Geek Posted February 8, 2012 Posted February 8, 2012 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/spectacle-resizes-windows-mac.jpg" alt="Spectacle organizes and resizes windows in Mac OS X" title="spectacle-resizes-windows-mac" width="620" height="409" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26976" /></p> <p>Spectacle is a free utility for Mac OS X that helps you quickly and easily organize and resize windows, without using the mouse. Apps like this make it much easier to view multiple documents alongside one another and can help to boost productivity, particularly after you remember the keystrokes to throw windows around the screen.</p> <p>Want a browser window to align to the left while a text editor is aligned on the right? Want to tile four windows into each corner of the screen? Easy. If you use multiple monitors, Spectacle will also let you push windows to the the other displays too.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spectacle/id487069743">Download Spectacle free from the Mac App Store</a></li> </ul> <p>Spectacle is open source and works with Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7. Here’s the full list of keyboard shortcuts you can use:</p> <h3 style="font-size:1.1em;">Spectacle Keyboard Shortcuts:</h3> <ul> <li>Center / Cmd + Alt + C</li> <li>Fullscreen / Cmd + Alt + F</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Left Half / Cmd + Alt + ←</li> <li>Right Half / Cmd + Alt + →</li> <li>Top Half / Cmd + Alt + ↑</li> <li>Bottom Half / Cmd + Alt + ↓</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Upper Left Corner / Cmd + Ctrl + ←</li> <li>Lower Left Corner / Cmd + Shift + Ctrl + ←</li> <li>Upper Right Corner / Cmd + Ctrl + →</li> <li>Lower Right Corner / Cmd + Shift + Ctrl + →</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Left Display / Cmd + Alt + Ctrl + ←</li> <li>Right Display / Cmd + Alt + Ctrl + →</li> <li>Top Display / Cmd + Alt + Ctrl + ↑</li> <li>Bottom Display / Cmd + Alt + Ctrl + ↓</li> </ul> <p>The keystrokes are fully customizable, and the only other preference options are to show the Spectacle menu bar item and launch at login or not.</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/spectacle-preferences.jpg" alt="Spectacle Preferences " title="spectacle-preferences" width="620" height="458" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26977" /></p> <p>Even with OS X Lion’s <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/18/resize-windows-mac-os-x-modifier-keys/">new ways to resize windows</a>, I find apps like Spectacle to be extremely useful, and once you get the hang of using them it’s hard to go back.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/isjLiIknPQPwaXaUrMy8kHcqXpc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/isjLiIknPQPwaXaUrMy8kHcqXpc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/isjLiIknPQPwaXaUrMy8kHcqXpc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/isjLiIknPQPwaXaUrMy8kHcqXpc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=psI7OetXcI0:CVbv7rpN_3g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=psI7OetXcI0:CVbv7rpN_3g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=psI7OetXcI0:CVbv7rpN_3g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=psI7OetXcI0:CVbv7rpN_3g:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=psI7OetXcI0:CVbv7rpN_3g:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=psI7OetXcI0:CVbv7rpN_3g:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=psI7OetXcI0:CVbv7rpN_3g:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/psI7OetXcI0" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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