If you press cmd(or whatever the alt key is) + tab you get a popup to choose between open apps.
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Cmd + Tab
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adamb100 said:
I think everyone did but you
. LOL, there are a lot of key commands in OS X that are not apparent. For example, type half of a word in iChat and then press esc. It's great, yet not apparent.
If you think command-tab is good, wait until you try the F-9 key, or the F-11 key, or the jaw-dropping F-12 key in 10.4
This has been around since Mac OS 8, and prior to that to anyone who what M$ Office 4.0+ installed.
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VanNess said:If you think command-tab is good, wait until you try the F-9 key, or the F-11 key, or the jaw-dropping F-12 key in 10.4
What about F10 - shows all open windows in a single application.
If you press either F9 or F10 with a number of multiple windows in multiple apps open and then press Tab, you can cycle through the windows.
Yes, everyone (except 2 people I guess ) knows about CMD + Tab. One combo I didn't know until today, when I found out by accident, was Option + [one of the three sound control keys]. That brings up the sound control panel. That's actually useful to me, since I have a Revolution 5.1 sound card, which isn't compatible with everything, so I have to switch back and forth between 5.1 sound and built-in sound sometimes.
--Eric
) knows about CMD + Tab. One combo I didn't know until today, when I found out by accident, was Option + [one of the three sound control keys]. That brings up the sound control panel. That's actually useful to me, since I have a Revolution 5.1 sound card, which isn't compatible with everything, so I have to switch back and forth between 5.1 sound and built-in sound sometimes.--Eric
Eric5h5 said:Yes, everyone (except 2 people I guess
--Eric
That is useful... I've been using Butler to do this from the keyboard, but your way is even better. I wonder if there is a similar shortcut to open the energy saver preferences.
oh, just found... option + [one of the display brightness buttons] brings up, you guessed it, display preferences
Command+Shift+Tab scrolls the other way too. (just like Shift+Tab jumps the opposite way thru form boxes - like in iTunes Info)
Chundles said:
Usually I never seem to have many open windows from from a single application hanging around (maybe I need to spend more money on really complicated apps
), which is why I didn't mention F-10. Figured I go with the ones that usually have the most fireworks.
that is really cool. I was wondering mac had such a thing because I used to use that alot on my dell.
I've been using this shortcut for a while now but today it started to act up. Whenever I try to select a different program with the shortcut, it would just scroll through the programs in reverse order. It used to be pressing Cmd+Tab then Tab however many times to get to the desired program. Any ideas?
chaos86 said:
I show off by pressing shift while minimizing something into the dock using genie or scale effect. www.macosxhints.com a brilliant website if your bored.
adamb100 said:
Only too well
You can disable the $^$#!!# feature with PullTab from Unsanity.com. Or, even better, by going Dockless.
Command-Tab is owned by FileMaker to move from record to record, or layout to layout, and no freaking Windows-refugee newcomer system-wide keystroke is gonna take it away!
Use cmd+tab to cycle through programs, and then when on the one you want to quit, hit q.
That's how I quit programs 3/4 of the time.
That's how I quit programs 3/4 of the time.
