Tiles
Tiles is a macOS window manager that helps you arrange app windows quickly with drag-to-snap actions and keyboard shortcuts.
What is Tiles?
Tiles is a window management app for macOS that helps users organize open app windows into simple tiled layouts. It is designed for people who want faster multitasking on a Mac, especially when working with several windows at once on a laptop or external display. You can snap windows by dragging them to screen edges, and you can also use keyboard shortcuts for common layouts. The app adds convenient controls for arranging windows without requiring a complex setup. Tiles is published by Sempliva and is aimed at everyday productivity workflows such as writing, browsing, coding, research, and general desk work.
Key features
- Snap windows by dragging them to screen edges
- Arrange windows into common split-screen positions
- Use keyboard shortcuts to place windows quickly
- Customize keyboard shortcuts for window actions
- Access window management controls from the menu bar
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Tiles is a legitimate window management utility for macOS. To move and resize other app windows, it may need normal Mac accessibility permission, which is expected for this type of tool. It can also be set to launch at login if you want window controls available all the time. If you remove it, the app will stop managing window layouts and any saved preferences for the app may be lost.
Recommendation: Keep Tiles if you use window snapping or keyboard-based window layouts on your Mac. If you do not use those features, you can remove it without affecting macOS itself, though its shortcuts, preferences, and launch-at-login behavior will stop working.
Common paths
/Applications/Tiles.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.sempliva.Tiles
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/com.sempliva.Tiles
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.sempliva.Tiles.plist
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