control tab for mac, to act like windows

Control Tab , To Act Like Windows Mac OS X

Switch between different applications: CommandTab (for example if you have Firefox, Thunderbird and other applications).

Switch between different windows of the same application: Command (for example if you have multiple windows of Firefox).

However if the application is minimized then it is not activated (which is bizarre) If you are holding the command key and hit Q then that particular application will quit, if you hit H then that application will hide (go behind all the applications).

Control Tab , To Act Like Windows Mac OS X

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With this app, I can manage many windows more effectively, bringing up only the window of an app I am interested in, rather than all the open windows for that app.

Im glad to find out that im not the only person to think this is absurd However if the application is minimized then it is not activated (which is bizarre) Trying out Witch now to see if that helps me out.

Coming from windows, where this is possible, then this seems a bit odd, that MAC does not allow this.

With that in mind, were going to review how to use the simplest Mission Control feature which of immediately seeing all open windows, documents, and apps on the Mac.

Each activation method is different but the end result is always the same; you will see all open windows on the Mac.

Clicking or hovering a mouse over any one opens them to show Mission Control in the present desktop but a miniature of the top app in each desktop which gives me an idea of which desktop I need to switch to by clicking on it.

Agree it would be more useful if Mission Control would show ALL open files in all desktops.

I couldnt see the ones behind the front window, so I had to click on the top slice of each hidden window to see it.

So I copied the ones in the screenshot, and now I can see all the windows.

Ive added a note about disabling that to get the tile thumbnail view in Mission Control.

I hold Command, tap Tab and I do see a graphical list of open apps.

But if the App I choose is not on the current Desktop (er, Space) then nothing changes, the Apps list just fades away.

OTOH, Im impressed Apple provides sufficient low-level access that such fundamental functions can be added at all by 3rd party apps.

Restricting open Windows to the current Desktop rather defeats the point of having multiple Desktops.

An inadvertent swipe on a track pad involves it, even if you turn off the gesture via system preferences.

Mission Control is such an under rated feature in OS, and is especially nice with maxed out RAM.

Is there way to show everything That would be more useful since I usually know what is on a given Desktop, but I loose track of what is on each Desktop.

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Control Tab For Mac, To Act Like Windows