[Trufa]

As a more general suggestion, macOS likely isn’t good at imitating what you previously had, try to understand the workflow they’re proposing, adapt and learn it, it generally gets second nature and pretty decent soon enough, getting to work the way you envision is not apple’s strong suit.

[nsonha]

Classic blame the user kind of argument, what is the alternative workflow to "snap windows with a hotkey" then?

[Tagbert]

The point is that when switching OSs you are going to run into lots of places where the new OS does things differently that what you are used to. Your choice is to fight the new OS and try to keep doing things the way you are used to or embrace the new OS and learn some new workflows.

That doesn’t mean adopting everything or abandoning everything, just try to be flexible and try some different things out. Just because it is different doesn’t mean it is broken.

For window management there are dozens (at least) third party tools that add features like snap window. Try some out to see what you like. Rectangle, Magnet, Moom, BetterSnapTool come to mind but here are others.

[nsonha]

so "3rd apps exist" that's your argument? I thought it was "alternative workflow"?

[Tagbert]

My point was a suggestion to entertain the idea of adopting alternate workflows native to the new OS when you switch. When that doesn’t work there are often 3rd party tools to address the difference.

[eviks]

The better general suggestion is to find good tools to make your OS life more comfortable rather than admitting defeat right away and imitating the bad old stuck ways of the OS

(it's not Apple's strong suit, but there is an app for tha™)

[nordsieck]

Sometimes that works. Sometimes you're just stuck.

For example, AFAIK, there's no way to eliminate the animation that's triggered when switching spaces/virtual desktops.

[eviks]

this is not an example of a "workflow they’re proposing"

(also, afaik https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai allows you to eliminate the animation completely)

[httpteapot]

Do you know some good ressources to learn how to use macOS the productive way, using mostly keyboard shortcuts instead of the trackpad?

[kashunstva]

Apple maintains a list of macOS keyboard shortcuts that might be useful: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236

[snowe2010]

You can use hammerspoon to solve almost every issue you have.