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I wish to switch between windows the way I used to do it on MicroSoft Windows.

On Windows 10 for instance, the OS doesn't care what app my screen is currently focused on. If I have two Firefox windows, and two Webstorm windows opened. I'll be able to switch like this Firefox 1 - Webstorm 1 - Firefox 2 - Webstorm 2, with Alt + Tab.

On MacOS, I am forced to use two different shortcuts: Cmd + Tab for switching between apps. And `Cmd + `` for switching between opened windows of that app.

Do you have any solution ?

A Mehmeto
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I finally came across an app that do just that as expected: https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app

A Mehmeto
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Windows considers every Window to be a separate application instance. macOS doesn't, merely different views into the same instance. That essential paradigm difference is why you need two commands.

There is a workaround, but it's very arbitrary… You can use Ctrl ⌃ F4 to cycle between all windows - but it really is all windows, no matter what or where they are.

See Ask Different - Shortcut for toggling between different windows of same app? for some other usage tips.

So long as you're not using Fullscreen, then I'd investigate using Spaces instead - see https://superuser.com/a/1187552/347380 and https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/179403/85275

Tetsujin
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On MacOS Ventura 13.6 and later this should work:

To switch windows of the same app (for example 2 or 3 Firefox windows, or multiple Terminal windows): press command-backtick with the backtick being the key to the left of the 1 key. This is really nice because alt-tab switches apps completely, while command-backtick just switches windows within the same app. If you press it when an app only has one window, nothing happens (which is good). Press shift-command-backtick to go in reverse order.

Side note: In a web browser, to change tabs, press ctrl-tab to go to the right tab and shift-ctrl-tab to go to the left tab. You can cycle through tabs very quickly this way.

jftuga
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