Sliding on the bottom edge creates thirds, or even sixths on ultra-wide monitors. And by dragging its windows to corners, you snap them into quarters. In one drag to the edge of your display, you size any app into half of the screen. Magnet makes this process swift and easy. Get Magnet for $8 on the Mac App Store.** Apple App Store Selections: "Our Favorite Mac Apps" & "Essential Apps & Tools" **Įvery time you multitask with many apps open, you need all the windows arranged accordingly. It even adapts smoothly to vertical displays! You can split app arrangements into your choice of fullscreens, halves, quarters, or thirds.
Whether you have only a single display or you’re running anywhere up to six external ones, Magnet gives you nigh-endless options for keeping your digital workspace organized. It doesn’t take long for Magnet to make you feel like you have productivity superpowers on your Mac. Control + Option + Command + left/right sends a window to the next or previous display. Control + Option + C puts a window in the center of the display. Control + Option + left/right sends any window to the left or right half of the display, while Control + Option + Return maximizes the window. Every window position has a default keyboard shortcut, which I’ve grown accustomed to. Keyboard warriors will be happy to see Magnet’s customizable list of keyboard shortcuts. You can drag a window to the bottom of the display to snap the window to a third or two-thirds window, while dragging to any of the four corners snaps the window to that corner. If you grab a window and drag that window to any edge of the display, Magnet will provide a greyed-out popover of the screen to preview the window placement.
The built-in tools give you only a few meager options for arranging your app windows in any sensible way, so if you want next-level window management, having a third-party utility like Magnet is where you want to be.Īs Josh Ginter explains over on our sister site, Magnet allows you to snap windows into place by either clicking and dragging with your mouse, or more interestingly, through the use of extensive and customizable keyboard shortcuts:
Window management on macOS is okay but leaves something to be desired.
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