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I am a Linux user and new to macOS. I installed some programs such as google-chrome and macvim from brew. After launching both of them, I can not make the window maximize. Normally, for the built-in Terminal and some other apps, I can use Zoom to make them maximize, but not for these two apps. I can Ctrl+command+F to fullscreen them, but that is not what I want – I just want to maximize them.

Is such a simple maximize action not supported under macOS?

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  • Please spend some time to learn how to use your new machine, rather than whine because it doesn't do the same as your old one. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204216 – Tetsujin Aug 01 '18 at 09:05
  • Thanks for the reply. But I did google, I can not find an answer, that's why I asked this question. I did learn and spent times. I am NOT just asking questions without doing my work. All I found online is Zoom does not maximize and macos determines whether it should maximize or not. BUT that is NOT what I want. I just want to maximize. That's all. I don't care about whether it should or not. I just want to maximize. Thanks. – sgon00 Aug 01 '18 at 09:12
  • Then read the link I posted... or Google ['macOS maximise window'](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=macos+maximise+window&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8) where the same page is the first hit. – Tetsujin Aug 01 '18 at 09:13
  • @Tetsujin I just read the link and the section `Close & resize windows`. It still doesn't solve my question. google-chrome and mvim are still not able to maximize. What am I missing? thanks a lot. – sgon00 Aug 01 '18 at 09:17
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    I'm guessing you mean "fill the whole screen without making it fullscreen"... that's not Maximise. As screens got larger & with higher definition several [many] years ago, the old definition of 'maximise' was changed. Maximise is now 'fills top to bottom, half the screen width [or less for such as finder windows]. If you want the old, windows-type 'take up the whole damn screen' behaviour, you'll have to drag the window border. – Tetsujin Aug 01 '18 at 09:23
  • @Tetsujin maybe you misunderstand my question. I am not talking about zoom. I am talking about maximize. Maximize will make the app's window occupy all the screen. I know how to zoom and I know I can hold option key and click green button. But they are not maximize. They are just fake maximize. I want a true maximize. thanks a lot. – sgon00 Aug 01 '18 at 09:24
  • @Tetsujin sorry, I posted the last comment at the same time you posted. Yeah, that is what I want and that is not `windows-type`, that is `Linux-type` from my point of view. I hope someone in superuser can tell me how to hack macos to make this possible. thanks a lot. – sgon00 Aug 01 '18 at 09:26
  • There's a list of potential methods/apps at https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/115895/85275 Also, not at all what you asked for, but try this for a working method, long term, save a whole lot of messing around with alt/tab... https://superuser.com/q/1187532/347380 – Tetsujin Aug 01 '18 at 09:32
  • @Tetsujin thank you very much for the two links. ^_^ – sgon00 Aug 01 '18 at 09:43
  • Welcome - & apologies for getting snippy, sometimes it's a bit rough when you think someone's picking holes in an OS you've been using variants of for 30 years ;-)) – Tetsujin Aug 01 '18 at 09:45

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If you want a simple keyboard shortcut to maximize the window to fit the full screen, without actually going fullscreen, you can install Spectacle and set up the shortcut for “Fullscreen” (I know the naming is misleading here):

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For example, I've set up ⌃⌥⌘F.

If you're used to Linux' and Windows' tiling window management shortcuts, this app will also provide you with similar functionality.

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  • That’s fullscreen. I believe the OP wants to grow the window in both directions to fill the available space on screen, without actually entering fullscreen mode. – CJK Aug 02 '18 at 22:20
  • @CJK that is actually NOT fullscreen. It's maximize (what I expect). This app is very useful and actually I have installed it based on Tetsujin's comments before this answer's post. – sgon00 Aug 03 '18 at 04:51
  • Glad you got it sorted. – CJK Aug 03 '18 at 05:48