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[–] sourweasel@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I much prefer MacOS over windows due to the spotlight search. The only thing I wish was added is a detailed audio interface. It’s frustrating having to go to a app to turn it up or down.

[–] xts@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah a volume mixer that isn’t natively built in is a very missed opportunity. I don’t want to have to pay extra money for software that most other OSes ship with lol

[–] AperiOperimentum@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I use Mac for productivity but windows for gaming. I love spotlight on macOS. I recently discovered PowerToys for Windows (made by Microsoft), which includes a little add on that provides spotlight-like function on windows. You can even assign your own keyboard command to it, so I have main assigned to WIN+Space, just like Mac.

[–] JoeyMoo@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are power toys for windows which add the spotlight search functionality as well as ear trumpet which is amazing for turning specific apps up and down by themselves just from a single menu

[–] sourweasel@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This could be a game changer, as i didn’t know these existed. Thank you!

[–] JoeyMoo@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah ear trumpet I've been using for years but somehow never see anyone mention it. Maybe there's a better tool that I don't know about. But the spotlight function in power toys is amazing since when I switched to Windows from Mac I missed that a lot.