Top 5 multitasking tips

Essential tricks for helping you get more done

USE SPLIT-SCREEN

To dedicate equal screen space to two apps, open them on your Mac desktop, then hover your cursor over the green circle in the top-left corner of one app and choose the ‘Tile Window To Left Of Screen’ option. Click on the other and it will neatly fill the other half.

USE SECOND SCREEN

With macos Catalina and IOS 13 installed on your Mac and ipad, go to System Preferences on your Mac and click on ‘Sidecar’. Then select your ipad and you will be able to employ it as a second screen for your Mac or a handy graphics tablet.

USE MISSION CONTROL

If your desktop tends to be very cluttered when working, go to System Preferences> mission Control, set up a Keyboard short cut for Mission Control and then press it. Now click on the ‘+’ icon in the top-right to create a new desktop and drag apps there.

USE PICTURE IN PICTURE

To watch videos in a separate window while working on your Mac, navigate to the Safari page showing the video, ctrl-click on the speaker icon in the Search/url bar and then select ‘Enter Picture In Picture’ to open the video in a standalone window.

USE STACKS

If you are using macos Mojave or higher on your Mac, you can instantly clean up a cluttered desktop by ctrl+clicking on the desktop and choosing the ‘Use Stacks’ option. All of your files will then be neatly organised by categories. Click on a stack to open it.