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How to bring a window into the current Stage from ⌘Tab

Published by BetterStage · Instructions for our macOS app; detailed feature reference is linked below.

Steps

  1. 1

    Hold ⌘ and press Tab, then select a window listed under another Stage.

  2. 2

    Press ⌘⌥B. The window comes into the Stage you are in instead of switching Stages.

More detail: /docs/command-tab-switcher

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