alt-tab-macos

yup, that's alt-tab : https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos I've been using it daily for last 3 years, it's awesome !

Here’s a little bit more of context[0]. IMHO this is a very reasonable price. We have been accustomed to having free software, but the reality is, nothing is free. I don’t mind paying for things that are worth it. Furthermore the app stays fully open-source, the gates can be removed easily if you really don’t want to pay. [0]https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos/discussions/5533

I personally use Raycast, which has a Switch Windows global hotkey (Opt + W) that brings up a list of all active windows and apps. From there, you can start typing part of the window title and hit Enter to bring the corresponding window to the foreground. Slightly related but AltTab is also a nice window switcher with built-in thumbnail previews if you prefer being able to tab by "window" and not by "process" (aka more like Windows). https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos

What is the benefit of this app over the long-established open-source AltTab? https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos

There is AltTab[0] (free and open-source) also, to get a windows-ish windows management on macOS. [0] https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos

What about using AltTab? https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos

I have to say I've never found anything wrong with the alt-tab app I use on macOS. I wonder if you're referring the permissions it has to ask for? https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos

Same thing for me. Except that I don't feel comfortable disabling everything that needs to be disabled for Yabai to work. My solution was to use AltTab[1] (switch windows, not apps) and not use the fullscreen options. I keep windows sizes maxed, I don't have the Dock visible. I just need to alt + tab to quickly switch windows. [1] https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos

If anyone is interested, i'm looking for someone to take over a port of Windows alt+tab window switching for the Mac. The app is very mature, yet it could still be improved in interesting ways. https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos/issues/1179

Hi OP, I'm the author of AltTab (https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/), a popular window switcher for macOS, imitating Windows famous alt+tab shortcut. I know for a fact how hard it is to implement what you did. It looks very nice, well done! I see you ran into the issue of not being able to detect windows from other Spaces. Apple introduced it in macOS 12.2. If you're curious, you can see the vast efforts we've deployed trying to find a workaround: https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos/issues/1324. I wish some retro-engineering genius would solve this. We haven't been lucky so far. Of course Apple could fix this all in an instant with a new API, but that's very unlikely to happen. Thank you

Oh, I like the fake Spaces approach. I have considered trying that by minimizing windows, but would never get around to it. Tiling is doomed to sadness on macOS, because of lack of APIs. But this is probably the most performant approach. Have used yabai, but only for moving windows and focus-follows-mouse. Not for tiling. Because flaky (not yabai’s fault). Thanks nikitabobko. Looking forward to trying it as soon as I figure out how to mod alt-tab to ignore all the windows (from every fake workspace) in the corner. Also, linked in the docs, JankyBorders. Nice. https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos https://github.com/FelixKratz/JankyBorders

> - Can't tab cycle through minimized windows > - Windowing system sucks compared to Windows Checkout: https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos solved most of my pains with it.