How To Split Screen On Mac – Mashable India

Multitaskers, this is for you. If you work with multiple apps and windows at once, you might find it frustrating to constantly switch back and forth between those windows. Or maybe, depending on what youre working on, you need to look at two windows at the same time. If youre copying info from one document into a spreadsheet, for instance, it can help to see those two windows side-by-side.

If youre lucky enough to have the space for a dual monitor setup, thats one option. Otherwise, there may be a relatively straightforward way to fix this problem. Apple launched its macOS Catalina operating system with a split screen view function. That means you can fill your screen with two apps without having to resize and drag your windows. If youre using Catalina or a later version, you should be able to access this feature. Heres how.

From the top left of your window, find the red, yellow, and green buttons. Hover over the green button or click and hold it youll see a series of options for viewing your screen.

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Click on either Tile Window to Left of Screen or Tile Window to Right of Screen and your current window will display on the left or right of your screen, accordingly.

All of the other windows you have open on your Mac will display on the opposite side of your split screen. Click the window you want to display. Now you're in split screen mode.

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You can now easily toggle between both windows in split screen mode. If you want to open other apps while in split view, open Mission Control using the Mission Control key, F3 on keyboards or the button with the three rectangles on the Touch Bar once the function keys are displayed, or by:

Pressing Control and the up arrow

Swiping up with three or four fingers on your trackpad

Double tap with two fingers on your Magic Mouse

All the other windows you have open will appear. Simply click on them to toggle back and forth between those windows and your split-screen view.

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Want to switch sides? To move a window from one side to another in split view, drag that window to the other side by clicking anywhere on the gray menu bar of that window. (Keep in mind, in split view mode, the menu bars are hidden by default. But you can move your cursor to the top of the screen and the menu bars will reappear.)

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Need a little more viewing space on your spreadsheet? To resize the windows, click on the black border between the two screens. Drag your cursor to resize the windows to your liking.

Once youve had your fill of split screen mode, its easy enough to exit. From either window, hover over the top of the screen until the grey menu bar reappears. Click on the green circle button and you will automatically exit split-screen mode. Alternatively, hover and click on Exit Full Screen.

That window will return to its normal view while your second window will remain in full screen mode. Use Mission Control to navigate to that window. Again, hover on the top of the screen to make the gray bar reappear and click on the green button to exit full screen view.

For multitaskers, split screen view is a must-have, but its a useful feature for just about anyone no dual monitor setup necessary.

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