Aridi Support

Aridi is a macOS menu bar window manager. The app sits in your menu bar and snaps the focused window to halves, thirds, two-thirds, quarters, custom zones, or saved workspaces via keyboard shortcuts.

First-launch checklist

• Drag Aridi.app to your Applications folder.
• Launch Aridi. The icon appears in your menu bar — there is no Dock icon.
• When prompted, open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility, click the lock to authenticate, then enable Aridi.
• Return to Aridi. The hotkeys are now active.

Default hotkeys

• ⌃⌥1 / ⌃⌥2 / ⌃⌥3 — Snap focused window to left / center / right third
• ⌃⌥4 / ⌃⌥5 — Left / right two-thirds
• ⌃⌥← / ⌃⌥→ — Left / right half
• ⌃⌥↑ / ⌃⌥↓ — Top / bottom half
• ⌃⌥⏎ — Maximize
• ⌃⌥C — Center
• ⌃⌥⇧← / ⌃⌥⇧→ — Move focused window to previous / next display

Common questions

Why does Aridi need Accessibility permission?

The macOS Accessibility API is the only Apple-supported way for a third-party app to read and write another application's window position and size. Aridi requests this permission and uses it solely for window geometry. It does not read text, monitor keystrokes, or capture screen content.

Hotkeys aren't firing.

Open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility and confirm Aridi is enabled. If another window manager (Rectangle, Magnet, Moom) is running, it may be intercepting the same shortcuts — quit the other tool or rebind one of them.

The drag-to-snap preview doesn't appear.

Drag-to-snap can be toggled in Aridi's main window. Confirm Accessibility is granted; the feature requires it.

Where are my workspaces stored?

~/Library/Containers/biz.nibiashara.aridi/Data/Library/Application Support/Aridi/workspaces.json. The file is plain JSON. Removing the app removes this directory.

How do I uninstall?

Drag Aridi from Applications to the Trash. To remove your saved settings as well, also delete ~/Library/Containers/biz.nibiashara.aridi.

System requirements

• macOS 14 Sonoma or newer
• Apple Silicon or Intel