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I used to think I needed a third-party app for window switching in macOS, until I discovered Command + ` (back-tick) shortcut- which switches between windows of the sane app. Now I use it combination with Command + Tab and my workflow is so much easier. In fact, I wish Windows had this feature sometimes, but I do think Windows’ window switching is better and more intuitive.

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The difference is that Windows apps are far less likely to be a mess of floating windows than Mac apps are.

For me with six different Chrome profiles, multiple Outlook windows, IDEs and messengers this is useless, as I often have to work in profile 1, then go to app 2 and then to chrome profile 3 - with hyperswitch it's simple, alt-tab until I hit the window I need. With command-backtick (which in Germany isn't the backtick but the > symbol!) it's awkward for the fingers and I would have to do cmd-tab, cmd-backtick, cmd-tab, cmd-backtick... you get the idea.

I don't use Mac, but do use Windows. This sounds like Windows' Alt+Tab (switches windows/apps) vs Ctrl+Tab (switches between tabs of an app). Is it not the same?

* alt-tab on Windows is for finding a window within all apps. This is the one I cloned for macOS

* alt-` on macOS or ctrl-tab on Windows is to cycle between tabs/windows of the current app

* command-tab on macOS is to cycle between apps (the app will then elect which window to present the user)

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