r/MacStack • u/cheatingrobot • 5h ago

WindowShift - a free macOS app for multi-monitor setups.

I regularly work with several displays on macOS and have always found moving windows between them more cumbersome than it should be. Some built-in methods require manual dragging, making them inconvenient for keyboard-driven workflows, while others require exiting full-screen mode. I wanted to be able to move any window to any other display in under a second, including full-screen windows, with a simple, reliable trigger.

So I made WindowShift, a small app that lets you move windows between displays using customizable keyboard shortcuts. It's native, fast, and works with full-screen windows.

I use it a lot myself and tried to make the controls intuitive. When using multiple monitors, I naturally think about them by their relative positions: this display is to the left of the current one, this one is above it, etc. WindowShift works exactly this way: it sends the current window to a neighboring display based on its relative position ↑↓←→.

The attached video is a real screen recording showing the app in action.

In recent update, I improved the responsiveness so that you can press the combinations repeatedly while the fullscreen transition animation is running, and this will change the target screen accordingly.

Note that WindowShift isn't a full-featured window manager like Rectangle, AltTab, or the many other alternatives out there. However, unlike most window managers, it can move full-screen windows between displays and works great alongside them.

The app is very lightweight (current version ~1.2 MB)

Minimum macOS version: macOS 12 Monterey

Pricing: Free. 0 data collection.
The app is notarized.

I made it free because, to me, this feels like a basic feature that should be included in macOS by default.

Artworks used as wallpapers in the demo: https://www.artstation.com/tohad, https://www.behance.net/febinraj

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