macOS Workflow

Keyboard Workflow

• Native macOS keyboard shortcuts
• Hyperkey app
• Superkey app
• Karabiner Elements
  • See John Lindquist’s posts and dotfiles
  • See Max Stoiber’s video and dotfiles
• skhd
• Raycast:
  • The best tool for IT Pros and Devs on macOS! // Raycast Review • Shows how to use Raycast to run custom scripts written in a variety of languages • Christian Lempa 📺
  • Raycast 101: The launcher 🚀 • Raycast 📺
• Hammerspoon
• macOS “must haves” · wincent.com • Wincent Colaiuta’s list of apps and settings
• Hammerspoon: A Better, Better Hyper Key • Evan Travers’ post about using Hammerspoon to create a Hyper key that works in all apps
• TanakritBenz/keyboard: Hammerspoon + Karabiner • Tanakrit Benz’s Hammerspoon and Karabiner config
• Mac productivity tips for developers • Mike Solomon’s post about using Hammerspoon and Karabiner to create a Hyper key
• Getting Started • Hammerspoon docs
• Sample Configurations · Hammerspoon/hammerspoon Wiki • Hammerspoon docs

Mapping Caps Lock to Escape when tapped and Control when held

• When doing this with Karabiner Elements, how do I avoid taps from registering as multiple keypresses?
• jasonrudolph/ControlEscape.spoon: ⌨ Supercharge your Control key: Tap it for Escape. Hold it for Control. • Jason Rudolph’s Hammerspoon config for mapping Caps Lock to Escape when tapped and Control when held
• How to map CapsLock to Control and Escape on Mac OS X | by Max Pechyonkin | Medium • Max Pechyonkin’s post about mapping Caps Lock to Escape when tapped and Control when held

Window Management

• Rectangle app
• Amethyst app
• yabai
  • deprecates chunkwm
• Aerospace:
  • Aerospace Is The Best Tiling Window Manager I’ve Tried On macOS • Josean Martinez 📺

Inbox

• 📺 The magic of Textexpander • 9 minute video by Marie Poulin showing how she uses Textexpander to quickly output text she repeatedly needs

• Vimium/Vimari • navigate the web much more quickly via keyboard

  • f/F = open a link in same/new tab
  • b = search all bookmarks + bookmarklets (e.g. quick way to “Save to Feedbin”)
  • o = search bookmarkets, bookmarklets + history (or just type a url to open)
  • T = search open tabs
  • ge = edit url
  • x/X = close/reopen tab
  • ? = show all shortcuts
  • yy = copy current URL to clipboard
  • yf = copy the URL of a link on the page to the clipboard
  • customizable shortcuts for navigating open tabs, current tab’s history, etc

• Rectangle:

  • ctrl-opt left/right/up/down = resize a window (and cycle through options)
  • ctrl-opt-cmd left/right = move a window to the next display

• Shortcat let’s you use you Mac without a mouse (for free!) • A Better Computer 📺