Impressions from a first-time Mac user

Re:Impressions from a first-time Mac user by lou1306 on Monday April 11, 2022 @03:52PM (#30993899)

> The author makes a big deal of lack of snapping. Frankly I've never seen the utility of it on OS's that do have it, infact I've always felt it more of a hinderance than a help (gets in the way, tries to snap when you don't want it to).

It may be useful for users of large external monitors, allowing to make better use of the screen real estate. Then again, Macos lacks per-application menu bars, which means you cannot do a lot of tasks without focusing the app first, so IMHO lack of snapping/advanced windows management is not as big as a deal as it would be under Windows.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Impressions from a first-time Mac user by loganmarchione on Monday April 11, 2022 @04:49PM (#30994804)

> It may be useful for users of large external monitors, allowing to make better use of the screen real estate

OP here. This is exactly why I want snapping (I'm using a 27" 1440p monitor)

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Impressions from a first-time Mac user by AA-BA-94-2A-56 on Monday April 11, 2022 @05:25PM (#30995293)

There are Mac applications you can download to get this behaviour. Magnet does it and is cheap, and Raycast (spotlight alternative) does it and is free.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Impressions from a first-time Mac user by mkl on Monday April 11, 2022 @07:31PM (#30996574)

From the article:

> this is a work machine and I need to get everything I install blessed by IT security. Easy for large applications like Slack or Chrome, but harder for the small tools that only fix my niche issues (I’ve already found Rectangle, BetterSnapTool, and Magnet).

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Impressions from a first-time Mac user by noizejoy on Monday April 11, 2022 @08:35PM (#30997118)

I’m using a 40” 4k monitor for Win10, and never found snapping to be attractive, although I routinely have about 20 active windows.

[ Parent | on HN ]