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How to use a Mac. I've always been on Windows and used Linux VMs or WSL. I think it's time to take the plunge though.

Just got one recently. The difference between keyboard combos for text selection and navigation, and window switching is annoying so far, but I'm confident I'll get used to it.

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For your sanity, I suggest you get the free open source app called Rectangle. Makes managing window splits and the like much nicer.

Agree. With no surprise, managing windows is Windows’ strong suit, and macOS really sucks at it. Rectangle makes it a lot more bearable.

Tell me about it, man… guess where the „@„ sign on the German keyboard is? On „q“. Guess how often I’m closing applications when I want to type an „@„ haha. Outside of that I think it got a lot better though.

You can use https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/ to change that. It would either require writing your own complex modification, or maybe it's already somewhere in their public repo https://ke-complex-modifications.pqrs.org/?q=german

Other solution would be to use something like Keyboard Maestro.

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