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Anna Su** • Edited

This list isn't complete without Magnet: itunes.apple.com/pl/app/magnet/id4...

It's crazy that Mac doesn't allow you to arrange windows properly and we need third-party tools for that.

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Ankur Biswas

Yeah, you're right 😁

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James Thomson

But, but, Launchpad and Mission Control and all the other useless fluff Apple adds with each new release πŸ™„ I wish Apple had a power user/developer user version. I mean, why can't we do simple things like duplicate tabs in Finder ffs??

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James Thomson

Haha. Yes, Terminal (iTerm2, which really should be on this list come to think of it) is a must. No, never use stacks or dark mode - I'd maybe use this if it actually made everything dark. Don't see the point when it doesn't make everything dark (Chrome, Slack, etc.). I do use Spaces though - 1 space for Sublime (swipe right), 1 for Trello (swipe left), 1 for Chrome and everything else (default, middle space)

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Anna Su**

iTerm2 looks nice, thanks for the tip!

Spaces seem useful, but I somehow can't get used to them. I wish they had separate desktops and dockers.

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Anna Su**

Well, it has a power user version - it's called terminal :) But talking of "fluff" - is anyone here using those icon stacks or other groundbreaking features from the latest release?

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Will Taylor

Dark mode is the ultimate power use feature and I'm only kind of kidding

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Fabio Russo

Magnet is very cool... luckily it’s less than 2€...