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by axby
1405 days ago
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Thanks, this looks great. I'll definitely read this later. But why doesn't the base macbook install support more of these features? I was led to believe (perhaps incorrectly) that I wouldn't have to tinker with a mac as much as I have with Linux. (I suppose that fine tuning keyboard shortcuts is very different from trying to desperately fix a video or wireless driver) I assumed that apple optimized for a good user experience. Are "power users" (or even people that just want alt tab) not included in apple's UX goals? |
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You've actually stumbled upon the least configurable components of macOS: the Window Manager, and the Desktop Environment.
On Linux you can choose your own, and you have so many different paradigms. I still miss i3 wm..
On macOS you don't have this choice, and you have to use apps to get to the workflow you need.
I was a Windows power user for a few years, and now I use both Linux and macOS daily since 6 years ago. In the end, I feel more productive on macOS nowadays, mostly because there are many quality apps to get anything I want done, I don't have to worry that basic OS function will stop working when I update some dependency, and there are some macOS-native features that really improved my workflow.
For example I didn't know how useful Live Text would be until the first time I noticed that Command-F search in Safari also searches text in images, or when I double clicked on a phone number and I could just call it with my iPhone (which was in another room) but keep talking from the MacBook.
I can't even imagine how I would do that on Linux (surely doable, but nothing beats "already done and usable"), and it's just one of many features like that.
I will end with some more software recommendations: yabai for window management (https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai) and skhd for hotkeys (https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd)
They are more Linux-like, using config files, free and easy to forget they aren't native.