Hi, this is Gary with MacMost.com.
Let me show you how you can switch between Apps and Windows on your Mac.
So I'm using Mac OS 10.9.
We're going to look at switching between apps.
I have several apps running here; Safari, TextEdit, and Notes.
You can see that the windows are all on top of each other.
It is very easy to switch between apps.
You can actually just find the window.
Like for TextEdit you can click on it and switch to TextEdit.
If you have more than one document open, here is two documents in TextEdit, they can intermingle
with other windows in other apps.
So I can bring this TextEdit window to the front but the other one is still hidden behind
here.
I can bring this one.
So you can just click on the windows to bring each thing to the front.
Also, of course, you can hide apps.
So for instance in Safari here I can hide Safari.
Command H is the shortcut for hiding.
That will hide Safari and reveal what is behind it.
Now I can also go to different apps by simply clicking on them in the Dock.
So I'm going to unhide Safari by clicking on it but if I want to bring those TextEdit
windows to the front I click on TextEdit.
I can bring Notes up to the front like that.
I can even Control click on some apps, like TextEdit, and see the most recent items.
But also down here, these are the two windows that are currently open.
So I can bring this one only to the front and switch to having that document in TextEdit
be in front of everything else.
So you can do that to bring them to the front.
Also within an app you can use Command and the key that is just below the Escape key,
which has a tilde on it.
Do Command/tilde and it will switch between windows in the same app here.
So I've got two TextEdit windows and it is switching between each one of those but it
wont' switch to windows in other apps.
Now the big shortcut for switching between apps is to use Command and Tab and that brings
up the Switcher which you will see in the center of the screen here.
Now you see all the apps.
I have the Command key held down and I'm going to continue to hit Tab and I can move to each
app.
When I release the Command key that is the app that moves to the front.
So I can do that.
I can use Shift to move backwards through the list.
If the list gets long that sometimes is very useful.
As soon as I lift up the Command key it is up.
So it takes a little practice if you have never done that before but once you get the
hang of it, it is really quick to switch between apps.
Even bring the Finder to the front like that using Command and Tab.
Now another way to very visually switch between apps is to activate Mission Control.
I do that by clicking on Mission Control here.
Not only do I have space available at the top, something we won't look at in this video,
but you can see the different apps here.
It sort of separates them as much as it can.
It is a little complex if there is a lot of apps running.
But I can click on anyone to jump right to it.
So I can jump to Notes.
I can even click on a specific window here to bring that window to the front.
So you should check out System Preferences under Mission Control.
You get a lot of options here.
For instance using the Control and then the up arrow to go to Mission Control very quickly.
You can also switch to just applications windows.
So, for instance, if I'm running TextEdit, Control and down will bring up just the windows
in this app.
You have some other options here as well.
You can decide, for instance, to have the windows not grouped by application.
So now when I activate Mission Control you can see the TextEdit windows are on the left
and right, separate from each other.
Different than before.
You can also select your keyboard shortcut here for bringing up Mission Control or brining
up just the windows inside the application as well.
There is another keyboard shortcut for hiding everything and just bringing up the Desktop
which can be handy if you store files there and you want to quickly get to them.