13 Tips for Using Full Screen Mode on Your Mac

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macmost.com/e-2918 Many people just switch to Full Screen mode when in an app without realizing how it works or what options are available. Learn how to better understand and control Full Screen windows on your Mac.
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00:00 Intro
00:26 1. Full Screen Is Another Desktop Space
01:36 2. Use Mission Control To Switch Spaces
02:15 3. Keyboard Shortcut To Go Between Spaces
02:58 4. Switch Spaces With Trackpad Gestures
03:27 5. Automatically Rearrange Spaces
04:12 6. Full Screen Is For Windows Not Apps
05:21 7. Zoom or Maximize Are Also Options
06:45 8. Menu Bar and Dock Visibility
07:18 9. Drag and Drop Still Works
07:51 10. Sometimes There Can Be Another Window
08:21 11. Mail Has a Special Exception
09:01 12. Switch Spaces When Switching Apps
09:51 13. Relaunch Apps In Full Screen Mode
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@paulcamalin5236 Жыл бұрын

No one ever explained working with Mac folders so well specially to someone coming from Windows and all confused! 🙏

@nidostar2013 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Gary. Another excellent video packed with information which I’m sure I’ll need to watch over at least twice more to ensure I’ve understood and remembered everything.

@PatricioBenavente Жыл бұрын

You can also set-up a corner to activate mission control

@loisskiathitis8926 Жыл бұрын

A very useful and informative video tutorial today! Thank you, Gary! 👏🏻❤️

@weinbergfahrer4048 Жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thank you Gary for all the time and efforts you invest in these videos, to help a Mac newbie get up to speed. I hope Apple awards you a medal some day! :)

@carolinebarlow4795 Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, Gary, for this incredibly helpful video. Must rewatch and review some of my settings!

@Eric-rf6te 3 ай бұрын

Switched to Mac after using Windows all my life. THIS specific functionality with Full Screen mode was driving me crazy. I never understood its logic. Until now. Thanks.

@PLANETWATERMELON Жыл бұрын

Another amazingly useful video. Thanks!

@CraftsmanontheLake Жыл бұрын

thank you for another great tip video. You can also just drag items you've grabbed or highlighted to one side or the other of the screen and it will slide into that other screen so you can drop it someplace without using the keyboard. I use that a lot and find it very easy and handy .

@gavadesandip81 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Gary . because of you I have transitioned from window environment to Mac environment easily . great work .

@georgelewisray Жыл бұрын

Wonderful Helpful Informative . . . . . yet again !

@qwincyq6412 Жыл бұрын

Great information again, as usual. All these years I always assumed that only one window could be set to full screen at a time.

@jun_suzuki42 Жыл бұрын

Learned new thing about my Mac today! Thanks!!

@newsnetworkz Жыл бұрын

This is a great help ❤

@haydnhorne2505 Жыл бұрын

Much Gratitude : Thank you Gary The little things count so much and must know them all .Always understanding settings can help a lot . I usually have most on and hope it helps me navigate easily however using the Keyboard is more preficient than just the mouse So I am re educating myself to ease my P.C surfing as I have a chronic illness and my hands do get painful using the mouse only . Easing physical ability to enjoy www thanks Mate !!! This is a bloody ripper !!!

@anouararaamouch6603 Ай бұрын

very informative, thank you

@Nostradamus252 8 ай бұрын

This video has changed my life! Thank you

@donlibes Жыл бұрын

Wow, great video! I didn't know about double-clicking a corner but while trying it out, I noticed a related effect double-clicking on a window's side, top, or bottom.

@michaelhill6453 Жыл бұрын

Well...I just learned a whole bunch of invaluable stuff. Thanks so much.

@Anarcath Жыл бұрын

Super useful.

@nmx1978 Жыл бұрын

Only your videos deal with our everyday pain points that no one bothered to fix, 🙏 thank you

@louishurr393 Жыл бұрын

You Sir, are a genius!

@meeluanistyn1644 Жыл бұрын

Your videos are great. I invariably see something that I thought I knew, but have forgotten and wish I’d remembered earlier in the day. I need a bigger brain 🧠

@GalonMarakTa Жыл бұрын

I just switched to Mac and have been dying a little every time I have to switch from a fullscreen app back to the desktop. I started this video only needing to know the hotkey to go back since I don't have a trackpad, but stayed for the whole thing because ALL of it was so useful. Thanks so much! My life will forever be improved for your help. :D

@MQuadrucci Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Gary

@desertpatient Жыл бұрын

Thanks bunches

@amazingvideoschannel711 11 ай бұрын

You're an AMAZING AMAZING Teacher. I am a true believer in praising learned professionals like yourself, and would like to like to thank you for sharing your deep knowledge with everyone. Being an ex-employee of Microsoft for nearly 3 decades, and an ABSOLUTE Windows Lover, I recently decided to move to MAC for good. While, I don't quite find a lot of basic differences between Windows and MAC, but if you really go into specifics, MACOS is REALLY REALLY different, and far much better and superior in technology.

@struttinladysoulakacultivator 2 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@mgaming7 Жыл бұрын

great video

@Muhammed.Yaseen Жыл бұрын

that option double click.. god.. that was the ONE thing I NEEDED. (And I think you made a slight mistake in the video there, if you plan to correct.. you said option double click for both extending a corner and zoom.) Thanks!

@goliath9081 Жыл бұрын

Good stuff

@giorgos23asdf 3 ай бұрын

Bro now wvwrything makes sense, i wish i had seen you video like a year and half ago! Thnak you

@normesmonde5332 Жыл бұрын

My theory in life is to learn something new everyday that’s why I watch your channel

@HowieIsaacks Жыл бұрын

I embraced full-screen mode when it first appeared in OS X Lion. I used it more on my MacBook Pro than I did on my desktop Mac. Mainly this was because the MacBook Pro has a trackpad which allows easy use of gestures to switch between spaces. Later, when I got a Magic Trackpad for my desktop Mac, I started using full-screen mode on that Mac too. The mouse just doesn't do it for me. While I'm working, I don't keep everything in full-screen mode since I do need to have multiple apps in view. I keep Apple Mail, and Calendar in full-screen mode most of the time.

@Spasmomen Жыл бұрын

I recently switched from Windows to MacOS and I never expected ever having to watch a video about window management...

@bootsybero Жыл бұрын

Always amazing me!❤🤩

@iustinsemian 9 ай бұрын

Automatically hide and show the menu bar was moved to Control Center ( macOS Sonoma 14.0 ) - 06:45 8. Menu Bar and Dock Visibility

@video-carl 6 ай бұрын

Great video. I've always thought Apple's implementation of full screen mode was flawed. You've helped explained some the workarounds Apple added. Drag and drop while using control and cursor keys is a new one for me... those keys are on opposite sides of the keyboard so that's quite the manoeuvre! If you know any trick to open the Calculator over a full screen window, I'd love to know it too.

@macmost 6 ай бұрын

You can't put the Calculator app over a Full Screen window, but you can use the Spotlight menu (Command+Space) to do calculations in that way. You can also use my free ClipTools app to do a calculation and paste into your text while in Full Screen mode.

@video-carl 6 ай бұрын

@@macmost awesome macOS workarounds - thanks! I'll certainly checkout ClipTools

@JerryN7970 Жыл бұрын

Every time I’ve tried to set stuff in full screen mode, my wife complains because she doesn’t know how to navigate it. So I have for years tried to find a way to maximize a window without going into full screen mode. So when you showed the trick of option-double-clicking a corner, I was like “finally!!! I knew there had to be a way!” Thank you so much for showing that!

@macmost Жыл бұрын

Are you both sharing a user account? Set up separate user accounts on your Mac so you can have separate settings, documents and (most importantly) be signed into your own Apple ID. Then use Fast User Switching to share the Mac easily.

@RoopamRana 14 күн бұрын

when watching a for example youtube video and then we go into fullscreen of the youtube (not the safari or chrome app itself), the fullscreen goes to a new space 1. is there a way that screen doesnt pops out to different space and 2. due to screen shifting to different space, i can not switch between any other app and youtube video itself by using shortcut command+tab (as i can switch from video to other app, but when switching back, i get landed on to blank safari window on desktop which says click to exit full screen ) Thank you for your time

@macmost 14 күн бұрын

1. You can't have full screen without full screen. Not sure what you want instead. Try KZfaq's "Theater Mode" maybe? 2. Use Mission Control shortcuts instead, like Control+left/right or the trackpad gestures.

@shivangisaklani5550 9 ай бұрын

Great content Mac.. !! this really helped.. but the option to zoom an app in desktop, does not work for the system settings window. Any ideas on that.?

@macmost 9 ай бұрын

You can't zoom an app window to a larger size than what the app allows. For instance, the Calculator app has limits too. The System Settings app has a width limit. There's simply nothing beyond a certain width so it won't go any larger.

@shivangisaklani5550 9 ай бұрын

@@macmost ok noted . thanks a lot for responding so fast...

@mohrashgary Жыл бұрын

Thanks Gary, Mac is so complicated i have been using MacAir M2 for 3 months now, still can’t figure out how to mini, maxi, hide and quite apps.

@macmost Жыл бұрын

It is just a matter of getting used to it if you have been using Windows for a long time. I have lots of videos on this, like this one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9Whic-Jt5OnnHk.html

@mohrashgary Жыл бұрын

Cheers Gary!

@user-sx8fx1dt1f 8 ай бұрын

Thanks. Great video, but WHY is there a "Zoom" vs. "Full Screen"? As a recovering MS Windows user, I loved alt-tab to go through all open windows across all open apps. Full screen seems like a nuisance, but I keep thinking that it has a great purpose and I just don't see that purpose. ???

@KrzysztofBurak Жыл бұрын

Hi, i noticed one thing, when you open mission control desktops/spaces have preview immediately, on my system it showing up only names and to see previews of desktops/spaces i have to move cursor yo the top. Please help me - how to see previews immediately? Thx and love your content!

@macmost Жыл бұрын

If you start from a Full Screen app it shows the full thumbnails. If you start from a Desktop Space, then it shows only names until you go up there.

@MrDunk66 Жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for sharing. Can you show how to stop Books app in IOS 16 from offloading? How annoying to have no Internet connection (eg on plane) and try to read a book or PDF and find it is not available because it has been offloaded even though the IPad has lots of free space. I never could understand this crazy behaviour. Thanks 👍👍👍

@macmost Жыл бұрын

If you download the book just before losing access, it should be there for quite a while.

@goopiem Жыл бұрын

At 7.42 dragging and dropping between full screen windows is effected by using the Control button with the arrow keys. My left hand wont span the iMac keyboard to click control and the arrow keys while my right hand holds the mouse button down. So do I need a bigger hand or a non Apple keyboard?

@macmost Жыл бұрын

You can use one hand on the mouse (or trackpad) and a finger from that hand on the Control or arrow keys. You don't have to dedicate your whole hand to just the mouse. With the Apple trackpad, you can do it all on the trackpad, with one finger (probably your thumb) doing the click and hold and two other fingers doing a swipe to move to another space.

@toddlichtenwalter2041 Жыл бұрын

Gary, is there a way to change the grab point for expanding a finder window column from the bottom to the top of the column divider? On large monitors its a lot of real estate to cover several time a day in order to read longer files names in the list. I recall some time ago you showed us how you can option click that grab point to then choose expand options, is there a hot keye to access that menu- better yet would be hot keys for each of the menu options. I just can't get my head around how for so many years now a better solution has not been provided.

@macmost Жыл бұрын

Maybe you have scrollbars set to Always in System Settings? Otherwise, you can grab anywhere in the line.

@toddlichtenwalter2041 Жыл бұрын

@@macmost Oh dear Lord, for years I have been not knowing I could change that. Thank you!...any idea if an applescript could be made to call up the options menu and then assign a hot key to it. So with just a mouse click, the column could expand according the option menu choices? If not, someone could make a nice mint selling that app

@macmost Жыл бұрын

@@toddlichtenwalter2041 No, there's no way to do that.

@toddlichtenwalter2041 Жыл бұрын

@@macmost Yes, I just realized, you were talking about the scroll bars-- I was referring to the place at the bottom of the column dividers...its just soooo tedious. Does everyone have to go down to the bottom time and again and drag--- why has such a thing persisted for decades::: ugggghhhh...its like selling luggage all those year without wheels and then it was like, duh!

@macmost Жыл бұрын

@@toddlichtenwalter2041 Right. That "thing" at the bottom is only there if you have scroll bars set to "always." Try it and see.

@Abdullah-zl9ub Жыл бұрын

Gary do you use full screen usually? I’m having an issue where when I have a full screen app on my monitor display and I click on a link to open in Safari, the Safari app moves to the macbook screen instead of the monitor. On monitor it keeps the app as it is. I like to see everything on main monitor. This stops me from using full screen mode. Any solutions?

@macmost Жыл бұрын

Maybe try changing the settings in System Settings, Desktop & Dock, Mission Control to get it to work like you want.

@josefhab8095 Жыл бұрын

Hi, Gary. this is good again. Well I have an issue to open Preview I follow your instruction pdf. - open in Preview but is shows the box but it doesn't open Preview app with this doc. What am I doing wrong? Thanks

@macmost Жыл бұрын

I'm not following you. What do you mean by "it shows the box?"

@josefhab8095 Жыл бұрын

@@macmost it shows the bar that it transfers the doc to Preview. It opens preview but not the doc. I tried it on iMac with Sierra and it works. Not on my latest MacBook with newest OS. Thanks.

@macmost Жыл бұрын

@@josefhab8095 Sorry, I just don't understand what you mean. "it shows the bar that it transfers the doc to Preview" doesn't make any sense to me.

@josefhab8095 Жыл бұрын

@@macmost preview doesn’t open the doc. Ok, leave it. I will find where the issue lies

@ainaamanina Жыл бұрын

Since I updated my MacOs to Ventura, My third party app (LokLok @ & HiTV) video rotates vertically whenever i choose to view it in full screen. So, i can’t really watch the video/movie. Do you have any idea to resolve this issue? TYIA ❤️

@macmost Жыл бұрын

Contact the app developer. They would be the ones that need to know and to provide a fix.

@federicobacher 20 күн бұрын

witch password manager or vaul you suggest?

@macmost 20 күн бұрын

Any reason you don't want to use the built-in macOS password manager?

@petr8068 3 ай бұрын

Hello Gary, my eyesight is already worse, is it possible to set it so that EVERYTHING and ALWAYS opens automatically to the full screen only? Thank you.

@macmost 3 ай бұрын

If you are in Full Screen and you need to quit an app (why quit though?) then it should restart where it left off. If not, check System Settings, Desktop & Dock, and make sure "Close windows when quitting an application" is off.

@petr8068 3 ай бұрын

@@macmost Thank you for your willingness.

@timrorabaugh9874 Жыл бұрын

Use 3 finger drag on trackpad is quicker.

@zxedacus00 Жыл бұрын

Hi, is there a way to disable fullscreen mode in MacOS? It's really annoying to have different apps and windows appearing in different desktop spaces everytime. Thank you.

@macmost Жыл бұрын

Just don't use it if you don't want it.

@zxedacus00 Жыл бұрын

@@macmost Maybe I should rephrase it. Everytime I maximize my videos in my browser, it goes into a separate desktop space. Is there anyway to keep everything in just one desktop space?

@macmost Жыл бұрын

@@zxedacus00 Just enlarge the size of the window if you want the window to be big, but you want it to remain a window. See kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9Whic-Jt5OnnHk.html

@zxedacus00 Жыл бұрын

@@macmost I'm referring to website videos like KZfaq. How do you enlarge the windows/Videos without maximizing the video using the default youtube maximize button?

@macmost Жыл бұрын

@@zxedacus00You only have the options the site offers. In the case of KZfaq though, you can try Theater mode instead.

@davidenglund Жыл бұрын

I have two displays. When I click the Full Screen on my Brave browser window, it expands to fill my 2nd display (where its located), but the first display goes all black/blank. I don't want that. I want my first display to remain as is. I don't want full screen to affect all displays. What can I do?

@macmost Жыл бұрын

System Settings, Desktop & Dock, Displays Have Separate Spaces.

@davidenglund Жыл бұрын

@@macmost Thanks! 😁

@cry_nd Жыл бұрын

I have a problem in keynote when i want to export my presentation he say the file could not be exported if u have a solution can u help me 🙏

@macmost Жыл бұрын

Does the error message say anything else? Is your drive full? Does it still happen after rebooting? If so, then call Apple Support to get to the bottom of it.

@cry_nd Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your interest. I fixed it. I did not want to close the application because it was refusing to save the presentation, but I closed it, and it returned to work normally, even though I wrote the presentation again.

@lloydjames3806 8 ай бұрын

How do you show/hide TABs in safari?

@macmost 8 ай бұрын

Not sure what you mean. If you have tabs, they are shown. If you don't have tabs (same as having exactly ONE tab) then they aren't. But there are settings in Safari, Settings, Tabs that changes how it looks and works. You also have View, Show Tab Overview if that is what you mean. And the sidebar with Tab Groups. Not sure what you are looking for.

@lloydjames3806 8 ай бұрын

I'm sorry. I thought you could show/hide tabs in full screen mode. That would be a great addition:)@@macmost

@lloydjames3806 8 ай бұрын

I forgot to say I love what you do. Don't stop. @@macmost

@rashenkoshi93 Жыл бұрын

Does anyone know how to open another application when you in Full screen mode,? its so annoying the fact that its switching to a new space

@macmost Жыл бұрын

Not sure from that description what you are trying to do.

@annieyesiam2758 6 ай бұрын

my question is can you make an app always open in full screen mode tho? its annoying having to click the green button every time i open a new tab in chrome ://///

@macmost 6 ай бұрын

A new tab should open as a tab in the same Chrome window, so you shouldn't need to do that.

@annieyesiam2758 6 ай бұрын

@@macmost i guess i meant a window then? idk but like a new chrome space if you know what i mean

@macmost 6 ай бұрын

@@annieyesiam2758 If you create a new window, then yes your Mac doesn't know that you want it to be full screen. Maybe create another tab instead?

@annieyesiam2758 6 ай бұрын

@@macmost yeah thats what im doing and the tab always opens in a small view :(

@macmost 6 ай бұрын

@@annieyesiam2758 Something's going on then. A tab by definition is part of the existing window, not a new window.

@satishpatil7637 8 ай бұрын

some feature are better on widows than mac

@lidapittenger6716 6 ай бұрын

very confuse more confuse that I was before

@ClaudioEnriqueRossi Жыл бұрын

The doubt arises, and this also happens in Windows and Linux... Why use several desktops if you can simply open all the windows in a single desktop and with alt-tab you go between windows? If each desktop had its own properties and respected icon layout, wallpaper, etc, each desktop with its own unique settings, then it would be really useful.

@macmost Жыл бұрын

It is just about how you like to work. You can have one desktop space with multiple windows on it, and another full screen space with just that one and easily switch between them and more without needing to shuffle windows around.

@victorwillhuber 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video. I see now, the bug I have is not a bug, is a feature. Reinventing the wheel... OSX is useless... We don't need spaces! THATS WHY WE HAVE THE WINDOWS FOR! Maximizing the windows an pressing alt+tab is enough. And this features are just annoying when you have multiple displays. I go in fullscreen mode on youtube videos with two screens and suddenly I have a second space without all the other windows I have opened, I have a black display and a full screen youtube video. I don't need two spaces, I already have two screens for that, give me back my windows!

@macmost 3 ай бұрын

There is a setting for this: System Settings, Desktop & Dock, Displays Have Separate Spaces.

@victorwillhuber 3 ай бұрын

@@macmost Thanks! I saw it. It wasn't what I was looking for that's why I didn't tried it out. But that might work at least to watch youtube videos in full screen

@lwh7301 6 ай бұрын

I thought Macs were supposed to be easy and intuitive. Life is too short for this nonsense.

@petripuurunen2491 Жыл бұрын

"Fullscreen mode" with MacbookPro is a pure joke. Maybe Apple will copy it properly from Windows.

@PineappleOnPizza69 Жыл бұрын

Care to explain bro?

@petripuurunen2491 Жыл бұрын

@@PineappleOnPizza69 Yes! Top portion of the screen is left unused on most of apps which are able to set on fullscreen. Try for example Firefox on full screen.

@macmost Жыл бұрын

Not sure what you mean? Do you mean the very top, where the menu bar would be? So not using those pixels (they are used by the menu bar in fact) makes it a "pure joke?"

@petripuurunen2491 Жыл бұрын

@@macmost Yes, exaclty. Im not sure if its because the notch or not. I think it was better before Ventura?

@macmost Жыл бұрын

@@petripuurunen2491 Yes, it is the notch. Window doesn't have that (I haven't seen any hardware with it anyway). So what is your solution in that case? If they extended the window to the top then you'd be missing the part of the window under the notch.

@eugenn2848 10 ай бұрын

4:11 For some reason, on macOS 12 Monterey, after disabling that switch, the split-fullscreen spaces (where 2 windows share a single full-screen space (Window → Tile Window to Left/Right of Screen)) keep appearing at the beginning of the row of spaces (next to the main desktop) at the top of Mission Control. However, the single full-screen apps activated with just 'Enter Full Screen' start appearing at the very end of that row. This inconsistent and strange arrangement makes navigation through the spaces (⌃→, ⌃←) a bit confusing. Has this bug been fixed in Sonoma? Do all full-screen windows (both single and split) keep appearing on the left of the row on the new macOS? Anyway, thanks for the video.