Make Your Mac Work More Like Windows With These Apps

The new MacBook Air (2022) has dropped, and it's a stunner. All things considered, it's an amazing machine at a stunning price. Ever since Apple started making their own silicon, their machines have become increasingly compelling. This is especially so for consumers who have completely bought into the iOS ecosystem.

- Oscar The Grouch

I Am One of those consumers. However, the transition was more challenging than I expected. I found macOS lacking in many ways. Many features that I've taken for granted on Windows simply did not exist. Thankfully, third-party apps came to the rescue. Here's my must-have shortlist to help make your Mac more like Windows.

01 CONTEXTSEXTSBRINGING BACK TRUE ALT+TAB AND TASKBAR FUNCTIONALITY

Window management on macOS is objectively horrendous. It feels more form than function, and that tradition continues with the new Stage Manager in the next macOS.

Windows Alt+tab does one thing and one thing well: it lets me jump quickly to the most recent windows I have open in a split second. My brain already knows which three or four windows I used most recently, so I can multitask like a pro without missing a beat.

To do the same thing on a Mac takes about thrice as much time.

First, there's Mission Control, which forces all your open windows to fly into this patchwork collage that's practically useless if you have more than ten windows open.

Worse, there's no consistency to where each window appears. The window I need may appear in the top left corner, but hey, now it's in the bottom right! No wait, now it's in the middle! It's impossible to get into a state of flow thanks to its unpredictability.