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The Invisible Mac
Six small Mac utilities that quietly handle everyday annoyances, become part of your habits, and make your personal computer feel more like yours.
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by Sindre Sorhus
Clicking the green window button when you only wanted a larger window. Opening Finder to create a file and finding no obvious way to do it. Supercharge collects these small macOS frustrations and gives you ways around them. Sindre Sorhus’s utility adds practical adjustments to Finder, the Dock, Mission Control and more. Every feature is opt-in. You decide which habits your Mac should accommodate.
Clicking the green window button when you only wanted a larger window. Opening Finder to create a file and finding no obvious way to do it. Supercharge collects these small macOS frustrations and gives you ways around them. Sindre Sorhus’s utility adds practical adjustments to Finder, the Dock, Mission Control and more. Every feature is opt-in. You decide which habits your Mac should accommodate.
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Six small Mac utilities that quietly handle everyday annoyances, become part of your habits, and make your personal computer feel more like yours.
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