DO MORE WITH MISSION CONTROL

DIFFERENT WAY IN

If you want to move a window between spaces or displays, you don’t need to press Mission Control’s key while dragging it. Drag the window past the top of the menu bar to enter Mission Control one-handed, then drop it.

MOVE BETWEEN SPACES

At the desktop or in Mission Control, swipe left or right (four fingers on a trackpad, two using Magic Mouse).

If spaces are set to auto-rearrange, you can change that in Preferences.

SWITCH AND STAY PUT

Swiping between spaces to find a window can feel inefficient. However, when you click a space at the top of Mission Control, you’ll be dumped back to the desktop. Hold Alt while you click and you’ll stay in

Mission Control.

PEEK AT A WINDOW

This feature’s been around since the days of Exposé, a predecessor of Mission Control, but it’s easily missed if you’re new to the Mac. Put the pointer over a window and press the spacebar to take a closer look at the contents.

CHANGE YOUR MIND

Not the window you want? Either press the spacebar again or click outside of the chosen window to shrink it again. You’ll stay in Mission Control and can apply this to more windows until you find the one you want.

CHOOSE A SIDE

Before dropping a window into Split View, move it between the target space’s left and right halves. The + graphic will follow the pointer, meaning you can pick which side of the space the window will fill when you drop it.

MAKE SOME ROOM

Come to the Mac from iPad? You can reapportion space between two apps in Split View. Unlike on iPad, you aren’t restricted to multiples of a quarter of the screen’s width; macOS is more flexible so you can get it right.

WITH MULTIPLE DISPLAYS

It isn’t just windows you can drag between spaces and displays — you can drag whole spaces between displays too. Rather than swipe between apps, you can see several spaces side by side.

FEELING A BIT SEASICK?

If animations make you nauseous, go to Apple > System Prefs > Accessibility > Display and check ‘Reduce motion’. These and other transitions in macOS are typically replaced with a crossfade.