Hold ⌘ and drag
Drag any window with ⌘ held and the screen becomes a grid of zones. Let go on one to snap. Plain drags still move freely.
⌘drag
PulseTiles
Window snapping for macOS
Windows that snap into place.
Hold ⌘ and drag a window onto a zone, press a shortcut, or pick a spot from the launcher. PulseTiles puts it exactly where you want it, on every display.
No subscription · no account · no tracking7-day free trial · then $4.99 once · macOS 14 Sonoma or later ·
Animation: on a MacBook, the cursor opens the PulseTiles menu bar dropdown and clicks Left half, Top right and Bottom right, snapping Safari, Notes and Music into a tidy layout.
HOW IT WORKS
Three ways to snap.
However you like to move windows, PulseTiles meets you there.
⌃⌥ shortcuts
Halves, quarters, thirds, maximize and center, all one shortcut away. Press ⌃⌥← again to step through ½, ⅓ and ⅔.
⌃⌥←
Right ⌘ + / launcher
Forgot a shortcut? Open the launcher, type “left” or use the arrow keys, then press Return.
right ⌘/
SNAP ACTIONS
Nineteen spots. Zero fiddling.
Every action lives in the menu bar, the launcher and on its own ⌃⌥ shortcut.
- Halves
- Quarters
- Thirds
- Display & more
- Left half⌃⌥←
- Right half⌃⌥→
- Top half⌃⌥↑
- Bottom half⌃⌥↓
- Top left⌃⌥U
- Top right⌃⌥I
- Bottom left⌃⌥J
- Bottom right⌃⌥K
- Left third⌃⌥D
- Center third⌃⌥F
- Right third⌃⌥G
- Left two thirds⌃⌥E
- Right two thirds⌃⌥T
- Maximize⌃⌥↩
- Almost maximize⌃⌥⇧↩
- Center⌃⌥C
- Restore⌃⌥⌫
- Next display⌃⌥⌘→
- Previous display⌃⌥⌘←
⌘-DRAG ZONES
See where it lands.
Hold ⌘ while you drag and the screen turns into a grid: halves and thirds at the sides, quarters in the corners, center in the middle. A soft teal outline shows exactly where the window will land before you let go.
- 11 zones
- Live preview
- Plain drags stay free
Animation: windows are dragged with ⌘ held. The PulseTiles zone grid appears, the zone under the cursor lights up teal with a preview, and on release Safari snaps to the left half, Notes to the top right and Music to the bottom right.
Animation: the PulseTiles General settings. The gap between windows slider moves from 4 to 16 px and the screen edge gap from 10 to 22 px, and the live preview's tiles spread apart in step. Then “Repeat shortcut cycles sizes” is switched on and the half, third and two-thirds chips light up in turn.
SETTINGS
Tune it to your desk.
Gaps, padding, which apps never snap and what happens when you pull a window back out. Set it once and forget about it.
- Gaps between windows
- Gap at screen edges
- Almost-maximize padding
- Restore when dragged out
- Repeat to cycle
- Apps that never snap
- Launch at login
A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED
Snap more than one window.
Animation: three messy windows. The PulseTiles menu opens, the Coding arrangement is clicked, and Xcode, Safari and Notes glide into a two-thirds and one-third layout.
ARRANGEMENTS
Your whole desk, one click.
Set up your windows once and save them as an arrangement. Apply it from the menu bar or its own shortcut, and every app goes back where it belongs.
Animation: in PulseTiles Shortcuts settings, the Left half key chip is clicked, shows Press new keys, then records Control Option Left Arrow and shows a tick.
CUSTOM SHORTCUTS
Keys that fit your hands.
Record any shortcut for any snap. PulseTiles points out clashes and keys another app already uses, and you can reset to the defaults any time.
Animation: four messy windows. Control Option Command T is pressed and the windows tile: the focused window on the left, the other three stacked on the right.
TILE THIS DISPLAYBETA
Full tiling, when you ask.
Turn it on and press ⌃⌥⌘T: the focused window takes the left, the rest stack on the right. It never runs on its own.
⌃⌥⌘T
RUNS ON YOUR MAC
No accounts. No tracking.
- No accounts
- No tracking
- No newsletter
- No subscriptions
PulseTiles moves windows, and that’s all it does. There’s no sign-up, no analytics, no newsletter and no subscription. It only goes online to check for updates and to activate your licence key with Lemon Squeezy.
macOS asks for Accessibility permission because that’s the only way an app can move other apps’ windows. A friendly welcome tour walks you through it in a minute.
FAQ
Questions before you snap.
A Mac running macOS 14 Sonoma or later. PulseTiles lives in your menu bar and is a direct download.
$4.99, paid once, after a 7-day free trial. No subscription and no account. Prices in USD include VAT where applicable; 30-day refunds via Lemon Squeezy.
Yes. Every feature is open for 7 days, with no card and no account. After that, snapping pauses until you buy a licence, and your settings and arrangements stay just as you left them.
Hold ⌘ while you drag a window and a grid of zones appears; let go on one to snap. You can also press a ⌃⌥ shortcut, or press right ⌘ + / to open the launcher and pick a spot.
macOS only lets an app move and resize other apps’ windows with Accessibility permission. PulseTiles uses it for window positions and the right ⌘ + / launcher shortcut, nothing else.
Yes. Snapping works on every display, and ⌃⌥⌘← and ⌃⌥⌘→ move a window to the previous or next display. Each display can have its own edge gap.
Yes. Record your own keys for any snap in Settings › Shortcuts. PulseTiles flags duplicates and keys another app already uses, and Reset to defaults puts everything back.
Not by default. You snap the window you are using and everything else stays put. Tile this display is an opt-in beta that arranges the visible windows on one screen, only when you ask.
Yes. Add apps to Settings › Rules, or choose Ignore this app from the menu bar. Small windows such as dialogs are skipped too.
PulseTiles has no accounts, no tracking, no newsletter and no subscriptions. It connects to check for updates from cdn.felixweb.site, and to Lemon Squeezy to activate and check your licence key.
Three steps to
your first snap.
- 1. Download and open
- 2. Allow Accessibility
- 3. Hold ⌘ and drag
7-day free trial · then $4.99 once · macOS 14+ · Version 1.1.0
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