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by ractive 2145 days ago
I recently discovered some nice helpers to resize windows:

- Hold down the option key while resizing a windows (with the mouse) to also resize the opposite side. This also works when resizing the window on a corner to resize all edges at once.

- Double click a window border to enlarge this side of the window up to the edge of the scereen. Hold down the option key to enlarge also the opposite site.

- Double-click the title bar of a window to maximize it

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Try divvy. Works for both Mac and Windows.

It's the first app I install on any fresh box.

Here are some divvy shortcut ideas for the XDR Pro display: https://i.imgur.com/Tf4c6yo.png
+1 for Divvy.
I didn’t know about the first one. But I learned about the last 2 within the last year because I can’t install software on my work computer.

On my personal computer I use Better Touch Tools.

I have saved days and much effort by using `SHIFT + ALT + CMD + X` to resize my windows. https://github.com/kreeble/SimpleWindowResizer
Had no idea. This is great, thank you.