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Re:Witch – macOS window switcher replacement by aldanor on Saturday June 03, 2023 @06:32AM (#36175382)
Which parts of it suck in particular? From the videos I've seen so far it's quite useable but requires configuring tons of stuff, possibly disabling SIP, animations are a bit jaggy (mainly due to macos not providing proper non-blocking apis to certain things), no proper master stack layout etc. But all in all looks pretty useable.

Planning to switch to it now, because all the other options (like using no tiling manager at all, or Amethyst) seem to suck even more.

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Re:Witch – macOS window switcher replacement by howinteresting on Saturday June 03, 2023 @09:49AM (#36176654)
It's just slow and full of jank like what you listed. Disabling SIP is mandatory if you don't want to feel like you need to blow your brains out. (Another issue is that many windows can't be resized at all on macOS, yet yabai allocates the full space for them and puts them in the top-left corner.)

Don't get me wrong, none of this is an issue with yabai, just with macOS. If I were forced to use macOS for work I'd use yabai too. But I've arranged my life so I never have to touch macOS professionally.

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