MacShortcuts
A place for every window
Halves, quarters, thirds, and more. Maximize without entering full screen, then restore your original position.
A small app for a more focused Mac.
A little shortcut.
A better
workspace.
Put your windows where you want them. Move between screens. Get back to what you were doing—all from your keyboard.
Download for MacTry a layout. These are the four default shortcuts.
Preview: left half
Quietly useful.
Less arranging.
More doing.
Native to your Mac. Tucked into the menu bar. Simple by default, with more when you need it.
Across screens & desktops
Send a window to another display or macOS desktop. Keep your work organized without reaching for the mouse.
Your keys. Your workflow.
Customize shortcuts, launch apps and Chrome profiles, or save a window arrangement as a workspace.
Desktop moves depend on macOS and Mission Control settings. On newer macOS versions, moving a window may take you to its destination desktop.
One quick setup.
Make yourself
at home.
No account. No subscription. Just a download and one macOS permission.
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Move it to Applications
Download and unzip MacShortcuts. Drag MacShortcuts.app into your Applications folder, then open it. Confirm Open if macOS asks.
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Allow Accessibility
Follow the app’s setup window to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility. Turn on MacShortcuts so it can move and resize windows.
Screen Recording, Input Monitoring, and Full Disk Access are not required. If permission looks enabled but isn’t working, use Set Up Permissions → Reset Permission in the app, then enable it again.
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Find your flow
Focus a window and try ⌃ ⌥ ←. Open the MacShortcuts menu-bar icon for Settings and more commands. All shortcuts are yours to change.
Your workspace stays yours.
Local by design.
MacShortcuts stores your settings on your Mac. It has no analytics, ads, or account system. Accessibility is used to work with windows—not to record your screen.
Update checks are optional. The app can contact a release service when you check for updates; it never downloads or installs an update automatically. This website uses no analytics or tracking cookies. Cloudflare serves the site and downloads and may process standard request information, such as your IP address.
Verify your download · SHA-256
The ZIP contains a Developer ID–signed, Apple-notarized app. To verify the download, run this in Terminal from your Downloads folder:
shasum -a 256 MacShortcuts-0.2.0.zipExpected SHA-256:
f62469caa2a70b330154857ae2db51c46fbc7e83590209b187a9cba8d01143f9Download checksum file