Others have looked at the cost/benefit of updating and decided that it is cheaper to stop development. Apple's promised XML support in the new apps was never delivered, and while there is an API available to the new Music apps, some developers are struggling to update their apps in time. While the removal of iTunes is balanced for many by the inclusion of the new Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Podcasts apps, Apple has removed key elements of the underlying code which has rendered many music applications for working creatives useless. announcement of new products at Apple headquarters (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) uBar is hot garbage and the jury is still out on XtraFinder.Apple CEO Tim Cook, right, looks at MacBook computers shown in a demo room following the. Witch is a close 2nd in terms of stability. Of course, the only one of these apps that is truly stable and bug-free is, of course, the free open-source Rectangle. It's hard to say which app has improved my OSX productivity the most, but I'd probably put it in this order: And if you want a free app to manage your window layouts (similar to Magnet), check out Rectangle. Another app I'd recommend to make the Finder less sucky is "XtraFinder" its main shortcoming is needing to disable system integrity protection, but it's worth it for me (until IT comes down on me and makes me uninstall it). It's so good it kinda makes the need for uBar minimal, but it would be nice if they both worked. I also use an app called "Witch" to give me vastly better and windows-like alt-tab functionality for switching apps. ![]() ![]() I'm also using the buggy uBar trial and it would be nearly perfect if they'd bother to fix the bugs. An OS should be adaptable and not require a user to install 4 different paid apps to customize it with features that are free on every other platform. I've been a Mac user since OS7 on a MacIIcx, so I don't want to hear a bunch of garbage about how "you just have to change your paradigm", blah, blah, blah. Non-instant context switching breaks flow.ĭitto for me with regards to MacOS having a miserable window/app switching experience. It doesn't matter how much I get used to it or whatever - a click, hunt, and click again combo is intrinsically slower than a single click. And a bunch of other workarounds.īut that "adapting" isn't actually an answer to the fact that the absence of an open windows taskbar is slowing me down. Or hotkeys, if the combination of windows makes it faster. Or swiping for Mission Control, hunting for the window, then clicking the window. How would I adapt to this? Currently, I do "adapt" - basically by clicking an app in the Dock, hunting for the window, then clicking the window. With a taskbar-like set up, I would be able to open 4 Excel windows, and 4 Chrome windows, and they would all be available with a single click. There is no way around this, it's the nature of the work. I need to jump between all 8 spreadsheets, in random orders. And 4 spreadsheets in the cloud open in Chrome. I need to have 4 locally-saved spreadsheets on my Mac open in Excel. My job requires me to use a work-issued Mac with no option to change.Ĭommit to change how you work with the computer or adapt to itĬould you please explain how I am supposed to adapt to the following: ![]() Is there a reason why Windows is not an option for you? (I have already tried uBar, but unfortunately it has a bug so it groups windows even when it shouldn't.) If any one could help suggest programs I could install that would do this, it would be much appreciated. Click, and Firefox will be maximized and in focus, without moving the mouse, click again and it will be minimized, without moving the mouse, click again and it will be maximized, click again and it will be minimized etc. So in this example, you could hover your mouse over the Firefox icon. Clicking on this icon opens Word.Ĭlicking on the icon for an open window toggles the window minimized/maximized. (Notice how the Chrome windows are not grouped together.)Ĭertain programs can be "pinned" to the taskbar so that they remain on the taskbar when closed. So all 3 of the Chrome windows are visible at all times, and clicking on them maximizes that window. Pic of my other taskbar (on Windows) that has the functionality I'm looking to recreate:Īll open windows are permanently displayed, accessible with one click.
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