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CMD+TAB app switcher on all screens

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CMD+TAB app switcher on all screens

I work with multiple screens both at work and home. And when apps are spread across the screens, the dock remains only on one screen. For someone who heavily relies on Spotlight (CMD+Space), I don't really use the Dock as much, but the app switcher works only on the screen where the Dock is. A workaround I found here https://til.codeinthehole.com/posts/how-to-make-the-macos-app-switcher-appear-on-all-displays/ helps to alleviate this by making it appear on all screens.

If you have multiple displays connected to your Mac, you may have noticed that the app switcher (cmd+tab) only appears on the display where the Dock is located. This is mildly annoying if you happen to be looking at the other display.

But it’s possible to have the app switcher appear on all displays, so it’s always visible in the display you’re looking at:

defaults write com.apple.dock appswitcher-all-displays -bool true

You’ll need to restart the Dock for this change to be picked up:

killall Dock

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