Subject: Re: [Witch Talk] Zoom not working properly and Automatically starting

From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 10:16:16 -0700

On Jun 25, 2021, at 10:13 AM, 'Trajan McGill - he' via Witch Talk <[email-masked]> wrote:

> I've got that fixed now. Would be handy if somehow that were done automatically as part of the installation process. Speaking of installation and setup, I also noticed that the

It does that for anyone whose quarantine flag is cleared—which is a job for the OS, not for Witch, as we're not supposed to touch that flag.

> "Buy Now" button on the About page of the trial version's system preferences screen threw the purchase screen up behind every single other window I had open, so I clicked it a few times thinking it had done nothing, and only after minimizing all my other windows did I find that it had in fact opened a window for completing a purchase of the product.

And sadly, this is a side effect of a recent change in macOS, where helper windows for third-party pref panes  don't automatically come to the foreground. (You'll find the Help window does the same thing.) Apple seems to be actively discouraging third-party pref panes, so a future version of Witch will make the migration to a normal app.

-rob.

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From: Trajan McGill - he <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 10:13:34 -0700 (PDT)

Thanks. At very least, the action should be renamed to reflect what it 
actually does. Looks like I can use a system-wide application keyboard 
shortcut to call the Window->Zoom function to do this with MacOS itself 
rather than Witch, and let Witch stick to the main thing I bought it for, 
task switching. Your instruction for auto-startup did work, so I've got 
that fixed now. Would be handy if somehow that were done automatically as 
part of the installation process. Speaking of installation and setup, I 
also noticed that the "Buy Now" button on the About page of the trial 
version's system preferences screen threw the purchase screen up behind 
every single other window I had open, so I clicked it a few times thinking 
it had done nothing, and only after minimizing all my other windows did I 
find that it had in fact opened a window for completing a purchase of the 
product.

On Friday, June 25, 2021 at 11:14:12 AM UTC-5 Many Tricks wrote:

> On Jun 25, 2021, at 7:32 AM, 'Trajan McGill - he' via Witch Talk <
> [email-masked]> wrote:
>
> > I have encountered one feature that doesn't seem to work quite right, 
> though. When I create an action and keyboard shortcut to "Zoom Frontmost 
> Window", it doesn't zoom the window, it makes it full-screen instead. I'd 
> love if that could be fixed, because in most cases I prefer the zoom, which 
> is more like the maximize functionality of the GUIs I'm used to. Maybe even 
> both could be options.
>
> We'll put this on the list for possible future features—as in fact, this 
> is how it used to work, because all Witch does is click the green button 
> for you. Before Apple usurped it for full-screen mode, it would fill the 
> screen.
>
> > Also, is there any way to make witch enabled at startup/logon? It's an 
> annoying little extra step to have to go to the system preferences and turn 
> it on every time I start my computer.
>
> This can happen when macOS doesn't clear the quarantine flag. Try this:
>
> 1) Disable Witch.
> 2) Open Terminal, and paste this command and press Enter:
>
> xattr -d -r com.apple.quarantine ~/Library/PreferencePanes/Witch.prefPane/ 
>
> 3) Re-enable Witch and log out/in, and Witch should be running at startup. 
> (Note: Witch must be installed for the current user, not all users, in 
> Catalina and newer. The above command won't work if Witch isn't installed 
> for the current user.)
>
> regards;
> -rob.
>
>

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From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 09:14:10 -0700

On Jun 25, 2021, at 7:32 AM, 'Trajan McGill - he' via Witch Talk <[email-masked]> wrote:

> I have encountered one feature that doesn't seem to work quite right, though. When I create an action and keyboard shortcut to "Zoom Frontmost Window", it doesn't zoom the window, it makes it full-screen instead. I'd love if that could be fixed, because in most cases I prefer the zoom, which is more like the maximize functionality of the GUIs I'm used to. Maybe even both could be options.

We'll put this on the list for possible future features—as in fact, this is how it used to work, because all Witch does is click the green button for you. Before Apple usurped it for full-screen mode, it would fill the screen.

> Also, is there any way to make witch enabled at startup/logon? It's an annoying little extra step to have to go to the system preferences and turn it on every time I start my computer.

1) Disable Witch.

3) Re-enable Witch and log out/in, and Witch should be running at startup. (Note: Witch must be installed for the current user, not all users, in Catalina and newer. The above command won't work if Witch isn't installed for the current user.)

regards;
-rob.

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From: Trajan McGill - he <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 07:32:49 -0700 (PDT)

Just found Witch as a new user coming over from Windows and Linux Mint, and 
it's going to make my life a lot easier. Thanks.