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I can get by working on Windows in a pinch. Using Power Toys to remap my keyboard to be more "Mac Like" with Alt Swapped for Control and Caps Lock mapped to Esc really helps.

App favorites

  • - Password vault

  • - Lighter weight and cheaper alternative to Photoshop

  • - Text editor

  • - Better calculator

  • - SFTP client

  • - Run apps in containers

  • - Sync files

  • - VPN

  • - Chat client

  • - Add Spotlight'esque search and swap ctrl and alt keys with Keyboard Manager

  • - What I use for pomodoros

  • - Cross platform to do list service

  • - What a time to be alive

  • - Light code text editor

  • - A store app for some reason

  • - Web GUI for the WinGet package manager

Apps under consideration

  • 7-Zip

  • HexChat

  • HWMonitor

  • Notepad++

  • Paint.NET

  • Prime95

  • RealTemp

  • Sumatra PDF

I use the built in Win key search as an app launcher. I use the built in Snip & Sketch tool for screenshots. Check my ChromeOS list for some of the web apps I also use for productivity.

Power Toys Settings:

Keyboard Manager:

  • Caps Lock -> Esc

  • Esc -> Caps Lock

(Optional) To make alt and ctrl more Mac like:

  • Alt (Left) -> Ctrl (Left)

  • Ctrl (Left) -> Alt (Left)

  • Alt (Right) -> Ctrl (Right)

  • Ctrl (Right) -> Alt (Right)

Shortcuts:

  • Ctrl + Q -> Alt F4

PowerToys Run set to Ctrl + Space

Misc. Settings:

Go to clipboard settings and enable clipboard history.

Go to mouse pointer and set the cursor to a custom color of black. The default black cursor option is smaller and harder to see.

Open VS Code within WSL 2:

  • In Windows Terminal, go to project folder

  • wsl code .

Links:

- search everything, including things on screen

- Break timer

- Run X Windows Linux apps on Windows

- Set WSL apps as the default file handler

- screenshot tool

- RSS reader

- blocks all network traffic

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