All 68 fixes for macOS

Stops apps from jumping in front of what you're doing. When an app brings itself forward on its own, for example a new window or a pop-up, you stay where you were.

Puts your windows back where they were when you reconnect a display, instead of leaving them piled on one screen.

Apps open their window on the screen and in the spot where you last had it, instead of always on the main display.

Save where the windows on your desktop are as a layout, like “Work” or “Coding”, and put everything back with one click, even opening the apps that are closed.

Stops macOS from shuffling your desktops (Spaces) around based on which one you used last, so each stays where you put it.

Makes the green button fill the screen with the window, like Maximize on Windows, instead of switching to full screen. Click it again to put the window back. Hold ⌥ to use macOS's own green button.

Quits an app when you close its last window, like on Windows. Apps that are playing sound or on a call keep running, and Finder (which can't quit) steps aside instead.

Snap the front window to half, a quarter or all of the screen, or to your other display, with keyboard shortcuts.

Hold ⌃⌘ and drag anywhere in a window to move it, or right-drag to resize it, like on Linux. No need to find the title bar or the edge.

Keep any window visible above all others, like a video, notes or a chat, while you work in other apps. Press ⌃⌥P to pin or unpin the front window.

Switch between individual windows, not just apps. Hold ⌥ and press Tab to see the windows on your current desktop, keep pressing Tab to move along, and let go to switch.

Click the Dock icon of the app you're using to hide it, and click again to bring it back, like the taskbar on Windows.

Hover over an app in the Dock to see its windows, and click one to go straight to it, like the taskbar on Windows. Minimized windows show up too.

When the Dock hides automatically, show it the moment your pointer reaches the edge, with no delay and a quicker slide.

Gently darkens everything except the window you're working in, so it's easier to focus.

With more than one display, the Dock comes to a screen the moment your pointer reaches its bottom edge, without pushing down and waiting.

Turn Caps Lock into Escape or Control, swap ⌘ and ⌥ on a Windows keyboard, or remap keys like Home, End and the F keys.

Locks every key while you wipe your keyboard, including brightness and media keys. Click Unlock when you're done, or it unlocks on its own.

Home and End jump to the start and end of the line while you type, instead of the top and bottom of the document. Add ⌃ to go to the top or bottom, and ⇧ to select.

Stops accidental quits. You have to hold ⌘Q for a moment before an app quits, so a slip when reaching for ⌘W or ⌘Tab doesn't close everything.

Remembers which keyboard language you use in each app and switches to it automatically, for example Arabic in WhatsApp and English in your code editor.

Open any app with a keyboard shortcut. Press it again while the app is in front to hide it.

Paste copied text without its fonts, colors and formatting, in any app, with one shortcut.

Press ⌘⇧V to see everything you copied recently and paste any of it, like Win+V on Windows. Passwords copied from password manager apps are never kept.

Type a short code like ;addr in any app and it turns into your full address, email signature or any text you use often.

Use natural scrolling on the trackpad and classic scrolling on a mouse wheel, or any other mix. macOS forces both to match.

Makes a regular mouse wheel scroll smoothly instead of in jerky jumps, like a trackpad. For gaming mice and office mice alike.

Makes the side buttons on your mouse go back and forward in Safari, Finder, Xcode and other apps.

Give every app its own volume. Turn down a noisy browser, boost a quiet call, or mute one app entirely.

Stops AirPods and other Bluetooth headphones from switching to muffled call-quality sound, by using your Mac's microphone instead of theirs.

Mute your microphone in every app at once with one shortcut. A sign appears on screen and the menu bar icon changes while it's off.

Stops macOS from moving your sound to a monitor, TV or other device just because it was plugged in.

Stops macOS switching your microphone to a webcam, monitor or iPhone, and stops apps like Zoom and Chrome changing its input level.

Shape the sound of everything your Mac plays with a 10-band equalizer and presets like Bass Boost, Vocal and Laptop Speakers.

Stops Apple Music opening on its own when you press play or connect headphones. Hold ⌥ to open it on purpose, or open your own music app instead.

Brings back the big on-screen volume indicator, so you can see the level when you press the volume keys.

Silences the chime your Mac plays when it turns on, so it doesn't boom in a quiet room. macOS asks for your password to change it.

Use ⌘X and ⌘V to move files in Finder, like on Windows.

Adds New Text File, New Markdown File, Copy Path, Open in Terminal and, if you have VS Code, Open in VS Code to Finder's right-click menu.

Give any folder its own color and an emoji, symbol or picture, from Finder's right-click menu. Works on Sonoma and Sequoia too, and leaves your tags alone.

Extract RAR, 7z and other archives that macOS can't open, with a double-click or Extract Here in Finder's right-click menu.

See everything that starts with your Mac, from apps that open at login to hidden background helpers, with real names, and turn off what you don't need.

Sleep, shut down or restart your Mac at the times you choose, with a minute's warning you can cancel. The schedule System Settings no longer has.

Choose which app opens each kind of file (text, Markdown, PDFs, images, videos, code) and your web and email links, all in one place, like Default Apps on Windows.

Remove an app together with everything it left in your Library folder (settings, caches, saved data). Dragging an app to the Trash leaves all that behind.

Find and remove the big hidden files that are safe to delete: app caches, Xcode build files, npm downloads, old Downloads and the Trash. Tick what to clean and free the space.

Stop charging at 80% (or any level you choose) to keep your MacBook's battery healthy for years, even when it's always plugged in.

See the battery level of your AirPods, Magic Mouse, Keyboard and Trackpad in the menu bar, and get a warning before one runs out.

Stops your Mac from going to sleep while this is on. Handy for downloads and presentations. You can also set it to turn off by itself after an hour or a few hours.

Shows CPU, GPU, temperature, memory and network speed in the menu bar. Click it to see which apps are using the most, and quit them.

Click the date in the menu bar to see the whole month and the day's events, like the clock on Windows.

Dim external monitors from the menu bar, and use your keyboard's brightness keys on whichever screen the pointer is on.

Select any part of the screen and copy the text in it, even from images, videos and PDFs. Everything stays on your Mac.

Record your screen together with the sound your Mac plays, and your microphone if you like. The built-in recorder can't capture sound before macOS 27.

Choose where screenshots go and their format (PNG, JPG or HEIC), remove the big shadow around window screenshots, and save them instantly without the floating thumbnail.

Pick any color on your screen and copy its code, ready to paste into design or code.

Safely unmounts external drives before your Mac sleeps and mounts them again when it wakes, so you stop seeing “Disk Not Ejected Properly”.

Lock your Mac, put it to sleep or turn the display off with one shortcut when you step away. Also adds Lock, Sleep and Display Off buttons to the menu.

One click before a presentation or screen share: hides your desktop icons and the Dock, keeps the screen on, and highlights the pointer so everyone can follow it. Press ⌃⌥⌘P to start or stop.

Stops Photos from opening by itself every time you plug in an iPhone, iPad or camera.

Hides all the icons on your desktop while this is on, for presentations, screen sharing or a clean look. Your files stay where they are.

Shows hidden files and folders in Finder while this is on, like .env files or your Library folder.

Show file extensions, keep folders on top, show the full path, the path bar and the status bar, and search the folder you're in instead of the whole Mac.

Stops your Mac leaving hidden .DS_Store files on USB drives and network shares, where Windows PCs, TVs and cameras show them as junk.

Puts menu bar icons closer together, so fewer of them disappear behind the notch on MacBooks.

Tuck the menu bar icons you rarely need behind an arrow, like Bartender. Fewer icons disappear behind the notch, and the menu bar looks clean.

Removes the small icons macOS Tahoe added next to almost every menu command, for cleaner, easier-to-read menus.

A screenshot taken on your second monitor shows up on that monitor's desktop, and its preview in that monitor's corner, instead of on the MacBook's screen.