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cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

Mastering the Mac App Switcher: Essential Tips and Hidden Tricks

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Mastering the Mac App Switcher: Essential Tips and Hidden Tricks

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cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.world · 3 months ago
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Most long-time macOS users will be aware of the Application Switcher. It's invoked using the Command+Tab keyboard shortcut, and lists all of the...
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    3 months ago

    Essential tricks:

    1. Use AltTab
    2. Nothing else. The Mac app switcher is terrible
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      Can it display/switch to a specific window of an open application? That’s my biggest gripe with the default switcher.

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        Yes it can

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        The default switcher can do it… right click on the icon of the application.

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          Not for full screen windows I think

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          I just tested this now finally. Once again, this shortcut doesn’t work with full screen windows in any way. When having one window open in full screen and one in windowed mode, it just lets me switch to the windowed window.

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      Why do non-Mac users bother commenting here?

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        But alt tab works on a Mac it’s what I use at work

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          command-tab

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            the app is called AltTab…

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        The app is called AltTab. I’m literally a Mac user.

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