flincth
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Cinch made one trick easy: drag a window to an edge and it fills half the screen. It has not been updated since October 2019, and macOS now does the same thing on its own. Flincth is for everything after that: one switch moves every app’s window into place, hides the apps you don’t need, and brings up the clipboard history for that work.
Drag a window to the left or right edge and it fills that half; drag it to the top and it fills the screen. One window at a time, three positions in all. Cinch’s last update, version 1.2.4, came out in October 2019.
A setup names the apps for a kind of work and the region each one belongs to. Switch to it and they all move at once, and the clipboard shows only what you copied for that work.
Illustrative diagrams, not app screenshots.
Cinch snaps the window you drag. Flincth sets up the whole desk for the work in front of you.
| Feature | Flincth | Cinch |
|---|---|---|
| Still being updated | Yes. Released in 2026, updates included | No. Last update in October 2019 |
| Whole desk in one step | Yes. Every app in the setup moves at once | No. One window per drag |
| Layouts beyond halves | Yes. Regions you define on every display | No. Left half, right half or full screen |
| Remembers where each app goes | Yes. Each app keeps its place in every setup | No. Not available |
| Clipboard history for each kind of work | Yes. A separate text history for each setup | No. Not included |
| Hides the apps you don’t need | Yes. Apps outside the setup can hide when you switch | No. Not available |
| One click back to your old desk | Yes. “Not Flincth” restores the desk as it was | No. Dragging a window away restores that one window |
| Works without Accessibility access | Yes. Windows move through Apple Shortcuts | No. Requires Accessibility access |
Cinch is still sold on the Mac App Store; its latest version, 1.2.4, is dated 4 October 2019. Since macOS 15, dragging a window to a screen edge to tile it is built into macOS. US Mac App Store prices, checked on 30 September 2026.
Snapping to halves is now a macOS feature. What still takes time is putting every window back where it belongs each time your work changes.
Coding, writing, meetings: each setup knows its apps and where they go. No more dragging the same windows into the same places every morning.
Each setup keeps its own clipboard history, so client notes never turn up in your code and yesterday’s research stays with the research.
Flincth never asks for Accessibility access. It moves windows through the “Flincth Apply” shortcut you install once in Apple Shortcuts.
“Not Flincth” puts your desk back exactly as it was, one click away. Your setups and clipboard history never leave your Mac.
Only ever need a window on half the screen? On macOS 15 or later you can drag it to the edge without any extra app. Flincth is for when you want the whole desk back with one switch.
For halves alone, probably not: since macOS 15 you can tile a window by dragging it to a screen edge. Cinch’s latest version, 1.2.4, was released in October 2019.
If you snap the same windows to the same places every day, Flincth saves that arrangement as a setup and restores it with one switch, across every display, with its own clipboard history.
Flincth is sandboxed and never asks for Accessibility access. It moves windows through the “Flincth Apply” shortcut, which you install once in Apple Shortcuts. The app walks you through it.
No. It places ordinary windows on the current desktop and does not move them between Mission Control desktops or into or out of full screen.
No. Flincth applies your layout when you switch setups. It does not watch for drags or rearrange windows afterwards.
One switch for the windows. One clipboard for the work.
Requires macOS 14 or later · No subscription