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Use apps in Split View on Mac

Many apps on your Mac support Split View mode, where you can work in two apps side by side at the same time.

Two apps side by side in Split View.
  1. On your Mac, move the pointer to the green button in the top-left corner of the window, then choose Tile Window to Left of Screen or Tile Window to Right of Screen from the menu that appears.

    The menu that appears when you move the pointer over the green button in the top-left corner of a window. Menu commands from top to bottom include: Enter Full Screen, Tile Window to Left of Screen, Tile Window to Right of Screen.
  2. On the other side of the screen, click the second app you want to work with.

  3. In Split View, do any of the following:

    • Make one side bigger: Move the pointer over the separator bar located in the middle, then drag it left or right. To return to the original sizes, double-click the separator bar.

    • Change sides: Use a window’s toolbar to drag the window to the other side. If you don’t see a toolbar, click the window, then move the pointer to the top of the screen.

    • Show or hide the menu bar: Move the pointer to or away from the top of the screen.

    • Show or hide the Dock: Move the pointer to or away from the Dock’s location.

  4. To stop using an app in Split View, click its window, show the menu bar, move the pointer to the green button in the top-left corner of the window, then choose Exit Full Screen from the menu that appears or click the button .

    The remaining app expands to full screen and can be accessed in the Spaces bar. To stop using the app full screen, move the pointer over its thumbnail in the Spaces bar, then click the Exit button that appears in the top-left corner of the thumbnail.

If you’re using an app full screen, you can quickly choose another app to work with in Split View. Press Control-Up Arrow (or swipe up with three or four fingers) to enter Mission Control, then drag a window from Mission Control onto the thumbnail of the full-screen app in the Spaces bar. You can also drag one app thumbnail onto another in the Spaces bar.

To use apps in Split View on other displays, make sure the “Displays have separate Spaces” checkbox is selected in Mission Control preferences.

See alsoSee open windows and spaces in Mission Control on MacWork in multiple spaces on MacManage windows on Mac
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