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

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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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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

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?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

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

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months 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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