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Let's say you have Firefox and Chrome open, each with two windows. alt+tab on Windows cycles between all 4. cmd+tab on Mac cycles between each apps most recentl

Let's say you have Firefox and Chrome open, each with two windows. alt+tab on Windows cycles between all 4. cmd+tab on Mac cycles between each apps most recently focused window. Hold cmd and press tab on a Mac, notice that it doesn't even show windows, it shows app icons.

40four 4y ago
Ahhh… okay I get it now. I’m a little slow sometimes :) That’s a good example. So “Cmd - tab” brings all the windows of a particular app to the forefront, but shows the most recent, while the others are ‘buried’. Then requiring the “Cmd - `” to dig out the older ones. Yeah it’s subtle, but I see the difference now, thanks for setting me straight!
- oneeyedpigeon 4y ago
  > but shows the most recent Apart from when, due to a bug in recent macOS, it brings up a different window. Which is incredibly frustrating.
klodolph 4y ago
Note that you also can cycle between any window with command-tab. Press command-tab, and while holding command, press up or down arrow. This will drill into the windows for that application and let you select a specific window, without first bringing that application to the front.
- 40four 4y ago
  Oh, nice tip! I didn’t know that one.