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All the muscle memory you've built around Cmd or the Windows key transfers to one key: Super. That's the Windows key on a PC keyboard, and it's the anchor for nearly every hotkey in Omarchy.
Your Spotlight or Start-menu reflex becomes `Super + Space`. That opens the Omarchy menu, which launches apps, changes settings, installs software, captures the screen — just about everything. Start typing to filter. There's also a dedicated apps-only menu on `Super + Alt + Space`. See [navigation](04-navigation.md).
Your Spotlight or Raycast or Start-menu reflex becomes `Super + Space`. That opens the Omarchy menu, which launches apps, changes settings, installs software, captures the screen — just about everything. Start typing to filter. There's also a dedicated apps-only menu on `Super + Alt + Space`. See [navigation](04-navigation.md).
### There's no dock and no desktop icons
Nothing to click to launch things, no icons to arrange on the desktop. Apps start from a hotkey (`Super + Return` for the terminal, `Super + Shift + Return` for the browser) or from the menu. The one persistent piece of UI is [the top bar](05-the-top-bar.md), which covers what the menu bar, system tray, and Notification Center did for you before — and nearly every widget on it does something on left, right, and middle click.
Nothing to click to launch things, no icons to arrange on the desktop. Apps start from a hotkey (`Super + Return` for the terminal, `Super + Shift + Return` for the browser, and `Super + K` for a list of everything that's mapped) or from the menu. The one persistent piece of UI is [the top bar](05-the-top-bar.md), which covers what the menu bar, system tray, and Notification Center did for you before — and nearly every widget on it does something on left, right, and middle click.
### Windows place themselves
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When you genuinely need a floating window, `Super + T` toggles the active one out of the tiling (and back). But give the tiling a real chance first — it's the heart of the whole thing. [Navigation](04-navigation.md) walks you through it.
Workspaces will feel familiar: they're macOS Spaces or Windows virtual desktops, except you'll actually use them, because `Super + 1/2/3/4` jumps straight to one and `Super + Shift + 1/2/3/4` sends the active window there.
Workspaces will feel familiar: they're macOS Spaces or Windows virtual desktops, except you'll actually use them, because `Super + 1/2/3/4` jumps straight to one and `Super + Shift + 1/2/3/4` sends the active window there. No animation delay, just instant jumps. This means that you might not even need multiple monitors, if you were used to that before.
### Copy and paste just work
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| You reach for | In Omarchy |
| ------------- | ---------- |
| Spotlight / Start menu | `Super + Space` — the Omarchy menu |
| Spotlight / Raycast / Start menu | `Super + Space` — the Omarchy menu |
| AirDrop | LocalSend, via `Super + Ctrl + S` — see [GUIs](22-guis.md) |
| Cmd + Shift + 4 / Win + Shift + S | `Print Screen` — see [screenshots & recording](12-screenshots-recording.md) |
| Notification Center | Notification history on `Super + Shift + Alt + ,` |
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### Some things really are different
Settings live in text files you edit, not panels you click through. That sounds primitive until you realize it means every tweak can be seen, copied to your next machine, and put in version control. The _Setup_ menu drops you straight into the right file and restarts whatever needs restarting when you're done.
A lot of settings live in text files you edit, not panels you click through. That sounds primitive until you realize it means every tweak can be seen, copied to your next machine, and put in version control. The _Setup_ menu drops you straight into the right file and restarts whatever needs restarting when you're done.
Updates come through one command — _Update > Omarchy_ — that updates Omarchy itself and every package on the system, taking a snapshot first. No per-app updaters nagging you at random. See [updates](30-updates.md).
Software comes from a package manager, not from downloaded installers. If you find yourself on a website hunting for a .exe-equivalent, stop and check _Install_ first.
Software comes from a package manager, not from downloaded installers.
And when you close a window, the app actually quits. There's no macOS limbo where the program keeps running with no windows. `Super + W` means gone.