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Re:Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to m... by nine_k on Saturday June 17, 2023 @06:07PM (#36375182)
It's a great way to waste both the screen real estate and the user's attention.

MacOS has a number of interesting features in the kernel, and it has a reasonably good and highly uniform UI, with global shortcuts and all. But its window management is insufferable.

Good thing there are utilities that try to help that. (I already forgot which, I handed back my last work-provided MBP in 2018.)

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to m... by sleepybrett on Saturday June 17, 2023 @07:22PM (#36375753)
Most users of macos are fullscreen users. End of. Power users can find and write power user solutions.
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Re:Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to m... by filchermcurr on Sunday June 18, 2023 @12:47AM (#36377405)
That seems like a bold statement. I know a loooot of macOS users (myself included) and none of us ever use fullscreen.

Without some kind of data in hand, it's anecdotal either way, so I figured I'd throw my hat in.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to m... by tnecniv on Sunday June 18, 2023 @02:09AM (#36377757)
Only in that they resize the window to be kind of but not really full screen. That’s what all of the less technical Mac users I know do. I’ve never seen them go full screen with the green button
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Re:Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to m... by happymellon on Sunday June 18, 2023 @01:05AM (#36377490)
I found Amethyst helped fix a bunch of sharp edges, but it's not perfect because it is still fighting the system.
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