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Also Rectangle, which I moved to from Divvy: https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle

+1 for Rectangle. It’s the first thing I install after homebrew on any new Mac. I came from Spectacle after EOL and was pleasantly surprised at the additional features (like window snapping) + support for Spectacle binds. If you want to try it out, it’s as easy as `brew install --cask rectangle`

I use this too, but y’all are missing the point. I should not need third party tools like Rectangle and Mos to manage applications for an OS.

I’d much rather have this functionality built in than have a dozen new emojis every year.

Why not? I dislike the Windows snapping behaviour for halves. Most macOS casual users won't need it. These apps work great and allow a lot of customisability that an OS-level snap might not provide. I'm but sure having it built in would be all upshots.

I’ve got a work-issued MacBook Pro but it didn’t come with macOS Pro, must’ve been an honest mistake.

Ya sure, there’s no one app fits all situations. But the issue here is that there’s literally nothing versus something, so if Apple provides something that works with 80% of users that is far better than just trusting third parties to fix their OS.

This is like saying "no we don't need a calculator for iPad, the first thing I do is go to the app store and find my favorite 3rd party calculator. Apple doesn't need to make one. this is fine"

It's not that this is causing people to lose sleep. The issue is that it's an easy, tangible fix which would benefit a lot of power users. Also magnet costs money and window snapping in Win10/11 is free.

FWIW Rectangle is FOSS

https://rectangleapp.com

Agreed. Apple can implement this feature easily, and the fact that they have not done so reeks of poor business decisions. To the tune of... calculator for iPad...

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