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705: macOS Window Management

Aug 13, 20231 hr 29 minEp. 705
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Episode description

Since the dawn of multitasking, users have needed to juggle things on their screens. Apple has taken several swings at building good window management tools into macOS, but better solutions can be found in a long list of third-party apps.

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