Complete overview: How to Macu Quickly switch between applications and windows

When we work on Macu, so we usually work with multiple applications and windows. We can have several applications open at the same time, each working on something different, and we can also work on multiple projects in one application at the same time. For many users macOS, especially for those who have recently switched to it from a competitive Windowsu, switching between applications and windows can be a bit more complicated and confusing. So, in this article, let's summarize the ways you can Macwork with windows to achieve the greatest possible efficiency at work.

Switching between different applications

First, let's take a look at how you can easily switch between different application windows. There is a special keyboard shortcut for this option, along with a few gestures on the trackpadIt's up to you which way you choose to switch between applications.

Using a keyboard shortcut

To switch between multiple application windows using a keyboard shortcut, just press and hold the button Command. Then press the button Tab and pressing the button again Tab move to the app you want to open. Once you get to it using the Tab key, then release both keysThis option resembles the classic window switching from the operating system. WindowsSo if you switched from it to macOS, so I think you'll like this option the most at first.

Using gestures on trackpadu

You can also switch between apps using a few gestures on the trackpadu. To instantly change a window that is in full screen mode, just swipe three fingers from left to right or right to left. It depends on how you have the applications "laid out" - their order is also determined accordingly.

There is also a gesture that you can use to view overview of all running applications. Using it, you can then simply choose which window to move to. This function is called Mission Control and you can call it simply by trackpadu by sliding three fingers from bottom to top. You can also use the keys F3, using which Mission Control you will also call.

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Switching between windows of the same application

V macOS you can also (quite) easily switch between windows of the same application. In this case, you can use simple keyboard shortcuts, but on European keyboards, betrayal comes. The keyboard shortcut that you can use to switch between windows of the same application is Command + `. On an American keyboard, which has a different layout, this character is located in the lower left part of the keyboard, specifically to the left of the Y key. But on a European keyboard, this character is located in the right part of the keyboard, specifically next to Enter (see the image below).

Fortunately, you can easily use this keyboard shortcut alter, so you can only press it fingers of one hand and not with two hands. To change, click in the upper left corner of the screen icon Apple login and from the drop-down menu that appears, select an option System Preferences… Then a new window will open where you can move to the section Keyboard. Then press the option in the top menu Abbreviations. Now you need to move to the section on the left side of the window Keyboard. After that, just find the shortcut in the list of shortcuts on the right Select another window and double-clicking on previous shortcut to set a new one. Just be careful with the keyboard shortcut it has not been used anywhere else.

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Discussion of the article

[Veronika]

Thanks! It helped

[Matej]

U iOS After installing Monterey, the keyboard shortcut for switching between windows of one application stopped working. Changing to a different shortcut helped.

[ih]

doesn't work, or it only works somewhere...