switching between windows on a mac

@margincall

I found the perfect video for you


Really great tips here

00:00 - Maximize Apps the Right Way
00:55 - Cut & Paste (Control X)
01:54 - Finder Path Bar
02:23 - Save Screenshots to Clipboard
03:29 - Reveal the Desktop
04:06 - Snap your Windows
05:06 - Taskbar App Preview
05:52 - App & Window Switching
06:48 - Clipboard History
 
I can't replicate the problem where it supposedly doesn't maximise all the way to the Dock.

My Dock is hidden and any window maximises to the full length of the screen.

What it doesn't do is consume the full width, but this is MacOS by design only maximising in width up to the underlying contents.

Safari will only maximise to the width of the underlying website, Mail will consume the whole screen etc. Chrome will also consume the whole screen and make all that unnecessary white space.
 
SauRoNZA said:
I can't replicate the problem where it supposedly doesn't maximise all the way to the Dock.

My Dock is hidden and any window maximises to the full length of the screen.

What it doesn't do is consume the full width, but this is MacOS by design only maximising in width up to the underlying contents.

Safari will only maximise to the width of the underlying website, Mail will consume the whole screen etc. Chrome will also consume the whole screen and make all that unnecessary white space.
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I now noticed that this only happens with MS Word and sometimes Finder but none of my other apps so far.
 
AfricanTech said:
@margincall

I found the perfect video for you


Really great tips here

00:00 - Maximize Apps the Right Way
00:55 - Cut & Paste (Control X)
01:54 - Finder Path Bar
02:23 - Save Screenshots to Clipboard
03:29 - Reveal the Desktop
04:06 - Snap your Windows
05:06 - Taskbar App Preview
05:52 - App & Window Switching
06:48 - Clipboard History
Click to expand...

This video was useful.
Is there a video on how to use the touchpad effectively?
The videos I've seen on YouTube are garbage.
 
If you have a Magic Mouse - two finger swipe switches windows and two finger double tap opens the window switcher.
 
margincall said:
This video was useful.
Is there a video on how to use the touchpad effectively?
The videos I've seen on YouTube are garbage.
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I recommend the following settings for the Trackpad - as an aside, the two 'pictures' that you see are dynamic - as you hover over each available option, the screen on the left shows you how/where your finger/s should be positioned and doing, while the effect of what you're doing is shown in the 'video' on the right.

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These are the settings that I use and also the ones I setup for my niece.

Edit: one of the advantages of the Trackpad for me is that neither of my hands ever has to move away from the keyboard.


As an aside, I also recommend the Shottr app for screenshots - it's just brilliant
 
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margincall said:
This video was useful.
Is there a video on how to use the touchpad effectively?
The videos I've seen on YouTube are garbage.
Click to expand...

Just go to the settings for the Trackpad.

There are detailed videos right there on how the different functions work.
 
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