Hi HN,
Some of you may remember Macscope from an earlier post. I'm back with an update—thanks to a ton of great feedback, the app is now more stable, polished, and powerful than ever.
For years, I've felt this low-grade friction using macOS. I live on the keyboard, but managing windows always felt like a task for the mouse. Cmd+Tab is great until you have more than a few apps open, and then it's just an endless, frustrating cycle. Mission Control is a visual puzzle that offers no quick way to filter the chaos.
Coming from tools like the terminal and code editors where you can jump to anything instantly, the OS layer felt slow by comparison. That's where the idea for Macscope came from.
Macscope is a new window switcher and manager built on the philosophy of enhancing, not replacing, your existing muscle memory.
It works by augmenting the familiar Cmd+Tab workflow. A quick tap of your shortcut instantly switches between recent apps, just like you're used to. A slightly longer hold, however, opens the full Macscope interface where you can manage all your open windows and browser tabs.
Here are some of the key features:
Unified Search & Switch: A single interface to instantly find and switch to any window, browser tab (Safari, Chrome, Arc, etc.), or application just by typing.
Live Previews: See a real-time preview of what's inside each window so you know exactly where you're going. (You can also disable this for a minimal experience).
Placement Modes: Go beyond just switching. Instantly snap any selected window to the left/right/top/bottom half of your screen with a simple modifier shortcut.
Scopes: Save a collection of app windows as a "Scope" and instantly restore that entire workspace later. It's perfect for quickly switching between different projects.
It’s a native macOS app built with Swift and supports both Apple Silicon and Intel machines.
There's a free trial with 250 actions so you can see if it fits your workflow an a special offer for 15 days!
Website:https://macscope.app
Join our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/ehktEWr97K
I built this to scratch my own itch, but I figured others might find it useful too. I'll be here all day to answer questions and would be grateful for any feedback. Thanks for checking it out!
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