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Nick Byrd, Ph.D.Sep 21, 2024

The tiling feature is either disappointing or difficult to understand. (Can it really only be used on DESKTOP windows?!)

https://macmost.com/window-tiling-in-macos-sequoia.html

Window Tiling In macOS Sequoia

With macOS Sequoia you can now tile windows to quickly snap them to halves or quarters of the screen. See all of the ways you can do this including the Menu Bar, the green button, keyboard shortcuts, and dragging. You can also combine previous window resizing options for more arrangements.

MacMost.com

Nick Byrd, Ph.D.

Thanks, @gsymon. This confirms that my issue is disappointment rather than misunderstanding. That's a fine tutorial, but none of it allows me to use non-Desktop spaces to tile windows. The best I can do is the status quo (e.g., split screen between — at most — two side-by-side apps on a full screen space).

Sorry Nick. I don't understand what you mean by 'non-Desktop spaces'. This is probably due to Apple naming. Do you mean Finder windows? Either way ... it can be used on any app. It even works for me on Filemaker, which controls windows in it's own way, within the app, for development purposes.

Nick Byrd, Ph.D.Sep 25, 2024

Sorry for the vague language, @gsymon.

I am referring to macOS's "spaces" (https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mh14112/mac).

There are two kinds:
1. Full screen spaces
2. Desktop spaces

Tiling seems to work only in the second kind of space (which I can use only for very brief file management tasks — not focused work.)

I've tried to clarify via screenshot: the closest I can get to tiling in a non-Desktop (full screen) space is a left-right split screen of two full screen apps. I can't figure out how to do top-and-bottom, quadrants, sixths, etc. in non-Desktop spaces.

Work in multiple spaces on Mac

On your Mac, if the desktop becomes cluttered with open app windows, use Spaces to organise the windows into additional desktops.

Apple Support

Ahh.. OK.

Yes *Full Screen* can only have either 1 or 2 windows, with a 'drag-bar' in between to resize left-right.

However, you can get very very close to it via: Window / Move & Resize / Arrange / e.g..Left & Right.

This goes pretty much full-screen (you can also remove the Tiled window margins via Settings).

If you want to also hide the Menu Bar, you can do so via System Settings / Control Centre / Automatically Hide and Show the Menu Bar.

Also NB.. Gary missed that Tiled windows actually have that draggable bar in between left/right. It's hard to spot and I think Apple need to improve it.. but it is there.

Another thing worth noting, is that it is really really easy to make Shortcuts for rearranging windows and the Shortcuts menu can be in the Menu Bar. So you can combine both the inbuilt Tiling + whatever you want. You can also assign keyboard-shortcuts to your Shortcuts.

Nick Byrd, Ph.D.Sep 25, 2024

Thanks for all this extra input, @gsymon. Seems I've found a fellow screen arrangement nerd. 🤓

Grant Sep 26, 2024