From what I can remember I was expecting drag and drop of files with multiple windows each snapped to the side of the screen to work intuitively but I accept that I was probably thinking of a Windows way of doing this instead of finding the best way to do things on MacOS.
I should probably retry MacOS with this in mind. Thinking of it I suppose I expected MacOS to be as intuitive as iOS, which is a bit unfair.
Your experience with Windows hiding settings reflects mine- I think it's partly because of the mix of modern and classic menus and the latter being harder to find. Using things like Microsoft PowerToys and custom registry settings makes the Windows experience better but you could argue that this should be standard as well.
> Thinking of it I suppose I expected MacOS to be as intuitive as iOS...
It is intuitive, but by the sounds of things you have several years, or decades of Windows muscle memory and experience. If you fight against the way the OS works by expecting to match your experience with a different one, you're in for a bad time.
Apple introduced window snapping in macOS 15. It works, but there are better apps that perform the task. I don't use any myself; I've been a Mac user for over 35 years and have never felt the need to have my document windows tiled.
The menu is a discoverability gift! Pro tip - type a command in the search box under the 'Help" menu in any native app, and it will show you where to find it and show the shortcut if one is assigned.
macOS user gestures extensively for navigation around the OS, so look in the 'Trackpad' settings, where it shows the gestures and allows a degree of customisation.
Edit: Regarding external monitors, Apple haven't sold a non-Retina display for quite a while now. Apple being Apple expect you to buy one of their monitors, or at least one that they've blessed, so 4K really is a minimum.
I should probably retry MacOS with this in mind. Thinking of it I suppose I expected MacOS to be as intuitive as iOS, which is a bit unfair.
Your experience with Windows hiding settings reflects mine- I think it's partly because of the mix of modern and classic menus and the latter being harder to find. Using things like Microsoft PowerToys and custom registry settings makes the Windows experience better but you could argue that this should be standard as well.