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by nowherebeen 1521 days ago
I used i3wm for 5 years. I still miss it after switching to the new MBP 3 months ago. Using mouse to manage spaces is so tedious and wastes 2-3 seconds each time, which added up quickly throughout the day.
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davidatbu 1520 days ago
I was also a die hard i3wm fan who started using MacOS on a new job.

I am currently a (mostly) happy user of Yabai. There's some blog posts from folks who made the same transition, lemme know if end up taking a look and still have questions, and I'll try to answer them.

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bonestamp2 1520 days ago
Try BetterTouchTool or Magnet. Magnet's UI is a little nicer, but that doesn't really matter since you'll never see after you've set it up. I prefer BetterTouchTool because the shortcut keys are more flexible. Perhaps you can match the i3wm keys to leverage that existing muscle memory.
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bartvk 1520 days ago
Do you know about Amethyst? I've been told it's not as fast as i3 but I'm a happy user.

https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst

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nowherebeen 1520 days ago
I tried it, it just wasn’t for me. I liked i3 because it was so simple and intuitive. I didn’t need to think, it was all muscle memory.
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cjaybo 1520 days ago
What about Rectangle? When moving from i3 in Linux to Mac I tried Amethyst for a while but switched to Rectangle soon after and have used it since.

Still haven't found anything truly comparable to i3, though.

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