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  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "createdAt": "2025-12-08T09:14:00+00:00",
  "description": "At last, the most efficient way to get from one application to another.",
  "path": "/stream/app-switching",
  "publishedAt": "2025-12-08T09:14:00+00:00",
  "site": "at://did:plc:swxoj3wjlwodcqs5ipmvgnug/site.standard.publication/3mnv7gbn3czno",
  "tags": [
    "Raycast"
  ],
  "textContent": "Three levels of switching what the currently active desktop application is:Normal people: navigate over to the Dock or the taskbar or whatever and click the icon of the app that they want to switch toMaybe also normal people: Cmd+Tab through the list of currently open applications to the one they want to switch toPeople who have Alfred or Raycast installed: Cmd+Space → start typing the name of the app → EnterA fourth level of switching what the currently active desktop application is:People who have Raycast or some other arbitrary hotkey-assigning app installed: map individual apps to Cmd+[digit].Cmd+1 is my web browser, Cmd+2 is iTerm, Cmd+3 is VS Code, etc. It saves nearly no time at all but makes me feel like a real power user, especially when I'm sharing my screen to try and explain a bug, which inevitably I have introduced, to a coworker.",
  "title": "App switching",
  "updatedAt": "2025-12-08T12:23:23+00:00"
}