Which is not a stock macOS app. Which is what the point was. Stock macOS sucks with window and monitor management. I run three screens and it's aggravating sometimes.
It seems like if you discount third-party applications, you should also discount the addition of peripherals like additional monitors, as they're not the stock experience either.
This seems to come up with every argument about operating systems. People say it sucks if you have to use third-party applications, but I vehemently disagree. The fact that you CAN use third-party applications, the fact that they have sufficient access to make the experience better, the fact that the community exists to make them... I think that's a major pro in favor of an OS.
> Which is not a stock macOS app. Which is what the point was.
This seems like a strange standard to me. I can’t think of an OS across any and all I have had to use over a multi-decade career that didn’t benefit from some third-party app to improve some “stock” feature of the OS.
If you go back to the earliest days of the Mac there have always been third-party apps to improve the functionnality of your sytem. It's what's been expected of users. There used to be a time when third-party Windows style Start Menus and bars were all the rage. I know it's a cultural, not technical, difference, but unless your work restricts what you can install you will be much happier going with the flow. Many window snapping utilities exist and many others who help with multiple monitor setups.
With the great attention to detail of macOS third-party developers, you can be sure those apps will give you a seamless experience.
And windows file explorer copying was inconsistent and buggy as hell from nearly a decade, but installing teracopy fixed that issue. As long as an OS is plug-in friendly, stock issues that can be easily remedied don't bother me.
If you're using multiple monitors and you're not using the rectangle app... that's kinda on you. I switched to Mac after using windows for decades and in less than a week I solved my windows management issues with this extension.
> If you're using multiple monitors and you're not using the rectangle app... that's kinda on you.
This attitude strikes me as snobbery. People aren't born knowing the best 3rd party alternative to their OS's shortcomings, and some have no control over what apps they can run.
Windows 10 has pretty good built in window management. IMO better than MacOS. I say this as a Mac and Rectangle user. (Though only Mac because of Safari exclusively working on it. I prefer Linux.)
It's also the attitude that's endemic in a lot of Mac forums, so good luck finding out answers when everyone rolls their eyes because you should already know.
