‘Snap’ for OS X

If you’re anything like me, you probably often get frustrated by OS X’s method of maximizing windows. The main issue is the green ‘+’ button, which has different functions depending on the specific window, but never changes it’s appearance to show so. This makes it a useless button and prevents users from maximizing unless they do it manually.

Windows however has always delt with maximizing in the same way and in Windows 7, they even added the ability to move the windows and either maximize them or fill half of the screen, depending on the movement. They call this extremely useful feature ‘Snap’, and it’s the only thing I’ve ever wished copied to OS X.

Thankfully this is now possible with the little application ‘Cinch’ http://irradiatedsoftware.com/cinch/

Cinch adds the exact functionality of ‘Snap’ to OS X – nothing more, nothing less.