I recently changed from PC to Mac because everyone told me how easy it is and efficient. So far i have not found this to be the case. I'm trying to work out how to move between windows very quickly. Coming from PC, where there is always the tabs at the bottom of the screen, means Ive always been able to click on any active window and it appears instantly. Not with Mac though.
The nature of my work means that I'm constantly working on different word documents and many other applications and I need to change every few seconds. I'm looking for a very quick way to change to any window i want.
So on the Mac, for example if i have Firefox open and 6 Word documents open, I want to change from Firefox to Word Document #3, these are my options:
1) Reduce the size of the windows and arrange the windows so I can click on each. This doesn't work when I have too many windows active.
2) Expose: Having to search for the correct Document every time i want to change windows is quite a lot of work, considering I have to do it so frequently. Also opening new windows and closing windows changes the arrangement on the expose screen, making it harder to locate. Holding down the Word icon on the Doc (the doc holding the icons of apps at the bottom of screen) helps, showing only the word documents, but i'm still searching for the document and I usually have a lot open.
3) Alt Tab: Tabbing across to the Word Icon and it opens Document #1. I want document #3.
4) Spaces: Having lots of spaces means memorizing which window is in which space. I really don't want be memorizing. Setting up spaces takes time as well.
5) Fn control F4, and CMD tilda aren't very efficient, cycling through all the windows until the right one appears.
From what Ive seen, Lion's mission control is more of a fancy expose, but it doesn't solve the main issues Im having.
Changing to Mac has really slowed me down. Im spending time finding windows where I wasn't before on PC, or I'm spending time setting up spaces and putting effort into memorizing their location. Alt Tab is great for toggling between 2 windows, but i'm usually changing between many. Is there is a quick way to change windows and managing all this? or is there a 3rd party app which can help? Or do I sell my Mac and go back to PC ?
Thanks !
The nature of my work means that I'm constantly working on different word documents and many other applications and I need to change every few seconds. I'm looking for a very quick way to change to any window i want.
So on the Mac, for example if i have Firefox open and 6 Word documents open, I want to change from Firefox to Word Document #3, these are my options:
1) Reduce the size of the windows and arrange the windows so I can click on each. This doesn't work when I have too many windows active.
2) Expose: Having to search for the correct Document every time i want to change windows is quite a lot of work, considering I have to do it so frequently. Also opening new windows and closing windows changes the arrangement on the expose screen, making it harder to locate. Holding down the Word icon on the Doc (the doc holding the icons of apps at the bottom of screen) helps, showing only the word documents, but i'm still searching for the document and I usually have a lot open.
3) Alt Tab: Tabbing across to the Word Icon and it opens Document #1. I want document #3.
4) Spaces: Having lots of spaces means memorizing which window is in which space. I really don't want be memorizing. Setting up spaces takes time as well.
5) Fn control F4, and CMD tilda aren't very efficient, cycling through all the windows until the right one appears.
From what Ive seen, Lion's mission control is more of a fancy expose, but it doesn't solve the main issues Im having.
Changing to Mac has really slowed me down. Im spending time finding windows where I wasn't before on PC, or I'm spending time setting up spaces and putting effort into memorizing their location. Alt Tab is great for toggling between 2 windows, but i'm usually changing between many. Is there is a quick way to change windows and managing all this? or is there a 3rd party app which can help? Or do I sell my Mac and go back to PC ?
Thanks !
