my very custom multi screen sway setup
Why do you want to switch to macOS? The only thing going for it is having Adobe and Office software. On the other hand, it is likely to do explicit on-device scanning, it doesn’t support Docker well, it is generally slow and can hang when the internet connection has problems. Hell, even its API for changing the background wallpaper doesn’t work reliably for me.
Haven’t used Amethyst, but I do use sway on my personal machine, it’s my favourite window manager! I prefer sway to my mac solution on my work computer, but that’s mainly because macs are missing the $mod key, other than that I notice no real difference.