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I would pay a lot of money for a good tiling wm for a mac, not sure how it's not a thing. It's one of the main reasons I keep going back to linux, everything else I don't care about much

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It exists! Check out [yabai](https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai), which is nicely paired with [skhd](https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd).

It's not the same thing tho.

I agree but it's pretty close.

Really only usable on a personal machine. Having to disable SIP is a non starter for work computers

Just curious, what features do you need that require you to disable SIP?

Even on my personal machine I haven't done that; I really just need to manage my windows and move them around.

instant switching virtual desktop is the one which I miss.

So this definitely isn't instant, but you can get pretty close (this is my setup without disabling SIP):

1. Go to Settings -> Accessibility -> Display, turn on Reduce Motion.

2. Use something like this in your skhd config:

ctrl - 1 : yabai -m query --spaces --space 1 | jq -r '.windows[0] // empty' | xargs yabai -m window --focus

Repeat this for however many virtual desktops you typically use.

I really tried it but find it to be super inconsistent and more annoying than useufl. I tried several times, and nowhere near even basic wms on linux

I use BetterSnapTool, which is $4. You can divide the screen however you want and hotkey to them.

Same with Moom.

those are not tiling wms

Why not? You can essentially emulate the capability with Moom as long as you memorize the necessary shortcuts. I have a mnemonic representation of the location/size of window targets on my keyboard.

I use Rectangle (free). Does the trick well enough.

At least windows has fancy zones. Mac's window management is just sad.

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