Click: How to Swipe Between Apps on a Mac

This updated guide examines Click: How to Swipe Between Apps on a Mac and organizes the essential facts, background, and practical takeaways in clear American English.

Part 1of 2:

Enabling the Gesture

1. Click the Apple menu.
2. ClickSystem Preferences. Click Show All at the top of the window if you don't see the main System Preferences options.
3. Click theTrackpadorMouseoption. Choose Trackpad if you're using a MacBook or a Magic Trackpad. Click Mouse if you're using a Magic Mouse.
4. Click theMore Gesturestab.
5. Check theSwipe between full-screen appsbox. The number of fingers the gesture uses will be displayed below.
6. Click the menu underneath. If you're using a trackpad, you can change the number of fingers the gesture uses.
7. Click the number of fingers you want to use. You can switch between three fingers or four fingers for the gesture.^[1]

Part 2of 2:

Swiping Between Apps

1. 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.
2. 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 pressingCtrl+?Command+F.
3. 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.