How to Swipe Between Apps on a Mac
To swipe between full-screen apps on your Mac, place four fingers on your trackpad or two on your Magic Mouse. Swipe them left or right to move between full-screen apps. Apps will need to be in full-screen view for the gesture to work....
Part 1 of 2:
Enabling the Gesture
- Click the Apple menu.
- Click System Preferences. Click Show All at the top of the window if you don't see the main System Preferences options.
- Click the Trackpad or Mouse option. Choose Trackpad if you're using a MacBook or a Magic Trackpad. Click Mouse if you're using a Magic Mouse.
- Click the More Gestures tab.
- Check the Swipe between full-screen apps box. The number of fingers the gesture uses will be displayed below.
- Click the menu underneath. If you're using a trackpad, you can change the number of fingers the gesture uses.
- Click the number of fingers you want to use. You can switch between three fingers or four fingers for the gesture.[1]
Part 2 of 2:
Swiping Between Apps
- Place four fingers on your trackpad or two on your magic mouse. If you set your trackpad to use the three finger gesture instead, just use three fingers.
- Open some apps in full-screen view. This gesture only works if you have two or more apps open in full-screen view. You can switch apps to full-screen view from their View menus or by pressing Ctrl+⌘ Command+F.
- Swipe left and right to switch between your full screen apps. Swipe all of your fingers at once to switch between your open full-screen apps.
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