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See Product Page for "Rectangle"

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Rectangle

Move and snap application windows by either mouse or keyboard shortcut

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Plenty of window locations you can define

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Supports MacOS Mojave and newer

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Mouse control

Let's you snap the windows like on Microsoft Windows.

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Option to *NOT* show Rectangle's settings in the menu bar

One item less that would otherwise clutter your menu bar.

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CalmMors
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Rectangle
Recommended 5 years ago
Free and open source. Best!
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 Active development
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 Option to *NOT* show Rectangle's settings in the menu bar
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 Plenty of window locations you can define
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 Supports MacOS Mojave and newer
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 Free and open source
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 Mouse control
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Rectangle
Recommended 6 years ago
The best replacement for spectacle
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 Active development
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 Plenty of window locations you can define
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 Lets you drag and drop windows to snap them like on Windows OS
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 Free and open source
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Rectangle
Recommended 6 years ago
Was quickly set up with brew tried 2 others but stayed with Rectangle because of it's various commands and active development
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 Active development
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 Option to *NOT* show Rectangle's settings in the menu bar
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 Plenty of window locations you can define
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Lets you drag and drop windows to snap them like on Windows OS

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