Published in Ryan Hanson·Oct 23An editable path bar for Finder in macOSThe Finder in macOS is pretty amazing, and it’s really easy to take for granted all of the details that it gets right. A lot of users coming over from Windows or Linux tend to focus on the differences, one of those being the lack of an editable path bar…Macos4 min readMacos4 min read
Published in Ryan Hanson·Jun 10Match what you type and click it: SuperkeyDespite having built apps centered around doing things faster with multi-touch input and cursor movement, I still find myself in scenarios where taking my hand off the keyboard slows me down. There are a ton of ways that you can optimize your keyboard usage, but there’s still a gap where…3 min read3 min read
Published in Ryan Hanson·Jul 28, 2021Demo your shortcut keys on macOSTo properly demo my apps, I need to communicate keyboard shortcuts, and a while back the only player in that game was the free, open source Keycastr. Unfortunately, Keycastr didn’t nail the visuals for me. …Macos2 min readMacos2 min read
Published in Ryan Hanson·Apr 26, 2021A new take on cmd+tab & dock in macOSWhen it comes to switching applications, there is no shortage of options to get the one you want in front of you. Before creating Hookshot, I would have never thought about trying to add another solution to the mix. …Macos2 min readMacos2 min read
Published in Ryan Hanson·Mar 6, 2021Hyper key in macOSWith the ubiquity of window manager applications like Rectangle in macOS, it is surprisingly easy to run out of good, unique keyboard shortcuts that do not interfere with other applications. A common solution for this problem is to remap a key (often caps lock) to the “hyper key”: a combination…Macos3 min readMacos3 min read
Published in Ryan Hanson·Dec 12, 2020Custom window dimension shortcutsOne of the most common requests I have received for Rectangle is the addition of shortcuts for more window dimensions that are not currently in the app. …Macos3 min readMacos3 min read
Published in Ryan Hanson·Sep 14, 2020Why switch from Spectacle to RectangleIn every single post I’ve seen where someone asks which apps they should install on their new mac, one of the first suggestions is a window manager. Rectangle is increasingly mentioned (thanks!), but I still see Spectacle users that say they have no reason to switch. …Macos2 min readMacos2 min read
Published in Ryan Hanson·Aug 2, 2020One finger trackpad scrolling on macOSA while back, I created a free app called Scroll to allow users to scroll with just one finger on an Apple trackpad. The first iteration of the app was really slim, and was really just aimed to solve an accessibility issue for people that were unable to use two…Macos2 min readMacos2 min read
Published in Ryan Hanson·Jul 15, 2020Disable horizontal scroll on the Magic MouseThe Magic Mouse is awesome, but some apps are overly sensitive to its horizontal scroll — to the point where it’s kinda unusable. My latest iteration of the Scroll app aims to solve this problem in a simple way.Macos2 min readMacos2 min read
Published in Ryan Hanson·Jun 25, 2020A shortcut to my files in macOSMaybe I’m weird, but I‘ve never been that excited about the first party apps for Google Drive and Dropbox because I like to keep my cloud drives in the cloud and separate from my local drives. The official apps are built around syncing and integrating with Finder and I found…Macos3 min readMacos3 min read
