So if I’m writing code, I might have a terminal to the right for git, and a web browser while I’m looking at how to do a certain task. How I’ve been using the right side is that I’ll have a handy terminal window to perform quick commands, like managing a git repository, but also windows that I might want to occasionally check out. Then on the right, there’s usually at least one terminal window, and maybe a few extras. On the left, I have the “main” window, this is usually a web browser or text editor. Here’s an example of how my Mac usually looks: That basically means that there’s one window to the left, and all other windows are in a vertical stack to the right. There are a few default layouts, and you even create them yourself, but I’ve been using the “Tall” layout the whole time, and I think it’s certainly enough for now. Right now, I’m using about five of them regularly, and I already feel faster on my Mac. This is what I wanted ideally, as I want to be able to use it straight away, but I didn’t want to be stuck with a really restricted experience.īy default, it has over 50 different actions that are configured with keyboard shortcuts. I checked out the website, and it looked reasonably simple to grasp the basics of, while also offering an absolute ton of options.

Add on that you need to disable SIP before installing yabai, it never felt like a great choice.īut, I looked a bit more, and I discovered another option, Amethyst. But it just resulted in a bunch of flickering. Sometimes as I was typing in Safari’s address bar, the windows would attempt to readjust as if I’d moved something. I was starting to get the feel of it, but it never felt stable. After watching a to of demos on YouTube of people’s setups, it seems as if yabai was the most popular option. I’d tried BetterSnapTool recently, but wanted something with a bit more control. That’s why a few days ago I tried to see what I could achieve on my Mac. I started to play around with them on my Linux install (I’m now using Kubuntu), and after some getting used to the keyboard shortcuts, I found it to be really useful to quickly be able to rearrange windows, and also have everything visible at once. Since starting to use Linux, I’ve been hearing more about window managers, and especially tiling window managers. Using a Tiling Window Manager on macOS # Tuesday, 30th November 2021

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