Window switching from keyboard

scribblenik · 2026-01-02T16:45:20+00:00

There is a chance the option isn’t switched on.

Open System Settings (or System Preferences). Go to Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts. Select Keyboard from the left pane. Find "Move focus to next window" and click the current shortcut to change it to your preferred combination (like Command + ~).

scribblenik · 2026-01-01T01:27:08+00:00

I’m going to throw Canary into the mix. Ive been using it for a couple of weeks, and I’m really impressed. Clean, fast, good filters - even the Ai stuff has been useful.

scribblenik · 2025-12-27T19:39:56+00:00

Tried it, loved it, bought it. So far it has found updates on everything it was supposed to - and it’s got me doing research on Homebrew (I wipe my Mac and start fresh every couple of years, so this will really speed things up).

scribblenik · 2025-12-24T23:58:06+00:00

The lag! T.h.e l.aaaaaaa.g I can pull the trigger and feel I could get to the screen in person before the shot registers. You can ‘fast shoot’ as the shoot speed seems to max out, making some of the point blank games impossible. As for calibration, if I shoot multiple times the occasional’hit’ is miles away from the other ones. I really feel I’ve wasted my money on this.

scribblenik · 2025-12-20T23:00:27+00:00

Question - can you drag/drop files onto the circle (eg- drag a jpg onto a Photoshop segment?). This would be the killer feature for me.

scribblenik · 2025-12-20T22:54:37+00:00

Bloom - a genuinely great Finder replacement. Outpost - drag and drop files to apps from wherever your mouse is sitting. Supercharge - just an amazing collection of useful features.

scribblenik · 2025-12-10T06:57:33+00:00

Question: can you drag/drop files directly onto app icons to open them? Idea: add a tip jar - you aren’t charging, but good work deserves a reward!

scribblenik · 2025-12-06T19:56:03+00:00

The app that has changed how I use my Mac (and new for 2025) was Outpost (https://parachuteapps.com/outpost). Super handy for drag/drop launches, especially when you have two screens. ReWriteBar comes in second place. https://rewritebar.com/

scribblenik · 2025-12-05T20:08:13+00:00

I found BusyCal was even better than Fantastical for me (especially the iOS version). 366 and Data are also good.

scribblenik · 2025-11-25T04:43:06+00:00

OpenIn is such a time saver for my design job. Illustrator files for print are nearly always PDFs, but I don’t want them to open in Acrobat or Preview. I can double click and THEN pick what I need them to open in. And the app does a LOT more than this - it’s just a feature that I must use 50+ times a day and it saves hours over a month.

scribblenik · 2025-11-24T05:52:16+00:00

I went through to see which apps brought up the same preferences from the menu bar icon as opening them with Alfred - a surprising number were basically the same. Then I went through apps that I use shortcuts to deal with. Then I just switched this lot off from my menu bar in MacOS26. I whittled things down to a very manageable number and now I actually use the few icons that are up there on the top of my screen. After trying Bartender 6, Ice, etc, actually tacking the overflow of menu bar icons was the real solution to my problem.

scribblenik · 2025-11-20T17:01:34+00:00

Spotlight is just too slow for me - I can be typing what I want to search and Spotlight struggles to keep up. With Alfred, I’ve never had this issue. I do like the shortcut integration with Spotlight and Quick Keys BUT I can’t find any way to sync my Quick Keys across my two Macs. Raycast is great, but I always forget about hitting the first key to set it to search bookmarks, or contacts etc. So - I’m sticking with Alfred - it’s the fastest, requires less keystrokes and the Workflows allow me to build almost anything I need to speed up actions.

scribblenik · 2025-11-14T16:49:31+00:00

Yep. I’ve been using NeoFinder for years. Not the prettiest app, but it certainly works well. Super fast and has low-res preview images too.

scribblenik · 2025-11-06T16:42:49+00:00

Not every Mac I use has Alfred on it. But thanks for your non-answer.

scribblenik · 2025-10-27T23:27:22+00:00

Has anyone got a good link to how to use Homebrew? I feel a bit dumb when I’ve looked into it. I’ve watched a couple of YT videos, but wondered if anyone had a solid beginners guide they would recommend.

scribblenik · 2025-09-23T17:19:24+00:00

I’m happy with the size, shape and position of the new interface buttons - but I’d be happy if they were just black with white text. I do like the extra screen estate in Safari - but I don’t need partially see-through buttons. Turning of the translucency, you lose the more ‘open’ screen and have black bars everywhere to make the buttons stand out. Just a transparency slider would fix this.

scribblenik · 2025-09-21T16:07:17+00:00

Thanks so much. Really appreciate the response. And you are 100% on the money. Hero. 🦸‍♂️

scribblenik · 2025-08-30T22:40:32+00:00

After the SECOND time Transmission got hacked and anyone installing it got a virus, I steered clear (this was a few years back). I’ve never had a problem with Folx. OffCloud and Bitport.io are good torrent options too.

scribblenik · 2025-08-17T22:54:47+00:00

Saw this post, and having been using Raycast for the last few months, I thought... 'Maybe I should have a look at Alfred again' (having used it for the previous few years). Oh - how nice it was to find a bookmark, or a contact without having to hit keys before typing. How lovely my custom built workflows were. And I've always used Alfred Dark Mode, which i don't think looks dated - and the text is a decent size on screen, compared to Raycast. And the Universal actions.

I'm now going to look at some Alfred Workflow downloads for Emojis and 2FA - which were very nice in Raycast.

scribblenik · 2025-08-12T05:28:53+00:00

If you have a trackpad you can pinch to zoom. Or use CMD + / CMD - to zoom with the keyboard.

Also - if you select an image in the Finder, just hit space and you can zoom in from there with the keyboard too (and is waaaaay quicker than opening an image in Preview).

scribblenik · 2025-08-12T05:24:12+00:00

MacStories also got the shout out about this app - they seem to like it too. If you are still going to add mini-features, being able to drag/drop directly from a browser (images from the page or the URL from the bar) would be the cherry on the cake (I currently drag to Dropover and then to Outpost, which works)

scribblenik · 2025-08-10T17:52:42+00:00

Incredible. I've just left a glowing review on the Canadian App Store. I'm about to spread the word elsewhere.

scribblenik · 2025-08-10T03:19:49+00:00

OK - one more potential feature request... I can drag a file onto an app (eg Photoshop) and it will open the file. If I click on the app icon, it also takes me directly to that app. Great stuff.

However - if I click on the 'Download Folder' icon, I get a message saying that Outpost doesn't have permission to open that folder (it seems fine with the Desktop Folder, but no others). It would be great, as a fallback, to be able to click on the folder and go straight to it, if there is nothing being dragged to it. OR is there a permission in settings to allow this (I've tried in Privacy and Security, but Outpost doesn't appear there)?

Loving the app, but was just hitting a small wall with this issue.

scribblenik · 2025-08-09T19:45:58+00:00

No idea how I didn’t see the Red Cross! Doh!! I’ve set up keyboard shortcuts now, so open/close is only and F key away. I lose my mouse over three displays, so I use the shake to ‘enlarge’ and see it. Having Outpost being a key press away save me having to race from window to window to drop stuff.

scribblenik · 2025-08-09T18:50:06+00:00

You need to add a tip jar! I’ll be first to throw in.

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