--- title: Review of macOS for Serious Work | daily.dev description: A developer shares their experience switching from Asahi Linux to macOS for daily work, evaluating window management, CLI tools, VSCode integration, and the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/review-of-macos-for-serious-work-udcrqbz9d twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Review of macOS for Serious Work | daily.dev og:description: A developer shares their experience switching from Asahi Linux to macOS for daily work, evaluating window management, CLI tools, VSCode integration, and the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/review-of-macos-for-serious-work-udcrqbz9d og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/uDcRQBz9d.png og:image:alt: Review of macOS for Serious Work og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Review of macOS for Serious Work **[The Coded Message](https://daily.dev/sources/thecodedmessage)** · 14 min read · 34 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A developer shares their experience switching from Asahi Linux to macOS for daily work, evaluating window management, CLI tools, VSCode integration, and the Unix layer. They discuss practical workflow changes (adopting VSCode, preferring full-screen apps), technical quirks (permission dialogs for CLI tools, Finder limitations), and philosophical tensions between convenience and open-source customizability. The review concludes that macOS works well for their current needs despite reservations about vendor lock-in and reduced system control. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@0xford** · 0 upvotes > So many of these issues are resolvable by just googling. > The user complains that the OS is not customisable, without looking at how to customise it. > Literally: > "First off, that thing I pointed out, where I can’t switch between windows with a key combo, only between apps—that’s annoying. And it’s more philosophically annoying because I’m at the mercy of Apple about it, which is unnecessary." > Just google it? There's a shortcut for cycling apps, and a shortcut for cycling windows of an app. > Am I supposed to believe this is an ex-linux user? ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I moved away from Windows 11, but I didn't go to Linux](https://daily.dev/posts/i-moved-away-from-windows-11-but-i-didn-t-go-to-linux-ea1f2z9ay) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Setting Up a macOS Development Environment](https://daily.dev/posts/setting-up-a-macos-development-environment-1js0iw3z4) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#mac](https://daily.dev/tags/mac), [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/review-of-macos-for-serious-work-udcrqbz9d) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Review of macOS for Serious Work","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/review-of-macos-for-serious-work-udcrqbz9d","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/review-of-macos-for-serious-work-udcrqbz9d"},"datePublished":"2026-02-06T19:05:31.086Z","dateModified":"2026-02-06T19:05:53.124Z","description":"A developer shares their experience switching from Asahi Linux to macOS for daily work, evaluating window management, CLI tools, VSCode integration, and the...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--0_ODbtD2--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2008","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--0_ODbtD2--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2008","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Coded Message","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Coded Message","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--spot6mQz--/f_auto/v1713076618/logos/thecodedmessage","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/thecodedmessage"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/review-of-macos-for-serious-work-udcrqbz9d","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":34},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"open-source,linux,mac,vscode","timeRequired":"PT14M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Coded Message","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/thecodedmessage"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Review of macOS for Serious Work"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/review-of-macos-for-serious-work-udcrqbz9d","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"So many of these issues are resolvable by just googling.\nThe user complains that the OS is not customisable, without looking at how to customise it.\nLiterally:\n“First off, that thing I pointed out, where I can’t switch between windows with a key combo, only between apps—that’s annoying. 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