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What keyboard combination do you use to switch between all windows of all apps in one single UI?

(Note: that keyboard combination should also make sense on ISO keyboards and be available without third-party apps)

By default that's Control+F4 (switches focus between all visible windows in all visible Spaces) and it "making sense on ISO keyboards" is irrelevant because (contrary to your claim in a different comment that macOS is not customisable) you can in fact change every keyboard shortcut that shows up in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts as well as remap your modifier keys in System Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys.

IMHO this poster have put it well: https://old.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/yvxz2l/kde_beats_macos...

> It's a different way of thinking about desktop hierarchy. Physical screens, virtual desktops / fullscreen apps, applications, and windows are separately navigable items on macOS. On KDE it's essentially just windows, regardless of where they belong logically or physically.

There are a few other options for doing that -- the two that come to mind: if both hands are on the keyboard, the standard Command-Tab combined with the down arrow key allow you to cycle through both apps and windows of a single app. Better though, a simple three-finger swipe up on the trackpad show all windows as thumbnails for easily getting to the window you want from any app. I use the latter constantly, saves time if you have a lot of open windows as you don't have to cycle among them all to get the one you need.

Also by default Control+F4 will cycle through visible windows of all apps.

macOS has a lot of keyboard shortcuts, and you can add even more from both apps and Applescripts

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