infographic to illustrate how to Drag Documents to Apps in the macOS App Switcher | AustinMacWorks.com

You undoubtedly know about pressing Command-Tab to bring up the macOS App Switcher and mousing to the app you want to switch to. Keyboard jockeys probably even know to keep holding Command down while pressing Tab or right-arrow to cycle to the right (press Shift-Tab, the grave accent/tilde key, or left-arrow to cycle to the left), before releasing the Command key to switch. But did you know you can start dragging something—say a document listing your favorite tacos in Austin— from the Finder, using your right hand, press Command-Tab with your left hand, and then drop the document on an app in the App Switcher to open it? Go ahead, give it a try!

screen grab showing icons of several macOS apps to illustrating using the app switcher

(Featured image generated by Adam Engst with ChatGPT)