how do i flip between open windows on desktop without mouse

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how do i flip between open windows on desktop without mouse

if i were to have multiple window open for example in my photo. how do i swtich and make active another window without using the mouse ? for example

if i wanted to switch from 'music' to the app store (week 3 part of pic) then back to the apple community how is this accomplished? without mouse.

i ask becuase in my business i flip mulpile times back and forth thru windows and if could do that quicker it would b clutch.

many thanks in advance guys.

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Posted on Feb 10, 2013 6:04 AM

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woods9898 Author

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Feb 10, 2013 6:07 AM in response to woods9898

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Barney-15E

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Feb 10, 2013 6:08 AM in response to woods9898

Cmd-tab switches between Applications.

Cmd-` switches between document windows inside an Application.

For both, the OS implements a "most recently used" ordering. So, the queue changes each time you switch. This allows you to switch back and forth between the most currently used windows.

On a US keyboard, ` is left of the 1. If you are using another language keyboard, you'll have to determine where that key is.

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Feb 10, 2013 6:13 AM in response to Barney-15E

Also, using Mission Control, you can arrange multiple "Desktops" where you can keep the windows specific to a task. See this Article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4689

The OS, by default, arranges the Desktops by frequency of use. If you always want them in the same order, you can set that in the Mission Control System Preferences.

You can use ctrl-arrow left/right to switch desktops. You can set function keys to enable the different Mission Control displays, and they are built in on the Function keys of Apple keyboards.

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