Without having to manually move and resize windows, Split View allows you to completely fill your Mac screen with two apps. Your Mac’s split-screen capability will automatically resize two windows so you may use two apps side by side. On a MacBook screen or desktop monitor, a split screen view is functional.
For more stories, go to Business Insider’s home page. We all have several windows open at once. In order to type something on a paper or fill up a spreadsheet, you need information from the internet. Alternatively, you need to view a PDF report while writing an email to your team about it.
Windows on a Mac may be easily resized by clicking and dragging the edge. However, you might still have several windows floating about. Your spreadsheet is gone once you open a Word document. Your email is then obscured by your browser window.
How to Activate the Mac’s Split-Screen Mode
Each Mac window has three buttons in the upper left corner: red, yellow, and green. Arrows show up when you mouse over the green button. This can be clicked to either fully or partially enlarge the window.
Additionally, the green button is your pass to split-screen mode:
1. Press the green button while holding it. Your window will enlarge a little bit. The split screen mode is now accessible.
2. When you stop clicking, your window will reposition itself to the left side of your screen or monitor.
3. The other windows you have open show up on the right side of your screen. To view it, click the one you want.
Choose the second window from the windows on RL after selecting the first window on L, as shown.
Once the left is configured, choose your second split-screen window from the right.
4. The second window will appear on your screen, to the right. Simply drag either window to the opposite side from the menu bar of either window if you want to change sides.
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Drag either window to the opposite side from the menu bar to change sides.
5. Click the border separating your two windows to enlarge or reduce one of them. To make one smaller and one larger, drag your cursor. The entire screen will still be taken up by your two windows.
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To resize your windows, drag the border between them.
6. In this mode, your menu bars, including the red, yellow, and green dots, vanish. Your menu bar will return above both windows when you move your pointer to the top of your screen.
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When you move your pointer to the top of the screen, a menu bar appears.
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To make the menu bar appear once more, move your cursor to the top of the screen.
The split screen view makes switching between two pages simple. You may switch back and forth between different apps and your split screen. Simply utilize Mission Control or a multi-touch swipe left or right on your trackpad.
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To Select a Different Window, Use Mission Control.
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To select a different window, use Mission Control.
When you’re ready to switch back, your dual-screen pair will be there for you.
How to Turn Off Mac’s Split-Screen Mode
Slide your pointer to the top of the screen until the green button returns to exit split-screen and return to your 296 windows. Click to make your window smaller. Your current window will resume having a split screen. The full-screen mode will be applied to the other window.
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Swipe to the second window on your trackpad, click the app to open it or use Mission Control to display all of your windows. Resize your window once more using the green button to leave full-screen mode.
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Activate Split View
If You Have Mac Os Catalina or A Later Version:
Place your cursor over the full-screen button in the window’s upper-left corner. Alternately, press and hold the button.
From the menu, select “Tile Window to Left of Screen” or “Tile Window to Right of Screen.” Then, the window takes up the entire side of the screen.
To use both windows simultaneously, click one on the opposite side of the screen.
Whether You’re Using El Capitan, High Sierra, Mojave, or High Sierra:
A window’s upper-left full-screen button should be clicked and held down.
The window shrinks as you continue to hold down the button, and you may drag it to the left or right side of the display.
To use both windows simultaneously, let go of the button, then click one of the windows on the other side of the screen.
If You Can’t Enter Split View
Select Apple menu > System Preferences, click Mission Control and confirm that “Displays have different Spaces” is checked if Split View isn’t working.
Split View Work
You can utilize both apps simultaneously in Split View without being distracted by other apps.
