In happier news, Magnet does not interfere with OS X's Spaces, which let you create multiple virtual desktops when you drag a window to the side edge of your desktop, Magnet immediately activates and there is a half a beat before Spaces then springs to life, taking you to your next desktop space.īefore you begin using Magnet, you will need to authorize the app. But those two applications demand the majority if not all of your desktop when used anyway. Some applications such as Photos and iTunes refused to be squeezed into Magnet's quarter-screen or even half-screen boxes on my 13-inch MacBook Pro, making Magnet less than useful in such instances. Magnet comes with a default set of keyboard shortcuts, but you can reassign them in Preferences, accessible from the menu bar icon. You can use keyboard shortcuts to resize and relocate windows.Also from the menu bar icon, you can tell Magnet to ignore the current application if you would like to maintain its current size and location, thank you very much. There is also a restore option that returns your window to its size and location before you used Magnet to resize and move it. You can use Magnet's menu bar icon to choose a size and location for your current window.I also could not get the bottom edge to activate when dragging my window there, even when I moved the Dock to a side edge.

There is one exception to the side edge rule dragging to the top edge maximizes the window. Dragging to a side edge resizes the window to occupy half of your screen real estate, while dragging to a corner makes it a quarter size.

You can drag windows to the sides or corners of your display to resize them.

With Magnet, you have three easy ways to manage your open windows. Magnet is currently $1.99 as part of $2 Tuesday, down from its usual $4.99 price. Whether you want neatly tiled windows on a luxuriously large display or help juggling windows on a cramped MacBook display, Mac app Magnet can help multitaskers maintain order.

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