How To Switch Between Chrome Windows On Mac

3 Keyboard Shortcuts I Wish I Learned Long Agone

Navigating your figurer quickly can exist a learned skill and a competitive advantage over others that wield a keyboard and mouse. Considering the tasks you perform on your machine are replicated dozens of times per hr, and y'all work many hours in the week, shaving just a few seconds off each process can equate to some serious time savings.

When I was writing "The Ultimate Guide To Medium: How I Made $ten,000 & Other Viral Strategies", I was constantly switching between Chrome, Evernote, and iBooks Author. I had two or three browser windows upwardly, and I'chiliad not ashamed to admit I may have had in excess of thirty different tabs open up. Writing the volume was no unproblematic task, merely it was certainly made easier in one case I discovered the post-obit shortcuts to navigate between all my windows, applications, and tabs. Without further adieu, let's get to the life hackery.

Switch Betwixt Chrome Windows (Mac)

Sometimes it's useful to take multiple windows open on the Chrome browser. Other times, you lot are only too lazy to go on that number at bay. Either way, you lot may notice yourself frequently switching between windows. Use this shortcut to toggle between all open up browser windows. Boom!

The unfamiliar button circled is called a "backtick".

Switching Between Tabs On Chrome (Mac)

Most of u.s. are guilty of having way besides many tabs open. When oscillating between two tabs, ditch the mouse altogether and opt for a keyboard shortcut. Either i) click "control" + "tab" to whorl through your tabs, or two) click "selection" + "command" to navigate with the left and right arrows.

This is how you lot move left. Use the right arrow to motion right.

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Application Switcher (Mac)

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Repeatedly switching betwixt applications can be a real hurting, particularly on the smaller screen of a laptop. Switching betwixt Safari and Pages? Or Evernote and Calendar? Or how about Notes and Messages? Rapidly toggle between the applications by hitting "tab" + "command" simultaneously and then immediately releasing. Yous'll switch to the last used app. Striking the buttons over again, and you lot will return to the app yous were just on.

To navigate within the app switcher menu, proceed belongings down the "command" key and then try the following on for size:

tab or right arrow — move selection to the right in the app list
` or left arrow— move option to the left
h — hide the selected application
q — quit the selected awarding
mouse scroll wheel — move the choice back and forth

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