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Re:Make macOS consistently bad (unironically) by bobthepanda on Friday March 27, 2026 @04:45PM (#47548024)
While I don't maximize anything on a monitor that wide, I do appreciate Window's snap to half/quarter functionality for monitors that wide, and I wish Mac had the same ability natively.
Re:Make macOS consistently bad (unironically) by inventor7777 on Friday March 27, 2026 @08:18PM (#47550137)
I'm pretty sure Tahoe added that behavior natively. I personally use Magnet on Sequoia, however, so I am not 100% certain.
Re:Make macOS consistently bad (unironically) by jen20 on Friday March 27, 2026 @10:16PM (#47550873)
This was added as built-in functionality in Sequoia, not Tahoe. Personally I still use Magnet, which has worked well for over a decade and has a few more options.
Re:Make macOS consistently bad (unironically) by Bengalilol on Friday March 27, 2026 @08:06PM (#47550051)
You can hold the 'option' key while dragging a window in order to set it in mosaic mode (you may need to activate the mode in Settings > Finder and Dock > Windows)
Re:Make macOS consistently bad (unironically) by drivers99 on Friday March 27, 2026 @05:16PM (#47548371)
> I wish Mac had the same ability natively

Hover over the green button in the top left of the window. I recently found out about that menu for moving a window between screens, which is also an option it has. (I also just found them in the Window menu if you prefer that. I dont; the options take an extra level of hovering to get to.)

Re:Make macOS consistently bad (unironically) by setopt on Friday March 27, 2026 @05:30PM (#47548526)
You can also long-click the button instead of hovering. Also, see the menu bar entries related to window management, which replicates these same functions but can be bound to keys in the system settings.
Re:Make macOS consistently bad (unironically) by mjcohen on Friday March 27, 2026 @06:28PM (#47549214)
Damn. Never knew that. TIL
Re:Make macOS consistently bad (unironically) by Brajeshwar on Friday March 27, 2026 @09:08PM (#47550464)
I will wait for you to discover these Keyboard Shortcuts - Press the `fn + ^` (that globe key + control) and then try `c`, `f`, and all of the four arrow keys.
Re:Make macOS consistently bad (unironically) by markdown on Friday March 27, 2026 @09:49PM (#47550723)
> Hover over the green button in the top left of the window.

Fuck Tim Apple! Seriously, fuck him hard in the arse! Why would they hide this. I've been dealing with this shit for two decades and I find out via a HN comment that Apple was hiding this feature behind a green dot‽‽‽‽

Re:Make macOS consistently bad (unironically) by JSR_FDED on Friday March 27, 2026 @11:31PM (#47551320)
Don't be a child
Re:Make macOS consistently bad (unironically) by zdragnar on Saturday March 28, 2026 @12:34AM (#47551653)
Vulgarity aside, I can sympathize. For years I've been told by designers that discoverability and intuitive interacting patterns are so important, yet every aspect of modern design focuses so much on minimizing "distractions" that features go undiscovered. We get forced into suboptimal workflows and usage patterns because everything gets over-fitted to the lowest common denominator.

This is the biggest reason I love Linux. I can choose my own desktop, or even forsake the desktop entirely for a simpler window manager, without changing operating systems. Some are hyper focused on a tailored experience (gnome) while others let you configure to your heart's content (kde).

There's sacrifices to be made, of course, but not having to live under the oppression of Apple's beneficiary dictator designers is absolutely worth it for me.

Re:Make macOS consistently bad (unironically) by markdown on Saturday March 28, 2026 @04:23AM (#47552644)
This, exactly.

Every MacOS app has a menu item explicitly made for this exact thing. It's often the third item in the menu:

    File    Edit   View

But they refuse to put these viewing options under the View menu item. Why? Why would you not put these really great viewing options under View?
Re:Make macOS consistently bad (unironically) by saagarjha on Saturday March 28, 2026 @05:10AM (#47552911)
It's under the Window menu?
Re:Make macOS consistently bad (unironically) by zadikian on Saturday March 28, 2026 @12:27AM (#47551622)
Option-clicking the green button maximizes it similarly to Windows, rather than going fullscreen. I never used fullscreen just because of the slow animation it used, and now it makes even less sense on my new MacBook with the notch. It basically replaces the menu bar with a blank bar.
Re:Make macOS consistently bad (unironically) by wtetzner on Saturday March 28, 2026 @12:34PM (#47556120)
> Hover over the green button in the top left of the window.

Weirdly it still doesn't quite do what I want. It leaves a gap around the edge of the window for some reason.

Re:Make macOS consistently bad (unironically) by girvo on Friday March 27, 2026 @05:05PM (#47548248)
I’m pretty sure it does? I haven’t installed anything and it has the ability to do half and some other layouts through the window menu and snapping IIRC
Re:Make macOS consistently bad (unironically) by pc86 on Friday March 27, 2026 @05:10PM (#47548288)
I can't speak to the quarters but you absolutely can snap windows to the left and right halves in MacOS.
Re:Make macOS consistently bad (unironically) by dionian on Friday March 27, 2026 @08:34PM (#47550239)
i do quarters all the time. it used to be with third party apps. iu think its native now