Check this extension out at https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/2857/maximize-to-workspace-with-history/. For best ( MacOS like ) experience set up 3/4 finger gestures to tile windows and switch workspaces.
Reference:
Fork of https://github.com/rliang/gnome-shell-extension-maximize-to-workspace with added history support. Took some elements from https://github.com/satran/fullscreenworkspace-satran.in that adds some basic history tracking
To install run:
git clone https://github.com/raonetwo/MaximizeToWorkspace.git ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/maximize-to-workspace@raonetwo.github.com
gnome-extensions enable maximize-to-workspace@raonetwo.github.comThen press Alt + F2 and in the dialogue box press "r" (no quotes) and enter to refresh the gnome session and verify that the extension has been enabled