Six years ago I was a Windows power user, and when I got my first Mac, Command Tabbing through apps felt very weird. When an app with multiple windows is focused, Command backtick will cycle through the windows of that app. well, windows, on macOS you Command Tab through apps by default. As opposed to Microsoft Windows where you just Alt-Tab through. There’s an important distinction between switching windows and switching apps on the Mac. Well it turns out it’s pretty darn hard, and I’m still working on this window switching thing to this day. I remember something about Accessibility permissions not being available in the sandbox, but I just used an App Store app that was able to request the permissions so there has to be a way, how hard could it be? I don’t even care why anymore, let’s just release this fix on the App Store.Īnd while I’m at it, why not try to add that window switching capability that people have been asking about? Run open /System/Volumes/Data/Applications/Firefox.app, huh? no websites load? THAT WAS IT?!Īdd path.replacingOccurrences(of: "/System/Volumes/Data", with: ""), build, run, hold Right Command, press F, Firefox launches and holy cow everything works!! or was it the other way around? Anyway let’s just try it for the sake of it, I’m desperate. Try open /Applications/Firefox.app in a terminal, it works, websites load as expected.īreakpoint on launchApp, check the debugger again, let’s be rigorous, what am I really calling open on?Īrgument is /System/Volumes/Data/Applications/Firefox.app which is just a symlink to /Applications/Firefox.app right?. Launch Xcode, open the rcmd project, check the launchApp function code, it’s just a NSWorkspace.open call on Firefox.app, what does Alfred do differently?ĭisassemble Alfred.app in Hopper, look for NSWorkspace.open, of course it’s there, it’s the exact same thing. Please fix ASAP!! I’m gonna fix this Firefox issue once and for all! Not without annoying workarounds and a confusing user experience.Īnother email, another annoyed user: Firefox not loading websites when launched through rcmd! It works when launched from Alfred. I tried revamping that from inside the confines of an App Store app. It is so reasonably priced.Home Blog Notes Stuff Contact Résumé RSS A window switcher on the Mac App Store? Is it even possible? Focusing a specific window on macOS felt too cumbersome. And that's just one of the things it does so well. It might not sound like a big timesaver but when you think about how often you do that sort of thing when editing documents or navigating web-based tools, the value of PopClip jumps out at you. With PopClip, I just highlight the text, choose Copy from the popup menu that appears automatically, position the mouse where I want to place the text and with a click the menu agains shows up automatically and I choose Paste. Do you enjoy carefully highlighting a word or a text string with your mouse and then right-clicking to copy it to the clipboard and then positioning your mouse where you want to paste the text and right-clicking again to paste it in? That's the Windows way. I didn't realize how much I would appreciate it until I'd used it for a few days and then tried to do a similar feat in Windows (our company is, alas, a Windows shop). This little app just sits quietly and awaits a chance to help you.
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