Cinch Is a Window Management Miracle

This post was originally posted on Clubhaus, Block Club's blog of inspiration.

When I’m managing projects, I spend a lot of time looking at calendars and timelines to schedule deliverables and balance out the team’s responsibilities. There’s lots of comparing projects against each other while looking at several calendars and documents at the same time. 

Comparing documents between browser tabs can be frustrating when moving back and forth, and even though it’s not difficult to drag and resize windows so I can see them next to each other, it does add a few seconds to every step of the task, which adds up quickly.

I’ve started using a desktop app for iOS called Cinch that makes managing my windows super simple. Unfortunately for me, I could have saved the $6.99 by getting a similar feature in the new iOS, El Capitan, but I still think Cinch is a bit easier to use. 

When I need to see two adjacent windows—browsers, emails, Photoshop files, etc.—I just drag the windows to the sides of my screens and Cinch automatically snaps them to half the screen. It saves me valuable seconds (and hassle!).

Cinch also allows you to drag a window to the top of your screen to make it snap full screen. And no matter where you snap the window, it always returns back to its original size when you unsnap.

Window snapping is a standard feature on PCs, but for our all-Mac team at Block Club the Cinch app is a lifesaver. OK, maybe not a lifesaver per se, but a timesaver for sure.

This post was originally posted on Clubhaus, Block Club's blog of inspiration.