The Application Switcher
You can also cycle forward through active applications by pressing
-Tab from within any application. This opens the
Application Switcher, shown in Figure 1-20, which lists the applications currently
running on your Mac.

Figure 1-20. The Application Switcher
Tip
In earlier versions of Mac OS X,
-Tab (and
Shift-
-Tab) cycled through active application icons in
the Dock, highlighting them as you hit the Tab key.
To select an application in the Application Switcher, hold down the
Command key and press the Tab key until the application you want to
use is highlighted; then release the Command key to bring that
application forward. If you hold down Shift-
and press
Tab, you will cycle backward through the active applications.
You can also use the mouse in combination with the Application
Switcher. For instance, you can use
-Tab to bring the Application Switcher into view, and then ...
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