Shall I keep my Macbook Air M1? Missing apps from Windows.

[chabig]

option+double click corner of the window will maximize the windows. Option+double click lateral border of the window will increase width to full, and option+double click top or bottom of the window will increase to full height. You can find all this "tricks" and much more nicely explained at Macmost channel in YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/user/macmostvideo

I've been an avid Mac user since 1985 and I never knew these!

 

[Leon1das]

Coming from Windows I was annoyed that on Mac - green button puts an app to fullscreen, hides all buttons and Alt-Tab cant cycle because app effectively takes one Desktop.

But if you click and hold green button (instead of fast click) it will reveal Zoom option - which is maximizing app without going to to full screen.
MacOS remembers the app window size and on next app launch you dont have to do it again.
Now I love it more than on Windows...

 

[Wando64]

I just found out that double clicking the top bar of any window (anywhere on the bar), will maximise it without going full screen.
Double click it again and it will return to the previous position.

 

[ksj1]

Sublime text is available on both Mac and Windows. It is quite powerful with many extensions.

 

[08380728]

I just found out that double clicking the top bar of any window (anywhere on the bar), will maximise it without going full screen.
Double click it again and it will return to the previous position.

Yeah, LOL, macOS has done this for over 25 years dude, ‘zoom to fit content‘ basically what it is. Command Click on the icon in the tittle bar and will drop down and show the path of the file, cool eh.

 

[BrianBaughn]

Command Click on the icon in the tittle bar and will drop down and show the path of the file, cool eh.

Also, you can select anywhere along the path and it will open that level in a Finder window.

 

[madonnaragu]

Not sure I can help with the others but for these I'll say:

I typically double-click the top frame of an app and it'll maximize to the screen height and that handles most of my need for that -- on other occasions I'll just grab the corner and pull it to fill the screen. Maybe there's another way.

As for terminating apps when last window is closed, this is IMHO a different paradigm than you're used to. On macOS you'll find that Command-Tab switches between applications and Command-` switches between windows of the app you're in. Contrast to windows where Alt-Tab switches between everything open with apps/windows commingled. When I want to close an app I just use the Command-Q keyboard command.

Thank you! However, it seems that even when fully maximised, there is some gap between the expanded window and the top menu bar through which you can see the desktop. Is there a way to fix this?

 

[madonnaragu]

I think you want to set things up so your print output can be sent directly to different folders. Here is how to set that up:

OS X: Adding a Folder to the PDF Services Menu

See that little “PDF” drop-down? That’s where all the coolness is. So what you can do with this menu is save what you’re looking at—a webpage, for example, or a document—as a PDF or send a PDF of it to someone else. The options here may differ slightly depending on what programs you have...

www.macobserver.com

That is very helpful, thank you! I still can't see how to adjust the output quality of PDFs as they come out way too large, but I'll test some more.

 

[madonnaragu]

As others have mentioned, this is standard OS functionality? Are you missing something specific?



Depends on what you mean by "macro". TextMate 2 is pretty good.



The problem is that macOS does not have a concept of "maximized window" since it is not part of the UI paradigm. What it has instead is "optimal window size" (triggered by opt+click the green icon or double-clicking the toolbar) — this will tell the application to change its window size so that the content fits optimally; and the fullscreen mode that allows the application to take control over the entire screen and adjust it's UI accordingly (aka "focus" mode), but not many apps take advantage of it properly.

So, no, it's not possible.



This is application-specific behavior. I don't know of any way to enforce it system-wide.



Not officially.

PDF: Yes - missing the option to set PDF output quality/compression
Text editor: Record a series of commands/operations, execute them later when needed. For example, search and replace x with y.

 

[madonnaragu]

Thank you! Great video.

 

[deeddawg]

Thank you! However, it seems that even when fully maximised, there is some gap between the expanded window and the top menu bar through which you can see the desktop. Is there a way to fix this?

Hasn’t been my experience, but if it happened and bothered me I’d just resize the window to what I needed it to be.

 

[MisterMooth]

People have been recommending Magnet, which I used to use before I bailed when the dev snuck in an ad for another product of theirs, but nowadays I'd recommend Rectangle which is free, open source and much more configurable.

Rectangle

Move and resize windows in macOS using keyboard shortcuts or snap areas. The official page for Rectangle.

rectangleapp.com

 

[acousticbiker]

Rectangle is free and great for window sizing (including maximizing)

 

[MacCheetah3]

To answer your subject/title question… Not if it doesn’t meet your requirements (i.e., things you depend on or feel are very important). With that said, perhaps you can achieve those as people suggest comparable software, etc.

Next...

Also, is this possible on a Mac:

- Fully maximise a window WITHOUT going full-screen
- Terminate apps when the last open window is closed
- Move the top menu bar OR adjust the auto-show delay

• The exact behavior is app dependent, however, hold the Option key while clicking the (green) maximize/minimize button.
• This is another one of those app dependent features.
— Most apps do it in Windows because the menu bar is integrated into the app window, thus closing the window results in losing access to all app controls (so, why keep it running?)
• Not that I’m aware of.

- Simple text editor with macro

TextMate: Text editor for macOS

macromates.com

EDIT: I responded bass-ackwards (responded first then decided to read all replies). So, yes, many of mine are repeats.
?

 

[madonnaragu]

Another thing that I can't find for a Mac is an alternative to Fineprint and PriPrinter. They're virtual printers, so you can send multiple print jobs to them until you're ready to print. You can then adjust printing preferences for the whole job, edit, crop, remove and reorganize the pages. Brilliant stuff, but can't find anything similar.

 

[madonnaragu]

Hasn’t been my experience, but if it happened and bothered me I’d just resize the window to what I needed it to be.

I can't get rid of the gap unless I go fullscreen, which I don't want.

 

[MBAir2010]

I can't get rid of the gap unless I go fullscreen, which I don't want.

you could hold the track pad with one finger, then resize anything on the screen by moving another finger on the trackpad which is called pinch resizing.
this could be enabled in trackpad in system preferences, that gray cog icon in the toolbar.

once you get the gist and hang of Big Dup, you might like that!
im getting back to my brief 2019 windows experience, which i am liking a lot today!

 

[Pummers]

Rightzoom works for me. Always irked me when they did the fullscreen changeover and last month I finally decided to find a tool to fix it.

Right Zoom for Mac - fix your Full Screen green button.

Right Zoom is a little Mac app that resizes user definded apps differently

www.blazingtools.com

free/donationware.

 

[madonnaragu]

Rightzoom works for me. Always irked me when they did the fullscreen changeover and last month I finally decided to find a tool to fix it.

Right Zoom for Mac - fix your Full Screen green button.

Right Zoom is a little Mac app that resizes user definded apps differently

www.blazingtools.com

free/donationware.

Hi!

That's useful. I can only get it to work with a keyboard shortcut (option+command+E), but not by clicking the expand button. Is this normal?

 

[CheesePuff]

Hi!

That's useful. I can only get it to work with a keyboard shortcut (option+command+E), but not by clicking the expand button. Is this normal?

I know I mentioned it before but I still highly recommend Magnet.. while it is $7 now instead of $1 when I purchased it, it will do everything you're looking for and more, and is a very polished, properly built and sandboxed app (while the one above is not code signed or notarized with Apple)

edit: and if price is a concern, while I have not used it, it looks like BetterSnapTool also in the Mac App Store at $2.99 does everything Magnet does as well

 

[Pummers]

Hi!

That's useful. I can only get it to work with a keyboard shortcut (option+command+E), but not by clicking the expand button. Is this normal?

One thing I found was that it didn't work on default except in the whitelisted applications. I went into the application configuration and clicked the Enable Right Zoom in all applications, but not Exclusions button (inverted it).

 

[madonnaragu]

I know I mentioned it before but I still highly recommend Magnet.. while it is $7 now instead of $1 when I purchased it, it will do everything you're looking for and more, and is a very polished, properly built and sandboxed app (while the one above is not code signed or notarized with Apple)

edit: and if price is a concern, while I have not used it, it looks like BetterSnapTool also in the Mac App Store at $2.99 does everything Magnet does as well

Thanks! I'll check them out!

 

[madonnaragu]

One thing I found was that it didn't work on default except in the whitelisted applications. I went into the application configuration and clicked the Enable Right Zoom in all applications, but not Exclusions button (inverted it).

Yes, I tried that as well. It still only works with a keyboard shortcut. Is it the same for you?

 

[madonnaragu]

I know I mentioned it before but I still highly recommend Magnet.. while it is $7 now instead of $1 when I purchased it, it will do everything you're looking for and more, and is a very polished, properly built and sandboxed app (while the one above is not code signed or notarized with Apple)

edit: and if price is a concern, while I have not used it, it looks like BetterSnapTool also in the Mac App Store at $2.99 does everything Magnet does as well

Just checked. Both seem good, but there's no trial. Even though they are affordable, testing numerous apps that all cost money does add up.

 

[chabig]

I still can't see how to adjust the output quality of PDFs as they come out way too large

Try this. It's a second step, but you probably only need to use it occasionally.

Compress PDF on Mac: 5 Solutions You Didn't Know

5 different ways to effectively compress PDF files on a Mac computer. Both free and paid solutions are provided to make sure every one has a good choice to adopt.

www.imyfone.com