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by borland 1531 days ago
This is full of stuff that isn't actually a problem, he just hasn't learnt how to use macOS yet.

> Snapping

Yes, macOS does suck in this regard. I can only hope they address it in the future.

> unlike Windows or Linux, you can’t “maximize” a window using the green “zoom” button

Hold down option when you click the green button. Annoying that Apple made this undiscoverable, but nevertheless it works and is built-in

> Command+Tab

macOS does this differently than windows or linux. I prefer the macOS way. Shrug? This is not a problem in macOS though. Your cheese got moved, deal with it :-)

> However, that keyboard doesn’t have the Option (⌥) or Command (⌘) keys like on my Macbook. This makes using keyboard shortcuts difficult due to the keys being switched, but I don’t blame Apple for this. I tried changing the modifier keys in System Preferences–>Keyboard, but that broke other keyboard shortcuts.

I'm not sure what he did here, but I've been using system preferences to swap the Windows and Alt keys so they match Option and Cmd, for over a decade and it works flawlessly. I can only assume he's misunderstanding something?

> However, plugging in a mouse with a scroll wheel means the scroll wheel is “backward”. Thankfully, I was able to download Logitech’s Options software to reverse this.

There's a checkbox in system prefs for that, you don't need any crazy logitech junk!

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> There's a checkbox in system prefs for that, you don't need any crazy logitech junk!

But that option also reverses the touchpad scroll direction. You can't have the touchpad scroll inverted like on a touch screen and the mouse wheel scrolling normally (without third-party software), which seems crazy to me.