All you have to do is just use command tab, hold down the command key and the tab key, and then keep hitting the tab key until the app that you want to bring forward or switch to is highlighted. So that’s how you can easily switch between your open apps on the Mac. Use the Mission Control key on your keyboard (you may need to hold Fn. Use the keyboard shortcut Control + Up Arrow. Double tap with two fingers on the surface of your Magic Mouse. Swipe up with three or four fingers on your trackpad. All I need to do is just let go and Safaris in the front. You have a few convenient ways to access Mission Control, so you can use whichever is most comfortable for you. We can see that Safari is highlighted here. So I hold down the command key and I go to tab until Safari is highlighted. This time, what I’m going to do is bring safari.

All I have to do is just press the tab key until the news. So let’s say I wanted to move over and over, and the News app. And then when I let go of the command key, it’s going to open up whatever app is highlighted. Now, as I press the tab key, this highlight is going to move over to the right. The app that is currently on or forward or in the front is going to be highlighted with a darker square here. And if we look, we have all of my open apps across the middle of my display. So I’m going to hold down the command key and the tab key. When I hold down the command and tab key what’s going to happen is as the Mac is going to show me all of my open apps in a window, in the middle of the display. I would click on this icon here on the Dock and it brings it forward, but there’s an easier way to do this. So let’s say I wanted to open up my Messages app. What I can do is click on any one of these icons. We have multiple apps open now to switch between these different open apps. This is probably how most of us use the Mac. And then if we keep going over to the right, I have the Calendar app, Reminders, and Notes app, and then I also have the News. If we go down to the Dock, you’re going to see that I have Safari and Mail open.

So I have a number of apps open on my Dock here or on my Mac here. This is my favorite way of switching between open apps using keyboard shortcuts. When you have multiple apps open on the Mac, instead of clicking on the icon in the Dock to switch between those apps, you can also use keyboard shortcuts. Video TranscriptIn this video, we’re going to look at how we can switch between our open apps using keyboard commands on the Mac.

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