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Leslie Bell
256 PointsHow do I get my Finder window to open over/inside the browser? My finder opens in a new screen.
In the video, the instructors Finder opens in his browser, making it easy to drag and drop his image files. My Finder will only open on a new screen. Do I need to set up a shortcut to get this to work?
3 Answers
Dustin Matlock
33,856 PointsHi Leslie, it sounds like you might be in fullscreen mode. You can usually hit the Esc key to exit, and here also is a video to help with that. You may also be interested in How to Toggle Within and Between Apps in OS X.
Simon Klit
1,686 PointsHi Leslie,
The instructor's Finder window actually opens on top of his browser. You can do this by opening a Finder window, clicking and holding the title bar and then draging it over, on top of the browser window.
If you have one monitor, no Finder windows opened and the browser opened, then when you click the Finder icon, it should open a window on top of the browser all by itself.
If you have multiple monitors connected, you can drag the Finder window from one monitor to another monitor, by clicking and holding the title bar, and then dragging it to the edge (and beyond) of the monitor. This will make it move over to the other monitor.
To remember is, that this can be done with any application, in all major operating systems. An application is in the foreground and an application (or multiple) are in the background.
I hope you figure it out :)
Leslie Bell
256 PointsThank you both for answering my question so quickly. I was, indeed, in fullscreen mode. I am new to using a Mac so I had no idea there was a functional difference between max screen and full screen. That video made all the difference, as I had been googling around and hadn't seen anything to address this specific issue. Exiting fullscreen mode has actually eliminated a few additional minor, yet annoying, issues I have been having, so thanks again!