You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

My macbook is stuck on split screen. When I am in Chrome- you do not see the top bar or the yellow/red/green buttons that should be used to exit split screen. Help

My macbook is stuck on split screen. When I am in Chrome- you do not see the top bar or the yellow/red/green buttons that should be used to exit split screen. Help!


MacBook, macOS 10.12

Posted on Jun 9, 2021 11:48 AM

Reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Posted on Jun 10, 2021 12:12 PM

Hi Reilly515,


It seems you're in Split View and need to exit. We're here to help you with using your Mac.


Try these steps:

Exit Split View

  1. "Move the pointer to the top of the screen to reveal the window buttons.
  2. Click the full-screen button  in either window. That window exits Split View.
  3. The other window switches to full-screen view. You can switch to the full-screen window with Mission Control, or use a Multi-Touch gesture such as swiping left or right with four fingers on your trackpad."

Use two Mac apps side by side in Split View


As stated above you can also cancel Split View with Mission Control.

Press the Mission Control key  on your Apple keyboard or Touch Bar.


Learn more here:

Use Mission Control on your Mac


Let us know if that helps.

2 replies
Sort By: 
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Jun 10, 2021 12:12 PM in response to Reilly515

Hi Reilly515,


It seems you're in Split View and need to exit. We're here to help you with using your Mac.


Try these steps:

Exit Split View

  1. "Move the pointer to the top of the screen to reveal the window buttons.
  2. Click the full-screen button  in either window. That window exits Split View.
  3. The other window switches to full-screen view. You can switch to the full-screen window with Mission Control, or use a Multi-Touch gesture such as swiping left or right with four fingers on your trackpad."

Use two Mac apps side by side in Split View


As stated above you can also cancel Split View with Mission Control.

Press the Mission Control key  on your Apple keyboard or Touch Bar.


Learn more here:

Use Mission Control on your Mac


Let us know if that helps.

Reply

Jun 11, 2021 5:19 AM in response to Jeff_W.

Unfortunately this is the only answer I have found in multiple places and it did not work. The red/yellow/green dots and the top bar were not seen! I was able to get through to apple support and they shared my screen and were able to resolve after trying several things. Thanks so much for the tip but in this case it wasn't possible

Reply

My macbook is stuck on split screen. When I am in Chrome- you do not see the top bar or the yellow/red/green buttons that should be used to exit split screen. Help

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.