{"id":26941,"date":"2017-08-11T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/?p=26941"},"modified":"2017-08-11T09:27:20","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T13:27:20","slug":"the-fastest-ways-to-switch-between-virtual-screens-on-your-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/the-fastest-ways-to-switch-between-virtual-screens-on-your-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fastest Ways to Switch between Virtual Screens on Your Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you click the green zoom button in a window on your Mac, that puts the window into full-screen mode. It\u2019s a great way to maximize screen real estate on a smaller MacBook screen, for instance, but how can you switch between these virtual screens quickly? You could swipe up on the trackpad with four fingers and then click the icon representing the desired screen in Mission Control, but that\u2019s pokey. Instead, swipe left or right with four fingers to hop between screens. Don\u2019t have (or like using) a trackpad? You can keep your fingers on the keyboard by pressing Control-Left arrow or Control-Right arrow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5023 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/swipe-between-spaces.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"387\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 502px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 502\/387;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you click the green zoom button in a window on your Mac, that puts the window into full-screen mode. It\u2019s a great way to maximize screen real estate on a smaller MacBook screen, for instance, but how can you switch between these virtual screens quickly? You could swipe up on the trackpad with four [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[39,80,151,64,5,60,196,57],"tags":[288,221,219,220,289,280],"class_list":["post-26941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-finder","category-gesture","category-keyboard-shortcut","category-mac","category-productivity","category-restricted-content","category-tip","tag-apple","tag-apple-newnan-ga","tag-apple-sarasota-fl","tag-apple-savannah-ga","tag-full-screen-apps","tag-macos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YLEm-70x","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28145,"url":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/let-your-fingers-do-the-walking-13-essential-trackpad-tricks-for-mac-users\/","url_meta":{"origin":26941,"position":0},"title":"Let Your Fingers Do the Walking: 13 Essential Trackpad Tricks for Mac Users","author":"computeradv","date":"October 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A trackpad is not a mouse. 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These gestures aren\u2019t limited to laptop users, thanks to Apple\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Apple Pros&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Apple Pros","link":"http:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/category\/apple-pros\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Trackpad-Tricks-Desktop-1024x320.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Trackpad-Tricks-Desktop-1024x320.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Trackpad-Tricks-Desktop-1024x320.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Trackpad-Tricks-Desktop-1024x320.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":27558,"url":"http:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/swipe-back-and-forth-between-web-pages-for-easier-navigation\/","url_meta":{"origin":26941,"position":1},"title":"Swipe Back and Forth between Web Pages for Easier Navigation","author":"computeradv","date":"February 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"For navigation, every Web browser offers back and forward buttons, generally represented by arrows in the upper left of the toolbar. 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