Is there a faster way to switch between currently-open applications on the Mac than using cmd+Tab/cmd+Shift+Tab?
I tend to have a lot of different apps open at a time and I have to keep switching between three-to-four of these apps all the time. And having to repeatedly hit cmd+tab,tab,tab seems like a waste of keystrokes. It would be nice if there was a faster way to achieve this application-switching.
This does not have to be built-in Mac functionality. I'd like to know about any app that does this job better.
PS: I'm running Mavericks
PPS: I'm looking for a keyboard shortcut and not a mouse-related solution.
Thanks! 🙂
Best Answer
You can use KeyRemap4MacBook to for example turn the right option into an extra modifier key for opening applications:
See http://osxnotes.net/keyremap4macbook.html for more examples.
If you have bought the Powerpack for Alfred 2, you can use workflows like this:
Hotkeys have a short delay by default, but you can reduce it by changing the trigger behavior: