How to Use Split View in OS X El Capitan

Use Split View in OS X El Capitan

How best to juggle multiple windows is the rebuke of any multi-tasker's entity. Apple added spaces to OS X a few year ago which let you spread out across multiple virtual deskops windows.

Spaces help to keep your open windows stack up on top of one another, but the feature is not more useful when you are ping ponging between two apps. Enter split view with OS X EI capitan, screen will divided into two parts two apps will be show side by side.

Two Ways to Enable Split View

The first way is to click and hold on the full screen green button which is placed in the upper left corner of a window. The left half area of your screen will become shaded in blue.

You can use trackpad or mouse button to open the recently launched window on the left half of the screen, which will then become shaded in blue to open the app on the right half of the screen.

The other oen applications which are compatible with the split view will show up as thumbnails on the other half of the screen. Click on one of the thumbnails to open another app on the other half of split view.

You can also enable split view via mission control. If you have an app already running in full screen, you can then drag another split view compatible app to its thumbnail of desktop at the top of the mission control screen to open both apps in split view.

You have the option to move divider between the two apps to adjust the space.

To exit out of split view, click on the green button full screen menu on one of the apps. Only one app will show you on the screen of the computer in the full screen mode.
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