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Moving soon to macOS as long time Linux user (szmer.info)

submitted 1 week ago by Igilq@szmer.info to c/macos@lemmy.world

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Hey, I will move soon to macOS as my main os. I am currently using Linux as my main os and from what I know, macOS is similar to Linux. I also wanted to ask some questions beforehand: There are few cli package managers for macOS but which one is the best? Will it be hard for me to use macOS if I am using currently Linux? Which keys on mac keyboard work same as keys on windows keyboard?

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[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Been forced to use mac for like two years now. Have not figured it out.

Command is like Ctrl, not Control. Option is like AltGr... Almost. But there is no left or right separation (alt/altgr). Option cannot be used as a modifier like on linux like super can. I use a windows keyboard and move command to ctrl, control to super, and option to alt.

Then if you ever gotten used to the two clipboards that linux has (highlight + middleclick & ctrl+c/ctrl+v), only one remains but some terminals emulate this behaviour. I would suggest you turn it off right away, because it gets very confusing.

I have used brew for a package manager. It is not great. I had issues where a package upgrade would break my workflow but it did not keep an older version for a downgrade. If it was my personal mac, and for some reason I would keep macos on it, then I would try nix as a package manager instead. Also, if you use bash or not, you probably want to install latest bash (mac only ships with a very old bash).

I have not found a terminal emulator I really like, but I use kitty since it allows me to remap some keys. I suggest you start looking for a terminal that you like right away.

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

There are many shortcuts using Option as a modifier. Probably the second most common one after Command. What do you mean it cannot be used as a modifier?

[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Like setting option + number as a move tab-group in firefox for example, as that injects characters in open text fields

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Generally there are no shortcuts with option as the only modifier on keys that actually type characters (for this reason I suppose), usually command+option+something or non-symbol keys such as option+up. Use command+option+number instead.

[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the tip, but I will not. That does not fit my workflow on linux, which is more valuable than the workflow on mac.

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