🚨🚨 this is a rabbit hole!! I wanted to use the mouse less when my hand started hurting I slowly started using keyboard shortcuts for more and more thing I started getting addicted to the speed I started customising everything for minimum keystrokes and speed i switched to linux when it became abundantly clear that it's wayy better for my need for speed ( tiling window managers ) I currently run dwm on arch linux with terminal apps for everything I do node js android development with my cats and anime wallpapers
Can also fully recommend the ThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard II for hand strain. It's better than the mac keyboard, very light, and holds a charge for ages. The trackpoint is awkward at first, but once your brain realizes that when mousing (track-pointing) your fingers stay on the home row, it just takes off.
Yabai has some annoying interactions with some apps and it's heavily reliant to be configured manually to ignore certain window parts and subwindows. It's just hard man. That being said, I'm used to Yabai and how it works. I tried amethyst and was appalled by its lack of constiency. When opening new windows, they were sometimes floating, sometimes amethyst would tile them. If anything is a dealbreaker with tiling managers, this kind of inconsistency is.
@@unlink1649 Yeah, after a long time trying to configure everything the best way for me I simply gave up from BSP and started using Yabai in stack mode. Most of the time I prefer to keep windows in fullscreen so it does the job for me, I switch windows with AltTab or mission control.
my setup is yabai, skhd, and sketchbar. i like it because i can override the hotkeys for mission control and switch between desktops without an slow animation. the caveat is you have to toggle a few system flags which technically make your system less secure.
security is an absolute deal breaker for me. I've been wanting to check it out but wont bc of that. Amethyst is working well for now, still optimizing it.
please re-edit the topic as ‘go through tiling window managers on mac’ something like that. Otherwise people would expect a comprehensive comparison between yabai and amethyst, which the video is NOT. Because I was misled in fact.
I find this key setup super weird I've been using amethyst for years now and I love my setup Change Tiling Mode Forward: Alt + Shift + Space Change Tiling Mode Back: Alt + Shift + Ctrl (capslock) + Space Shrink Main Pane: Alt Shift H Expand Main Pane: Alt Shift L Move Focus Counter Clockwise: Alt Shift J Move Focus Clockwise: Alt Shift K Swap Focused Winder Counter Clockwise: Alt Shift Ctrl J Swap Focused Winder Clockwise: Alt Shift Ctrl K Change Macos Space Left: Ctrl Shift J Change Macos Space Righ: Ctrl Shift l Inside Terminal and Nvim: change split left: Ctrl J change split right: Ctrl L this way everything kind of follows a common theme
i prefer magnet to any of these. it has built in commands for any window configuration you would want and is also accessible through the task bar for heavy mouse users.
I like SlideUp for tiling + Keyboard Maestro for focusing commonly used apps. Seems like a good balance, but I've recently purchased a 34" monitor which has made me revisit my tiling software (since SlideUp only does left/right regions. I kinda need a "middle" region now)
I have Karabiner Elements set up with a hyper key, but I can't find any rules to control Yabai monitors or scaling like you demonstrate. Am I missing something? Id really like to be able to do this. New video request.
The scaling, tiling and monitor switching was all in Amethyst which I’ve been using since I recorded this video. I highly recommend it. I’ve been using Amethyst for about 6 months now, let me know if it would be useful to share what that workflow looks like now.
I installed it on Monterrey following Chris Kapec’s video here: ruclips.net/video/lif7Cbf-CSQ/видео.html. I would think the instructions there should work in Big Sur as well.
I just installed and launched and it split all my screens between all opened windows. Can I somehow split screen only between selected windows? And is it possible to split windows let say in three columns?
I'm not sure that I completely understand your issue, but you can configure your layouts by right-clicking on the Amethyst icon in your menu bar and setting which layouts you want. Three columns is an option.
Not with Karabiner, but Hammerspoon can. With all of that said, there is a wonderful app that I use for this called RCMD and I can't recommend it highly enough. I need to do a video on it soon.
@@BrandonKBoswell 😬 I would like to talk to my lawyer 😅. This is the part I really did not like for yabai. This is why, now that you are saying you got Amethyst working, I may give an other chance.
I’m not sure (on an Intel Mac). The app is snappy and lightweight on Intel, so my guess is that it will run well, but I don’t have an M1 to test it on.
I’m not sure Omi. I only use my PC for gaming, so I haven’t done a window manager setup on that machine. FusionDisplay is able to emulate the basic stuff from ShiftIt, but I haven’t looked for an app to do the full Window Manager setup.
When I recorded this video it was California Coast. I now use Minimal which is very similar, but slightly prettier in my opinion. I now have a full walkthrough of my Obsidian setup here: ruclips.net/video/UUs3a3g2_3w/видео.html
🚨🚨 this is a rabbit hole!!
I wanted to use the mouse less when my hand started hurting
I slowly started using keyboard shortcuts for more and more thing
I started getting addicted to the speed
I started customising everything for minimum keystrokes and speed
i switched to linux when it became abundantly clear that it's wayy better for my need for speed ( tiling window managers )
I currently run dwm on arch linux with terminal apps for everything
I do node js android development with my cats and anime wallpapers
It’s a slippery slope. Switching to HJKL arrow keys is as close as I’ve gotten to switching to Linux.
Can also fully recommend the ThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard II for hand strain. It's better than the mac keyboard, very light, and holds a charge for ages. The trackpoint is awkward at first, but once your brain realizes that when mousing (track-pointing) your fingers stay on the home row, it just takes off.
You are a happy and free man!
I wanted yabai to work, but this just works out of the box. thanks!
Yabai has some annoying interactions with some apps and it's heavily reliant to be configured manually to ignore certain window parts and subwindows. It's just hard man. That being said, I'm used to Yabai and how it works. I tried amethyst and was appalled by its lack of constiency. When opening new windows, they were sometimes floating, sometimes amethyst would tile them. If anything is a dealbreaker with tiling managers, this kind of inconsistency is.
@@unlink1649 Yeah, after a long time trying to configure everything the best way for me I simply gave up from BSP and started using Yabai in stack mode. Most of the time I prefer to keep windows in fullscreen so it does the job for me, I switch windows with AltTab or mission control.
my setup is yabai, skhd, and sketchbar. i like it because i can override the hotkeys for mission control and switch between desktops without an slow animation. the caveat is you have to toggle a few system flags which technically make your system less secure.
running the same setup and i'm liking it so far.
me too
security is an absolute deal breaker for me. I've been wanting to check it out but wont bc of that. Amethyst is working well for now, still optimizing it.
please re-edit the topic as ‘go through tiling window managers on mac’ something like that. Otherwise people would expect a comprehensive comparison between yabai and amethyst, which the video is NOT. Because I was misled in fact.
Noted. A full Yabai video is coming soon.
@@BrandonKBoswellwhen when
I find this key setup super weird
I've been using amethyst for years now and I love my setup
Change Tiling Mode Forward: Alt + Shift + Space
Change Tiling Mode Back: Alt + Shift + Ctrl (capslock) + Space
Shrink Main Pane: Alt Shift H
Expand Main Pane: Alt Shift L
Move Focus Counter Clockwise: Alt Shift J
Move Focus Clockwise: Alt Shift K
Swap Focused Winder Counter Clockwise: Alt Shift Ctrl J
Swap Focused Winder Clockwise: Alt Shift Ctrl K
Change Macos Space Left: Ctrl Shift J
Change Macos Space Righ: Ctrl Shift l
Inside Terminal and Nvim:
change split left: Ctrl J
change split right: Ctrl L
this way everything kind of follows a common theme
I would definitely like to see content on Karabiner Elements!
More on the way!
I've spent almost 3 days on trying to get Yabai to work on Monterey beta and still having issues. Wish I had checked out this window sooner
That was my experience exactly.
i prefer magnet to any of these. it has built in commands for any window configuration you would want and is also accessible through the task bar for heavy mouse users.
Use what works well for you!
magnet is manging windows, here we are doing tile management instead of windows that' something completely different
I like SlideUp for tiling + Keyboard Maestro for focusing commonly used apps. Seems like a good balance, but I've recently purchased a 34" monitor which has made me revisit my tiling software (since SlideUp only does left/right regions. I kinda need a "middle" region now)
I've not heard of SlideUp and can't seem to find it. Do you have a URL?
I've watched a video video in which someone showed how to create a middle region using Amethyst
I have Karabiner Elements set up with a hyper key, but I can't find any rules to control Yabai monitors or scaling like you demonstrate. Am I missing something? Id really like to be able to do this. New video request.
The scaling, tiling and monitor switching was all in Amethyst which I’ve been using since I recorded this video. I highly recommend it.
I’ve been using Amethyst for about 6 months now, let me know if it would be useful to share what that workflow looks like now.
thanks for your video, btw do you know how to install yabai or other twm in mac os big sur?
I installed it on Monterrey following Chris Kapec’s video here: ruclips.net/video/lif7Cbf-CSQ/видео.html. I would think the instructions there should work in Big Sur as well.
@@BrandonKBoswell okeiii thankyou very much :))
I just installed and launched and it split all my screens between all opened windows. Can I somehow split screen only between selected windows? And is it possible to split windows let say in three columns?
I'm not sure that I completely understand your issue, but you can configure your layouts by right-clicking on the Amethyst icon in your menu bar and setting which layouts you want. Three columns is an option.
Hello,
Can you open an app with karabiner elements and at the same time move the mouse to that app?
Thank you,
Not with Karabiner, but Hammerspoon can. With all of that said, there is a wonderful app that I use for this called RCMD and I can't recommend it highly enough. I need to do a video on it soon.
I use Rectangle
Rectangle is great option for those that don't like the tiling style WMs
It is interesting, I started with Amethyst, but for me Amethyst was cumbersome. And Yabai made the cut. I wonder, what I missed.
Did you do the System Integrity Protection override for Yabai?
@@BrandonKBoswell 😬 I would like to talk to my lawyer 😅. This is the part I really did not like for yabai. This is why, now that you are saying you got Amethyst working, I may give an other chance.
@@BrandonKBoswell it doesn’t need SIP enable anymore for most it’s features.
@@mustafabilgin3645 Good to know. Thank you!
@@mustafabilgin3645 Except to move a window and follow focus, which was the main thing I wanted to achieve, and my company has locked down the SIP 🙄
Zoom the text on your editor, please.
Will do. Thank you for the feedback.
are you still using yabai
Yes, still using Yabai. I need to do a video on it and share my config.
they are both not real tiling wm!
Is amethyst m1 optimized?
I’m not sure (on an Intel Mac). The app is snappy and lightweight on Intel, so my guess is that it will run well, but I don’t have an M1 to test it on.
I think yabai is optimized for m1 (you can compile it for arm64 architecture) with the --HEAD flag when installing with brew
2:00 FYI BTT is the worst piece of software. It's built on top of millions of hacks
Is there a better touchpad augmentation software we should know about...?
what about window 11 ? :(
I’m not sure Omi. I only use my PC for gaming, so I haven’t done a window manager setup on that machine. FusionDisplay is able to emulate the basic stuff from ShiftIt, but I haven’t looked for an app to do the full Window Manager setup.
@@BrandonKBoswell okay so u can try
**fancywm** its for window
@@NormTurtle Thanks for getting back to me. I will check it out!
@@BrandonKBoswell so much thank's to you :D
@@NormTurtle windows sucks it’s very bad for working purpose….it’s good for gaming only
Actually, I want to know what’s your Obsidian’s theme. 😹
When I recorded this video it was California Coast. I now use Minimal which is very similar, but slightly prettier in my opinion. I now have a full walkthrough of my Obsidian setup here: ruclips.net/video/UUs3a3g2_3w/видео.html
@@BrandonKBoswell Oh thank you. I'll watch it right now
Just use Magnet lol
sorry for my ignorance tho