Timeline for Is there a keyboard shortcut to move a window from one monitor to another?
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| Apr 18 at 19:25 | comment | added | bob | This worked for me in one direction only, but not the "Move to Built-in Retina Display" direction | |
| Jan 18 at 10:04 | comment | added | nZeus | Doesn't work for me either | |
| Apr 7, 2023 at 21:36 | comment | added | Andrew | I've found it to be pretty picky about the shortcuts it will accept. Rectangle is still far less hassle, unfortunately. | |
| Apr 1, 2023 at 11:02 | comment | added | Andrea Leganza | Note: I tested it In the Italian version of MacOS and you have to use the proper translation of the move command instead of using the English one Move, so it's seems to be language dependent depending on which software you re using; Eg: Xcode is English only and it displays "Move to Buil in retina display" while pages which is Italian displays "Sposta su Monitor Retina integrato" in italian). | |
| Mar 21, 2023 at 5:36 | comment | added | Bineesh | For me it took 1-2 minutes to start working after I add shortcut | |
| Feb 2, 2023 at 16:34 | comment | added | Ben Racicot | Can't get this work with Gigabyte monitors. Is there any way to simply set a command to cycle an app through ALL displays? | |
| Apr 26, 2022 at 1:50 | comment | added | David Ferenczy Rogožan | Unfortunately, it doesn't work on windows that are zoomed (in the fullscreen mode). | |
| Apr 20, 2022 at 13:56 | comment | added | Aaron Belchamber | I'm not a Mac fan but this worked great, thank you!! | |
| Mar 30, 2022 at 9:28 | comment | added | WakaChewbacca | Definitely the correct answer. And 3rd party apps (like Magnet) can only move non-maximized windows as well; those apps are just wrappers of functionality like what is provided natively in System Preferences. You just have to poke around. | |
| Feb 24, 2022 at 8:35 | comment | added | Lorgen GR Magpantay | Thank you! and YES! I'm also playing with my windows now ;'DD It's working for my maximized windows (11.6 Big Sur). Does NOT work for FULL SCREEN windows. (Maximize is different from full screen on mac). You can maximize windows without going Full Screen: double-click toolbar (top bar) of any window. I used Opt+Ctrl+UP, Opt+Ctrl+DOWN (my screens are arranged vertically). | |
| Nov 4, 2021 at 17:21 | comment | added | Daniel | This works well for non-maximimized windows (if it's not working for you, try closing the Keyboard preferences for the hotkey to take effect). It doesn't work for maximized windows as the "Window > Move to..." options are disabled. [11.6 Big Sur] | |
| Jun 29, 2021 at 0:34 | comment | added | Real Dreams | does not work if the Window is maximised. | |
| Feb 9, 2021 at 21:57 | comment | added | Code42 | It doesn't work for me. I'm using Mojave | |
| S Nov 29, 2020 at 0:37 | history | suggested | Honey | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
adding link for understanding how this is done
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| Nov 28, 2020 at 22:37 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Nov 28, 2020 at 19:10 | comment | added | Honey | How did you know this would work? What design pattern from Apple made you figure this out? | |
| Oct 3, 2020 at 20:48 | comment | added | P.O.W. | This solution works perfectly. I configured two shortcut same as MS Windows: CMD + Swift + Left/Right arrow. | |
| Jul 20, 2020 at 15:14 | comment | added | Pierre | Unfortunately this only works for apps that have a "Window → Move" menu option. Not as convenient as the MS Windows "Windows Key + Shift + Right arrow". | |
| Jul 20, 2020 at 14:58 | comment | added | Pierre | Brilliant! Click on "Window" in the menu of any app, move the app to each display, look for "Move to Built-in Retina Display" (as above), or "Move to C27F390", for example. | |
| Jul 7, 2020 at 8:21 | comment | added | certainlyakey | I agree with @SkeletonBow - BTT allows you to cycle between any number of monitors with any names with no need to update the respective commands. The only minor disadvantage of the BTT technique is that it doesn't move the window in an animated fashion. | |
| Jun 27, 2020 at 18:06 | comment | added | yzorg | "Move to Built-in Retina Display" for easy copy-paste | |
| Jun 27, 2020 at 17:45 | comment | added | yzorg |
system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType For external monitors this command will list displays (after the GPU it is attached to).
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| Jun 3, 2020 at 19:45 | comment | added | Oion Akif | @AtomRiot I respectfully disagree. While it's a nice option, it doesn't work well for multiple monitors (moving a window to the "right" monitor is useful in BTT). Additionally, this moves the window to a strange location on the monitor. BTT can both center the window on the other monitor, or make it fullscreen on the other monitor, both of which are useful options to have. | |
| Mar 31, 2020 at 21:12 | comment | added | yair | Yay! I'm just playing around now with my windows back and forth :D Joy! Thanks! Definitely the correct answer. | |
| Mar 25, 2020 at 7:59 | comment | added | Krishna Gupta | works like a charm, this should be the correct answer. volni | |
| Mar 18, 2020 at 15:41 | comment | added | AtomRiot | This should be the new correct answer. Also it should be noted, if you have multiple monitors of the same brand and model, it will toggle between them so you only need one shortcut for both/all screens | |
| Feb 20, 2020 at 2:05 | review | Late answers | |||
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| Feb 20, 2020 at 1:45 | review | First posts | |||
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| Feb 20, 2020 at 1:45 | history | answered | Wellington Felix | CC BY-SA 4.0 |