Support

Support

Setup steps, the Accessibility permission, and the questions that come up most. Something still broken? Open a GitHub issue — that's the support channel.

Getting started

  1. Download the DMG and open it. Windsify runs on macOS 15 or newer.
  2. Drag Windsify Mac into Applications and launch it. It runs as both a Dock app and a menu-bar utility — the Dock icon and the menu-bar Settings item open the same settings window.
  3. On first run, approve the Accessibility permission: open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility and turn on Windsify Mac. That one permission is what translates the keys and moves the windows.

If the app still says it needs Accessibility

macOS ties Accessibility approval to an app's code signature, not just its visible name — so a row left over from an older copy can look enabled while the copy you actually launch is still denied. Reset it:

  1. Remove the stale Windsify Mac row from Privacy & Security → Accessibility.
  2. Use the + button to add the exact installed app that you launch.
  3. Turn that row on and restart Windsify Mac.

Common questions

The keyboard layer paused itself — why?

Windsify detected another remapper. While a running Karabiner-Elements process, an active hidutil mapping, or a macOS Modifier Keys mapping is remapping your keys, Windsify pauses only its own overlapping keyboard layer — window management keeps running. While Karabiner is actively remapping, Windsify also releases its Command-based Win-key hot keys, so Karabiner's Home and End translations aren't mistaken for window-snapping commands. This is expected: it's a migration aid, so you can move over at your own pace.

Home and End only work in text editors. Is that intended?

Yes. Home and End become Windows-style line navigation only while a text editor is focused. Everywhere else they pass through to the app unchanged, which prevents synthetic Command+Arrow events from activating unrelated menus or window commands.

How does the trial work?

The 14-day trial is the complete app — every feature, nothing held back. When it ends, buy a $19 one-time license to keep using the signed build, or build the app yourself from the MIT source for free.

How many Macs does a license cover?

3. One $19 license covers your desk, your laptop and one more.

What about refunds?

Checkout runs through Polar, the merchant of record, so refunds and billing questions are handled by them. If something in the app isn't working, open a GitHub issue.

Contact

Bug reports, questions and feature requests all live in one place: github.com/Fuzzy-and-Fluffy/windsify-mac/issues. Include your macOS version and what you expected to happen — it speeds things up.