Moom 4.2 is out today, and it brings as long-desired feature: Saved layouts can now launch the apps used in those layouts; just check the “Launch apps” checkbox on any saved layout. By itself, this feature is mildly interesting, as it won’t help with apps that have multiple windows in a layout—the app will launch, but Moom cannot open the proper number of windows nor restore their contents.| Tales of a Running Bird
Moom 4.1.3 is out, with a number of minor fixes and a more-informative “Layout doesn’t apply” dialog. Full details, as always, can be found in the release notes. Moom should inform you of the update, unless you disabled update checking. If you did that, select Moom > Check for Updates from the menu. You can […]| Tales of a Running Bird
Although only a minor bump in version number, Moom 4.1.1 contains a good number of improvements, including the biggie: Moom 4 is aware of macOS Sequoia’s snap-related features, and automatically disables them when the corresponding Moom features are active. You can also now drop windows on partially obscured target areas in drop zones, and we […]| Tales of a Running Bird
If you’re a keyboard-oriented Mac user, Moom 4 speaks your language. Every custom action can have its own keyboard shortcut, for starters. And, of course, there’s Keyboard mode, with even more keyboard-centric powers. Keyboard access to all custom actions One of the new keyboard-focused features in Moom 4 is hiding at the bottom of the […]| Tales of a Running Bird
Moom 4.1 is out with some bug fixes, and adds a couple of oft-requested features—as much as something can be oft-requested after only existing for a week! First off, you can now see your keyboard shortcuts in the Settings window; set their visibility using the Show Hot Keys in Sidebar menu item in the View […]| Tales of a Running Bird
Moom 4.0.1 is out, and it addresses three small issues: Those with non-retina displays will no longer see weirdly-sized icons in their palette and Moom’s Settings windows after moving windows around. You can now use Moom’s keyboard mode on Moom’s own settings window without glitches. If you tell Moom to resize and center a window, […]| Tales of a Running Bird
Moom 3.2.27 is out now, with just one change: It works around whatever it was that Apple changed in macOS 14.5 to cause slowdowns when using Moom’s keyboard mode (and potentially some other areas, but keyboard mode was the most noticeable one). Direct users can update in the app or by downloading a new copy […]| Tales of a Running Bird
Note: We managed to work around this slowdown in Moom 3.2.27. Please update now if you haven’t already! After updating, feel free to re-enable the highlight feature; it’ll work fine. With the release of macOS 14.5, we received a number of reports from users that Moom’s keyboard mode had become so slow as to be […]| Tales of a Running Bird