MacOS – Disable animation for “Swipe between full-screen apps”

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Mavericks (Mac OS X 10.9.5) and Yosemite (10.10) offer a mouse and trackpad gesture, Swipe between full-screen apps. Works well as full-screen apps are treated like a Mission Control desktop.

  • Magic Trackpad – Three finger swipe to the right or left.
  • Magic Mouse – Two finger swipe to the right or left.

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screen shot of System Preferences > Mouse > More Gestures > "Swipe between full-screen apps" checkbox

The problem is the animation of the full-screen app sliding to the left or right as the other app/desktop/space slides alongside it. All this sliding makes me dizzy or nauseous. Especially bad during presentations to an audience, when I switch between Keynote app and other apps.

➥ Any way to disable or alter this left/right sliding animation?

➥ Is there some other way to switch between full-screen apps?

Between, Not Into, Full-Screen Apps

This question is not a duplicate of questions such as this one that ask about disabling the animation into full-screen mode. My question is about the animation switching ("swiping") between full-screen app(s).

Best Answer

Sys Pref > Reduce motion

You can replace the horizontal sliding screen effect with a gentle fade-in, where one screen translucently covers and replaces the other. Works on macOS Sierra 10.12.6.

A faster/slower swipe of your fingers make a faster/slower fade-in. You can even stop mid-swipe to show the other screen translucently covering the present screen.

Choose System Preferences > Accessibility > Display > Reduce motion.

screen shot of System Preferences, Accessibility, Reduce motion checkbox

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