I revived Later – the workspace switcher that broke on macOS 13+
If you ever used Later by Alyssa X, you know the pain: the original binary hasn't worked since Ventura and the repo has been unmaintained for years.
I forked it, fixed it, and ended up going a bit further than planned.
**What was broken:**
- Crashed on first launch due to deprecated screenshot API (CGDisplayCreateImage)
- Force-unwrap crashes throughout
- Broken autostart (used deprecated SMLoginItemSetEnabled)
- Missing privacy strings blocking macOS permissions
- 23 bugs and 6 security findings in total – all documented in ISSUES.md
**What's new in v2.7.5:**
- Full macOS 13–26 (Tahoe) compatibility
- 6 independent session slots with a 2×3 grid – switch between "coding", "meeting", "off" workspaces instantly
- Sessions are now reusable presets – restoring no longer clears the slot
- Right-click quickbar on the menu bar icon – one click to save or restore any slot
- Per-slot reopen timer with weekday recurrence (e.g. "restore Mon–Fri at 09:00")
- Scheduled save per slot
- Configurable global shortcuts for all 6 slots
- Liquid Glass support on macOS 26 Tahoe
- Full security audit, SwiftPM version pins, no more force-unwraps
I built this for myself because I switch contexts a lot and nothing else does exactly this. Tested on M3 Pro, running stable.
Looking for people to bang on it – especially anyone on Sequoia or the Tahoe.
Repo + DMG: https://github.com/LazaroZero1176/later
Credit for the original concept goes entirely to Alyssa X.