Swish — Mac download

Dragging windows by their title bar and hunting for tiny green buttons breaks your rhythm. Swish replaces that busywork with a gesture language you already know. Swipe, pinch, tap, or hold on your Magic Trackpad or Magic Mouse, and windows snap, apps switch, and spaces fly past. A crisp 2×2 grid lets you arrange windows to the corners and halves of the display without touching the edge of the screen. Keyboard shortcuts cover the same actions when your hands are already typing.

Compatibility first

Swish runs on any Mac that supports macOS 12 Monterey or later. That covers Intel machines from roughly 2015 forward and every Apple Silicon model. The app works identically with a Magic Trackpad, Magic Mouse, or the built-in keyboard shortcuts — you decide which input method leads your workflow. The developer built Swish with room to grow, noting it is already prepared for macOS 27.

What you control

Window management forms the core: snap any window to halves, quarters, or full screen with a short swipe. Application control lets you switch between open apps and quit them with a gesture, while spaces management moves you between desktops without reaching for Control-arrow. A quick start guide walks you through the handful of gestures that replace the most frequent drag-and-click loops.

Where Swish fits in your stack

Swish sits between macOS's built-in window snapping and a full keyboard-centric manager like Rectangle. It does not replace Mission Control or Stage Manager — it layers gesture shortcuts on top of them. Pinch to summon Mission Control, then swipe to send a window to another space. The grid snaps complement the Finder's column view: arrange reference docs on the left half, your editor on the right, and a terminal in the bottom-right corner, all without lifting your fingers from the trackpad.

The 28 included gestures are individually toggleable, so you can keep the three you use daily and disable the rest. On a multi-monitor desk, a modifier key turns the standard 2×2 grid into a 2×3 layout, giving you columns that span both displays. And because Swish also reads keyboard input, the same moves work when your hands are on the keys — useful if you alternate between trackpad and mechanical keyboard throughout the day.

Disable the 28 gestures you will never use

Open Swish's preferences and do three things before anything else:

• Disable gestures you will never trigger intentionally. The full set of 28 covers the title bar, Dock, and menu bar — turning off the ones you do not need prevents accidental window moves.
• Pick your modifier key for the 2×3 grid. The default works, but remapping it to match your other window manager's modifier keeps muscle memory intact.
• Check the Spaces gestures. If you already use Control-arrow for desktop switching, Swish's swipe-to-space gesture can replace it entirely, freeing up a keyboard shortcut for something else.

After that, run through the built-in quick start guide once. It takes under five minutes and surfaces a few title-bar gestures — hold to centre, swipe down to minimize — that are easy to miss but tend to become daily habits for anyone who downloads Swish for Mac.

• macOS 12 Monterey or later
• Apple Silicon or Intel processor
• Magic Trackpad, Magic Mouse, or keyboard