Supercharge Your Mac
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Supercharge Your Mac
Mac menu bar utility adding power-user features like cut and unminimizeAI
sindresorhus.com27points
20comments
#1,675of 3,515 in 2024
Top 48%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
5 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.42.
Idea: 3 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful features that commenters wish existed on macOS
From 2 comments
Just the Command+X feature for cutting files is worth its weight in gold. Or Bitcoin.
ericol on HNWow, this guy has a ton of other menu bar apps. So many features I have thought about but never bothered to build/find. Awesome!
derekjobst on HN
Respect for the maker's open source work
From 1 comment
Sindre is also the author of Actions, which is basically this but fo iOS Shortcuts. Dude lives entirely off of open source, afaik. Massive respect.
nunez on HN
Objections
macOS keyboard shortcuts are inconsistent
From 1 comment
Macos shortcuts are ... more than weird. It's like someone said: we need shortcuts, and then took a random shortcut generator. Control + Command + Shift + 3/4 to do a…
OptionOfT on HN
Questions
Whether it can bring back minimized apps like 1Password with one click
From 2 comments
> Unminimizes an app’s windows when activated Does it mean I can bring back 1password with 1 click instead of 3? (If I forget MacOS is stupid and minimise it) That would be…
viraptor on HNWhy do you need 3 clicks to bring back 1Password after minimising it? On my mac, it behaves like any other minimised window. A single click on its Dock icon does the trick.…
cassianoleal on HN
Alternatives named
PowerToys
From 2 comments
Anyone remember PowerToys for Windows 95? This remind me of that. Advanced features that were there that just needed to be exposed. Of course in this case it's not from Apple…
jedberg on HNIt's active again, they've open sourced and reinvested in it with new utilities. https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys
add-sub-mul-div on HN
Hammerspoon
From 1 comment
If you're comfy with a bit of code and there's a nagging thing you wish you could change on your Mac, Hammerspoon (https://www.hammerspoon.org/) is a great tool. For example, I…
juancn on HN