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I have a really wide screen (52') and all these window managment apps fails for me at the point that I only can divide the screen in thirds or halfs. Thirds for three apps is too small, halfes to large. I need custom areas like 3/7, 3/7, 1/7. The only app which i found which this offers is 1piece
Fifty two feet?! Damn!
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No, Cmd+Tab switches to the next application. This is what people get surprised and annoyed by. I've been using Mac for 15 years now and I find it super awkward to switch between windows within an app. On my machine it's Cmd ` or something strange like that. This is also doubly bound sometimes, such that I can only cycle forwards OR backwards. Complete mess.
It's absolutely terrible. Want to get one of your terminals and one of your vs code windows next to each other to check something visually? Can't do it. CMD-tab brings ALL of your terminal windows to the front, or ALL of your vs code windows :/ I still can't understand who ever thought this was a good idea...
1. command-tab to desired app, keep command held down
2. hit down-arrow to enter an app's windows, you can let go of command now
3. arrow keys + return, or mouse-click, to pick window; some apps may do weird things here - preview starts with no highlights and has a list of recent documents at the bottom, for instance
This is kind of poorly documented and not very discoverable, I couldn't find it in Help>MacOS Help or Help>Tips for Your Mac, I ended up learning it from the online version of the manual.
Alternatively, and what I mostly do:
1. hit the Mission Control key (three little rectangles, usually f3), or 3-fingered swipe up on the trackpad
2. click on the desired window, keyboard is ignored here
(command-Mission Control shows the desktop, control-Mission Control shows only the current app's windows)
Even more alternatively:
1. right/command-click on an app's Dock icon
2. there may be a text list of open windows and/or recent documents, there will always be a Show All Windows entry at the bottom, keyboard nav works here
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You cannot seriosly think that dropping a whole snippet as a comment is a smart move
I know I was not going for it. After I pasted I realized I should have put it in a Gist and linked here. I had already edited the code twice and still had issues. I could no longer edit it. I am also not seeing a delete option too.
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There is AltTab[0] (free and open-source) also, to get a windows-ish windows management on macOS. [0] https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos
I’ve switched to macOS from Windows 8 years ago and I still find window management completely unusable without AltTab. The thing is, on a French keyboard layout you can’t even use cmd+backtick to switch between windows if the same application, it doesn’t work. Separating cmd+tab and cmd+backtick is moronic, but it’s not even possible if you’re not using a qwerty keyboard. AltTab and Maccy are the 2 apps I can’t live…
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchl40d5b86b/...
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I’ve switched to macOS from Windows 8 years ago and I still find window management completely unusable without AltTab. The thing is, on a French keyboard layout you can’t even use cmd+backtick to switch between windows if the same application, it doesn’t work. Separating cmd+tab and cmd+backtick is moronic, but it’s not even possible if you’re not using a qwerty keyboard. AltTab and Maccy are the 2 apps I can’t live…
Native clipboard history was introduced in iOS 26’s new Spotlight. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchl40d5b86b/...
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> CMD-tab brings ALL of your terminal windows to the front, or ALL of your vs code windows Cmd+Tab to the app, then press ↓ to choose a window from the app. Arrange using the basic OS window manager or your favorite 3rd-party window manager.
Why are you saying it like it doesn’t suck?
Most of the time, people have 2-3 work windows that they just want to swap between quickly, regardless of what "app" they happen belong to. The Windows alt-tab behavior captures that beautifully.
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There is AltTab[0] (free and open-source) also, to get a windows-ish windows management on macOS. [0] https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos
I’ve switched to macOS from Windows 8 years ago and I still find window management completely unusable without AltTab. The thing is, on a French keyboard layout you can’t even use cmd+backtick to switch between windows if the same application, it doesn’t work. Separating cmd+tab and cmd+backtick is moronic, but it’s not even possible if you’re not using a qwerty keyboard. AltTab and Maccy are the 2 apps I can’t live…
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I’ve switched to macOS from Windows 8 years ago and I still find window management completely unusable without AltTab. The thing is, on a French keyboard layout you can’t even use cmd+backtick to switch between windows if the same application, it doesn’t work. Separating cmd+tab and cmd+backtick is moronic, but it’s not even possible if you’re not using a qwerty keyboard. AltTab and Maccy are the 2 apps I can’t live…
First thing I do when I install macOS is to set application switching to cmd+tab and to cycle windows inside an application using cmd+§ (that's possible without third-party apps). On a Nordic keyboard § is above tab (perhaps it's same for US keyboards). I use KDE Plasma at home and have it set up the same way.
On a US keyboard, the key directly above tab is the grave/tilde key: `~
I didn't know you could swap those shortcuts without a third-party app though, I'll have to try that.
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Native clipboard history was introduced in iOS 26’s new Spotlight. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchl40d5b86b/...
macOS 26, of course.