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Re:macOS Ventura is now available by Maarius on Monday October 24, 2022 @08:49PM (#33324744)
Alfred (https://www.alfredapp.com/) and BetterTouchTool (https://folivora.ai/) really are two of the must-haves for every mac.
Re:macOS Ventura is now available by skohan on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @01:31AM (#33326612)
> BetterTouchTool

Physical function keys are a must-have for every mac imo

Re:macOS Ventura is now available by btgeekboy on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @04:12AM (#33327620)
BTT does work with the TouchBar, but the "Touch" in the name comes from "touchpad" since it originally was used to add various macros/gestures to the touchpad and mouse. TouchBar support was added later.

Most new Macs come with full-size function keys, including a massive escape key the same size as the tab key. (At least on the en-US layout; can't speak to others.)

Re:macOS Ventura is now available by ThePowerOfFuet on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @04:32AM (#33327795)
> > BetterTouchTool

> Physical function keys are a must-have for every mac imo

While it wasn't the case for a while, they all do now.

Re:macOS Ventura is now available by dzhiurgis on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @04:27AM (#33327748)
TipTap mapped to cmd+tab oh lordy
Re:macOS Ventura is now available by ris58h on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @04:42AM (#33327865)
Interesting. What other gestures do you use? I've tried to setup BTT to emulate cmd+tab with swipe right or left but it wasn't a smooth experience so I've made Touch-Tab https://github.com/ris58h/Touch-Tab
Re:macOS Ventura is now available by dzhiurgis on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @06:21AM (#33328564)
Made a mistake, I use TipTap for ctrl+tab aka switching tabs in browsers and IDE's.

Also four finger press for cmd+`

Re:macOS Ventura is now available by 8fingerlouie on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @05:13AM (#33328103)
I have a lifetime/powerpack Alfred license, and i don't use it much, if at all. I have it installed, but in my experience Spotlight has gotten a lot better in recent years, at least to the point where i just use that.

My only excuse for using Alfred is Dash (https://kapeli.com/dash), which integrates with Alfred, but these days so does just about every editor i use (including Vim, Emacs and Sublime Text), so i very rarely find myself using Alfred for it anymore.

One tool i do use at lot though is Hook (https://hookproductivity.com/).