If you’re juggling multiple windows on a Mac, you’re probably familiar with minimizing and closing windows as needed, but if you go into full-screen mode, it’s not always clear how to get out of it. Full screen mode is useful if you want to remove all distractions and focus on just one thing, or if you’re working on a smaller screen but need to know how to get out of full screen on a Mac as well.
To find out, follow these steps.
Full screen output on any Mac
Step 1: First, let’s see how you go full screen. Open any app in MacOS and you’ll see three round buttons in the upper left corner. The farthest right, the green button with the tiny arrows pointing out, is the full screen option. You can select it unintentionally if you are trying to reduce the size of the Dock window, etc.
Hover over these buttons and you’ll see a menu appear listing your options, including a choice for Open full screen (as well as move the window to another Apple device, etc.). You can use this menu to select more specific options, which we will discuss below. For now, let’s assume you have it open full screen.
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Step 2: One problem with full screen mode is that those handy window buttons disappear. This makes your Mac’s screen cleaner, but it’s also not immediately obvious how you can minimize the window once you’re down.
To get the exit option, hold the cursor on the top left corner of the screen. Even if you can’t see the window control buttons, they should appear when the cursor is hovered there. Now you can choose Exit full screen or select green button once more.
Be careful not to move the cursor too far to the left of the screen, as this can sometimes lead to additional menus that will block the window buttons. In Safari, for example, the bookmarks menu will pop up and obscure your options. Move the cursor away from the corner to restore things if this happens.
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Step 3: If you’ll be using the full-screen options on your Mac a lot, you might want to master the keyboard shortcuts for it. When using any application, press Command + Control + F. This will move you to full screen view.
When you want to exit, use the same shortcut again, Command + Control + F, and you should exit full screen mode. It’s an easy shortcut to learn if you want to use it often!
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Step 4: Do you want a certain app to always open in full screen mode no matter what? You can enable this if you don’t mind it affecting all your apps. To go System settingsand select In general section. Now find the option that says Close windows when exiting the application. Make sure it is undone and disabled.
The text of the option is confusing, but essentially, your Mac will now remember your window settings and resume them when you reopen the app. If you turn off a full-screen app, it will return to full-screen when you use it again. This can save some time.
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Tiling windows instead of using full screen
Full-screen mode has a number of benefits, including making it easier to focus on a single app and eliminating the dreaded black notch on some of the newer MacBook models. But you’ll notice that the drop-down menu also contains options for “tiling” windows to the left or right of your screen.
Tiling enables a split view mode that splits your screen in two — we’ve got a full guide to using split view here. Select another window and it will automatically snap to the other side. It’s a bit like having two full-screen modes active at once. This is a useful option for multitasking, especially if you have another application, a folder in the Finder, or a web page that you need to constantly browse while working in the primary application. Once the split view is active, you can move the split line back and forth to make one window larger and the other smaller.
When both windows are selected, each should have its own window buttons so you can minimize them whenever you want.
You might also want to check out our guide to the best years of MacBooks if you’re considering an upgrade.
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