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Switch between windows on Mac OS X?

Fresh7 days ago

Mar 15, 2026108517 views

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On Windows when I do alt+tab I can switch between windows. If I have 5 firefox windows open then using alt+tab will switch between them. On my MacBook, cmd+tab switches between applications, not windows, so it will switch between firefox and xcode, but not between two different firefox windows. I am sure there is some way to use keyboard shortcuts to switch between active windows. What am I missing?

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Cmd-` toggles through the windows forward. Cmd-Shift-` toggles through the windows in reverse. Cmd - alt - arrowkey switches between tabs

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Switch between windows on Mac OS X?

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