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by mch82 1404 days ago
Actually, I was wondering if you drag, resize, or organize desktop windows (https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guideline...) to do things that aren’t possible on iOS.

Though, I also use Windows for gaming, mostly Rocket League :-)

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So sorry, I totally misread what you meant and wrote a wall of text about Windows OS, rather than desktop window management.

I do use quite a lot of application windows on macOS, and I use Rectangle Pro to snap/organize them. I saw someone else mentioning Moom in the comments as well, also heard good things about it.

However, I will admit, I definitely like the way FancyZones (feature built-into PowerToys, which is a first party Microsoft tool for Win10/11 full of other nifty things) window management works more than that of Rectangle Pro. But the combination of Rectangle Pro + virtual desktop organization + trackpad gestures is imo amazing for overall window management for me. I definitely like that overall package more than FancyZones on its own.

I use Moom which lets me resize/reposition/layout sets of windows using keyboard combos.

But even with full screen windows, you don’t have to four-finger swipe between them–you can still cmd-tab or use spotlight to switch apps.

I encourage everyone to learn more keyboard shortcuts, it is just so much faster to stay on home row vs reaching for a mouse or trackpad.