There are a lot of hidden functions in the Mac App Switcher. You can quit and hide apps using it, switch to a specific window, and use it to drag and drop.
Comments: 8 Responses to “Mac App Switcher Tips and Hidden Functions”
Roy Whelden
5 months ago
Great hints for the use of app switcher. Thanks.
Chris Phillips
5 months ago
I always read your free tutorials, but the most recent one leaves me in total amazement ! I am always so surprised that your knowledge of Apple procedures is so encyclopedic and how you manage to remember so much about actually operating what to me is beyond anything that I shall ever achieve. However, your latest offering "Mac App Switcher Tips" takes the biscuit. I am in wonderment that you can remember which keys to press let alone the right order. I shall keep trying though !...... Thanks.
Sheldon
4 months ago
Thanks bunches
Chris
4 months ago
What do you think is Apple’s reasoning for minimized apps not displaying (i.e., not becoming un-minimized) when selected via the App Switcher? I believe pressing the Option button when releasing the App Switcher keys will display the minimized app…but that requires being a keyboard contortionist!
Chris: I don't know for sure. But it make sense to me. If you have 3 windows open in Pages, for instance, and 2 are minimized, it would be bad to have those 2 minimized windows suddenly un-minimize just because you switched to Pages.
Andrea Grasselli
4 months ago
Thank you Gary, very useful!
Raul
4 months ago
I was a Windows user since Windows 3.1 and now I bought a MacBook and this switcher tips save my problem of dragging a picture to an email. Great presentation!
Steve
4 months ago
I’ve used the Yoink app for years, but after watching your App Switcher video, I may turn Yoink off!
I prefer keyboard instead of trackpad or mouse, so I’ll be using the arrow keys with App Switcher from now on.
Keep up the good work, Gary!
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Great hints for the use of app switcher. Thanks.
I always read your free tutorials, but the most recent one leaves me in total amazement ! I am always so surprised that your knowledge of Apple procedures is so encyclopedic and how you manage to remember so much about actually operating what to me is beyond anything that I shall ever achieve. However, your latest offering "Mac App Switcher Tips" takes the biscuit. I am in wonderment that you can remember which keys to press let alone the right order. I shall keep trying though !...... Thanks.
Thanks bunches
What do you think is Apple’s reasoning for minimized apps not displaying (i.e., not becoming un-minimized) when selected via the App Switcher? I believe pressing the Option button when releasing the App Switcher keys will display the minimized app…but that requires being a keyboard contortionist!
Chris: I don't know for sure. But it make sense to me. If you have 3 windows open in Pages, for instance, and 2 are minimized, it would be bad to have those 2 minimized windows suddenly un-minimize just because you switched to Pages.
Thank you Gary, very useful!
I was a Windows user since Windows 3.1 and now I bought a MacBook and this switcher tips save my problem of dragging a picture to an email. Great presentation!
I’ve used the Yoink app for years, but after watching your App Switcher video, I may turn Yoink off!
I prefer keyboard instead of trackpad or mouse, so I’ll be using the arrow keys with App Switcher from now on.
Keep up the good work, Gary!