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Previously I used BetterMouse for only this feature but they made the space switching worse in later versions (slower, on-par with the default macOS speed). Here's the link if anyone is curious: https://github.com/jurplel/InstantSpaceSwitcher", "context": "macOS user", "use_case": "fast macOS space switching", "switched_from": "BetterMouse", "story": "macOS Needs Its Grid Back"}, {"id": 773405873, "item_id": 48337867, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48337867", "by": "wbadart", "date": "2026-05-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "the latter gives instant transitions between virtual desktops", "excerpt": "I'm stuck with macOS at work and these have also been the most painful parts of the experience for me. Luckily, I recently found Rectangle[0] and InstantSpaceSwitcher[1]. The former gives keyboard based arranging (though not focus; still just use cmd+tab for that) while the latter gives instant transitions between virtual desktops (including shortcuts for navigating directly to a target, rather than sliding over sequ", "context": "", "use_case": "Instant virtual desktop switching", "switched_from": "", "story": "It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12"}, {"id": 763447328, "item_id": 47715458, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47715458", "by": "haunter", "date": "2026-04-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "They just released a binary so no more source compilation is needed", "excerpt": "They just released a binary so no more source compilation is needed https://github.com/jurplel/InstantSpaceSwitcher/releases/latest", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Native Instant Space Switching on macOS"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 763462274, "item_id": 47716392, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47716392", "by": "mort96", "date": "2026-04-10", "stance": "warn", "quote": "solutions like BetterTouchTool and InstantSpaceSwitcher won't work for me", "excerpt": "I also have a 120Hz Mac, and the animation is indeed slower in 120Hz mode. In my opinion, the animation crossed the line from \"too slow but bearable\" to \"unbearable\" with 120Hz. It is as you say; it's not really the animation itself that's the problem, but the delay from when I tell my machine \"switch to this other workspace\" until the focus switches to a window on that other workspace. The animation has this horribl", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Native Instant Space Switching on macOS"}]}], "who": [{"by": "eproxus", "context": "macOS user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48367495", "date": "2026-06-02"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["switching spaces", "instant macos spaces switching", "fast macos space switching", "instant virtual desktop switching"], "compared": [{"slug": "bettermouse", "name": "BetterMouse", "co": 1, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47708818", "title": "Native Instant Space Switching on macOS", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49374830", "title": "item 49374830", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48364800", "title": "macOS Needs Its Grid Back", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323869", "title": "It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1, "warn": 1}, "2026-05": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 790166369, "item_id": 49385398, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49385398", "by": "marcogarces", "date": "2026-08-21", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I'm currently just using Raycast WM capacity together with InstantSpaceSwitcher.", "excerpt": "looks very interesting, might give it a try. I'm currently just using Raycast WM capacity together with InstantSpaceSwitcher. For me it's always how hard it is to memorise yet another keyboard shortcut (i have a lot of them); but i'll take a look", "context": "", "use_case": "switching spaces", "switched_from": "", "story": null}, {"id": 790076064, "item_id": 49379754, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49379754", "by": "sampsn", "date": "2026-08-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "i have this installed and its amazing!", "excerpt": "i have this installed and its amazing! https://github.com/jurplel/InstantSpaceSwitcher", "context": "", "use_case": "Instant macOS Spaces switching", "switched_from": "", "story": null}, {"id": 773879920, "item_id": 48367495, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48367495", "by": "eproxus", "date": "2026-06-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I've also switched to Instant Space Switcher, it is soo good!", "excerpt": "I've also switched to Instant Space Switcher, it is soo good! Previously I used BetterMouse for only this feature but they made the space switching worse in later versions (slower, on-par with the default macOS speed). Here's the link if anyone is curious: https://github.com/jurplel/InstantSpaceSwitcher", "context": "macOS user", "use_case": "fast macOS space switching", "switched_from": "BetterMouse", "story": "macOS Needs Its Grid Back"}, {"id": 773405873, "item_id": 48337867, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48337867", "by": "wbadart", "date": "2026-05-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "the latter gives instant transitions between virtual desktops", "excerpt": "I'm stuck with macOS at work and these have also been the most painful parts of the experience for me. Luckily, I recently found Rectangle[0] and InstantSpaceSwitcher[1]. The former gives keyboard based arranging (though not focus; still just use cmd+tab for that) while the latter gives instant transitions between virtual desktops (including shortcuts for navigating directly to a target, rather than sliding over sequ", "context": "", "use_case": "Instant virtual desktop switching", "switched_from": "", "story": "It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12"}, {"id": 763462274, "item_id": 47716392, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47716392", "by": "mort96", "date": "2026-04-10", "stance": "warn", "quote": "solutions like BetterTouchTool and InstantSpaceSwitcher won't work for me", "excerpt": "I also have a 120Hz Mac, and the animation is indeed slower in 120Hz mode. In my opinion, the animation crossed the line from \"too slow but bearable\" to \"unbearable\" with 120Hz. It is as you say; it's not really the animation itself that's the problem, but the delay from when I tell my machine \"switch to this other workspace\" until the focus switches to a window on that other workspace. The animation has this horribl", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Native Instant Space Switching on macOS"}, {"id": 763461953, "item_id": 47716372, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47716372", "by": "jjcosgrove", "date": "2026-04-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "built upon InstantSpaceSwitcher's UI", "excerpt": "[video] just sharing for sh*ts n' giggles... inspired by this post and a previous annoyance i had around spaces in general... i just 'vibe coded' (don't start) this using codex this morning (built upon InstantSpaceSwitcher's UI) https://www.jjcosgrove.com/assets/videos/spaced.mp4 basically: - you can set custom names per space - you can hotkey-navigate to each space/any space - it has a visual indicator in menubar (a", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Native Instant Space Switching on macOS"}, {"id": 763447328, "item_id": 47715458, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47715458", "by": "haunter", "date": "2026-04-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "They just released a binary so no more source compilation is needed", "excerpt": "They just released a binary so no more source compilation is needed https://github.com/jurplel/InstantSpaceSwitcher/releases/latest", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Native Instant Space Switching on macOS"}]}