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> I thought the same until I saw my boss with a basic MacBook setup move around his OS, programs, and IDE faster than me. Could you tell us how he does it? Eve

> I thought the same until I saw my boss with a basic MacBook setup move around his OS, programs, and IDE faster than me. Could you tell us how he does it? Every time I have several windows of the same app between two displays, or one window being in the full-screen mode while the other not, I find that I can't move between them quickly or at all with keyboard shortcuts. Can't stop thinking that there must be something I haven't discovered, because the experience is miserable.

tuzemec 4y ago
Try alt-tab: https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/ https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/ It allows easy switching between _windows_.
minhazm 4y ago
This is one of the things I'm not a fan of in Mac OS. CMD + Tab cycles through applications, but not windows within the same application. You can cycle through windows of the same application with [CMD + `]. There are some third party app switchers as well that you could try.
- kealanau 4y ago
  Try command tiles; that's what I use between windows. Also Commands 1 - 10 can switch between tabs on a window
  - bluenose69 4y ago
    Wow, thanks for that. I never knew that command-digit worked that way. I might not be a typical user, though; my work is mainly done in terminals so the keybindings I use most are those for zsh, tmux, vim, etc.
- fauigerzigerk 4y ago
  Agreed. 12 years after switching to Mac, this inconsistency is the one and only thing that still hurts my productivity compared to Windows/Linux.
tehnub 4y ago
Control+Left/Right Arrow: switch between full screen apps / desktops Command+tab: switch between apps Command+`: switch between windows of the currently open app
- azangru 4y ago
  Here are my specific annoyances: > Command+tab: switch between apps Problem scenario: Open two windows of a single app and place them on two different screens. Now open another app and focus on it. You want to jump between this second app and the last window of the first app, which happens to be on the other screen. Oops, you can't (or at least I can't). Command+tab will focus you on the window that's on the same screen as the window of the other app; not on the window you were focused on last. > Command+`: switch between windows of the currently open app Problem scenario 1: Open three windows of a single app. Now, suppose you want to cycle just between two of them (focus on one window, do something, return to the other window, do something else, return to the first window, etc.). Oops, you can't. Command+` will cycle you through all three windows. Problem scenario 2: Open two windows of a single app, and expand one of them to full screen. Now you can't reach it with Command+`. Problem scenario 3: Open two windows of a single app, and minimize one of them. Now you can't return to it by simply pressing Command+`. It has become inaccessible from the keyboard.
  - tehnub 4y ago
    I agree with you about all of these. To get a little more specific: >Command+tab problem scenario You have to use control + arrow key here. I completely agree that this is an annoyance though, and have mostly stopped making my apps full screen because of it. >Problem scenario 1 Agreed. Ironically, I might consider full-screening or minimizing the window I don't want to loop over xD >Problem scenario 2 Agreed again. And again, there's control + arrow key. >Problem scenario 3 Command+` no longer works, but if you hover over the app you want while in the command+tab screen, and then press the down-arrow-key, you can select which window you want to open, and this includes minimized windows. I actually have never used this and just found out about it because your scenario made me curious.
  - coldtea 4y ago

tuzemec 4y ago

Try alt-tab: https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/ https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/ It allows easy switching between _windows_.

minhazm 4y ago

This is one of the things I'm not a fan of in Mac OS. CMD + Tab cycles through applications, but not windows within the same application. You can cycle through windows of the same application with [CMD + `]. There are some third party app switchers as well that you could try.

kealanau 4y ago
Try command tiles; that's what I use between windows. Also Commands 1 - 10 can switch between tabs on a window
- bluenose69 4y ago
  Wow, thanks for that. I never knew that command-digit worked that way. I might not be a typical user, though; my work is mainly done in terminals so the keybindings I use most are those for zsh, tmux, vim, etc.
fauigerzigerk 4y ago
Agreed. 12 years after switching to Mac, this inconsistency is the one and only thing that still hurts my productivity compared to Windows/Linux.

tehnub 4y ago

Control+Left/Right Arrow: switch between full screen apps / desktops Command+tab: switch between apps Command+`: switch between windows of the currently open app

azangru 4y ago
Here are my specific annoyances: > Command+tab: switch between apps Problem scenario: Open two windows of a single app and place them on two different screens. Now open another app and focus on it. You want to jump between this second app and the last window of the first app, which happens to be on the other screen. Oops, you can't (or at least I can't). Command+tab will focus you on the window that's on the same screen as the window of the other app; not on the window you were focused on last. > Command+`: switch between windows of the currently open app Problem scenario 1: Open three windows of a single app. Now, suppose you want to cycle just between two of them (focus on one window, do something, return to the other window, do something else, return to the first window, etc.). Oops, you can't. Command+` will cycle you through all three windows. Problem scenario 2: Open two windows of a single app, and expand one of them to full screen. Now you can't reach it with Command+`. Problem scenario 3: Open two windows of a single app, and minimize one of them. Now you can't return to it by simply pressing Command+`. It has become inaccessible from the keyboard.
- tehnub 4y ago
  I agree with you about all of these. To get a little more specific: >Command+tab problem scenario You have to use control + arrow key here. I completely agree that this is an annoyance though, and have mostly stopped making my apps full screen because of it. >Problem scenario 1 Agreed. Ironically, I might consider full-screening or minimizing the window I don't want to loop over xD >Problem scenario 2 Agreed again. And again, there's control + arrow key. >Problem scenario 3 Command+` no longer works, but if you hover over the app you want while in the command+tab screen, and then press the down-arrow-key, you can select which window you want to open, and this includes minimized windows. I actually have never used this and just found out about it because your scenario made me curious.
- coldtea 4y ago