Yesterday, I stumbled across this lovely, hidden feature in the new Mac operating system, so I thought I’d share in a short bonus post.
It’s called Stage Manager and you activate it in the same desktop menu where Do Not Disturb lives.
When you turn on Stage Manager, images of your most recent active apps appear in live windows on your desktop. This makes switching between apps seamless, and, as a bonus, these are actual live windows (e.g. if it’s a Zoom call that you’ve jumped away from, you’ll still see the live video call in the small window on the left).
There are, of course, additional ways to play around with the display—info is here—but for me, a relentless user of Command+⌘ to toggle between apps, the core functionality of a better way to switch between apps is what matters to me.
Enjoy.
Thanks Sasha. Just figured this out and I love it. I’m also using an extension monitor to trade stocks/options so I have different windows on each screen . . .
Thanks as always for your great ideas.