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by gprok 11mo ago
Just to add a bit more context on the personal motivation behind this project: For years, I've felt this low-grade friction using macOS. I live on the keyboard, but managing windows always felt like a mouse-first task. Cmd+Tab is great
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Show HN: Macscope – Cmd+Tab Are Wasting Your Time. I Built a Modern Approach(macscope.app)
3 points by gprok 11mo ago|1 comments
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by gprok 1y ago
I'm working on Macscope ( https://macscope.app ), a better Cmd+Tab for macOS. I built it because macOS window management feels slow compared to the keyboard-driven speed of a terminal or code editor. It augments your existing
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by gprok 1y ago
Hey! Following up on our conversation from a few days ago. You asked about resizing the grid to show more or fewer items, and I'm happy to announce that this feature is now live in the latest version (v1.35)! While Macscope is open, yo
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by gprok 1y ago
Wow, thank you so much for taking the time to come back and try it out, and for writing such a thoughtful comment. This really made my day. Comments like this are incredibly motivating :)
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by gprok 1y ago
Hey there! Thanks for the kind words on the design! Right now, the grid layout and preview size is kind of fixed. But you're right that there isn't an option to manually configure it to a specific layout like "five columns of
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by gprok 1y ago
Yes, it absolutely can! There's an option in Settings > General > Window Filtering called "Show minimized windows" that you can enable. It's turned off by default, but if you flip that on, all your minimized apps a
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by gprok 1y ago
That's a super annoying macOS bug; I've definitely felt that pain. While Macscope can't fix the underlying issue in macOS, this is a perfect use case for its "Scopes" feature. It's designed to solve exactly thi
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by gprok 1y ago
That's a really great question, and you're right, not everyone will need the Scopes or arrangement features, especially if they already have a window manager like aerospace that they love. Right now, there isn't a single togg
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by gprok 1y ago
That's a great link, Alt-Tab is a fantastic utility! I've tried all the popular tools in this space, including Raycast's switcher, and they are all excellent at what they do. My goal with Macscope was to address a slightly di
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by gprok 1y ago
Hey, thanks for the detailed feedback. You've definitely found a critical bug with DisplayLink screens. Multi-monitor support is still a bit experimental, and setups using third-party drivers like DisplayLink can be particularly tricky
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by gprok 1y ago
Thank you so much for trying it out and for the kind words about the concept! I really appreciate it. And thank you especially for the bug report. A 5-10 second delay is definitely not the intended behavior – it should be instant. You was t
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by gprok 1y ago
Macscope has a feature for this. You can right-click any item in the switcher and choose to hide it. There are two options: hide it just from the main list (it will still appear when you search), or hide it completely from both. You can man
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by gprok 1y ago
Just to add a bit more context on the personal motivation behind this project: For years, I've felt this low-grade friction using macOS. I live on the keyboard, but managing windows always felt like a mouse-first task. Cmd+Tab is great
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Show HN: Macscope – I decide to built a better Cmd-Tab replacement for macOS(macscope.app)
15 points by gprok 1y ago|25 comments