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Show macOS app switcher across all monitors

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	defaults write com.apple.Dock appswitcher-all-displays -bool true
	killall Dock

chanana commented Dec 13, 2021 •

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I have this same problem i.e.

defaults write com.apple.Dock appswitcher-all-displays -bool true
killall Dock

followed by

defaults read com.apple.Dock appswitcher-all-displays

outputs 1

Edit: I have an M1 Macbook Air 2020 and am on macOS Monterey 12.0.1

grigorye commented Dec 13, 2021 •

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@chanana OK, I gave it a try with other newly created user account (guest one), and I can confirm that it still works there (i.e. I see "single" switcher at the beginning, and two switchers after running the above two commands) - if I get it correctly, such a user should have "default" settings... From that perspective, can you try checking it from guest as well?

Also, what is your monitor config? I have two external monitors connected to my Mac mini (over HDMI and display port).

chanana commented Dec 13, 2021

@grigorye You're right it does work on a new guest account with nothing else installed. I have rectangle installed for window management so that could be interfering with it?

Also, what is your monitor config?

I have one external monitor connected via a USB-C to DVI cable through a dock. The weird thing is, I've used this same config on a 16 in Macbook pro 2019 and it worked then

grigorye commented Dec 13, 2021

I have rectangle installed for window management so that could be interfering with it?

Have no clue, frankly (did not use rectangle before), but I would try disabling 3rd parties one by one, until you see that it's working. I can imagine that it won't help, but it's worth checking. You could also try logging in into your user holding Shift or do something like that to exclude 3rd parties, just to quickly check if they're the problem.

I have one external monitor connected via a USB-C to DVI cable through a dock. The weird thing is, I've used this same config on a 16 in Macbook pro 2019 and it worked then

I see, I believe this just another hint that it might be software related, and not related to the hardware.

jonathanbell commented Dec 22, 2021

Sorry for taking so long to reply here. I actually have the app switcher showing on both monitors now, after a reboot. I previously set the config twice (for good measure 🤷) with no effect:

$ defaults write com.apple.Dock appswitcher-all-displays -bool true
$ killall Dock

However running defaults read com.apple.Dock appswitcher-all-displays did not show me anything. Then, I ran defaults write com.apple.Dock appswitcher-all-displays -bool true; killall Dock; again, rebooted and then defaults read com.apple.Dock appswitcher-all-displays showed me 1 and the app switcher worked for me.

I have no idea why or how but I'm happy it's working...

grigorye commented Dec 22, 2021

@jonathanbell 👍

chanana commented Dec 29, 2021

It started working for me after a few reboots! 🤷‍♂️ Thanks for the help @jonathanbell @grigorye 🎉

jonathanbell commented Dec 29, 2021 via email

Glad it started working for you. So strange!

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nicolycrispi commented Jan 17, 2022

Thank you!

sarnobat commented Feb 23, 2022

I wish this was default behaviour!

n3taway commented Mar 8, 2022

nice thanks👍

IlyaEremin commented Apr 6, 2022

Didn't work for me: Macos 12.1 (21C52) macbook pro m1 2020 13'

gregatgoogle commented Apr 13, 2022

Worked for me after a restart.

ozozozd commented Apr 18, 2022

MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) M1 Pro - Monterey 12.1

The following worked on the first try:
defaults write com.apple.Dock appswitcher-all-displays -bool true
killall Dock

paulodeon commented May 29, 2022

Amazing!

Also worked for me on 12.4 Monterey, 16" M1 Macbook Pro

brianc118 commented Jul 26, 2022

Didn't work for me on 12.4 Monterey, 14" M1 Macbook Pro, even after reboot

sanp commented Jul 27, 2022

Initially, this was not working for me either (12.4 Monterey MacBook Pro 13-inch, M1, 2020). I guess the reason was that I had some other dock settings changes which were conflicting with this. What worked for me was resetting the dock to its default state and then running the above commands again.

To reset the dock to its default state:

defaults delete com.apple.dock; killall Dock

And then:

defaults write com.apple.Dock appswitcher-all-displays -bool true
killall Dock

This worked for me.

philc commented Aug 17, 2022

I could not get this working on an M1 MacBook pro 12.4 Monterey, even with a restart. @sanp's fix worked for me. Thank you!

legcan commented Oct 19, 2022

Works for me on M1 Macbook Air 12.3 Monterey. No fix was needed.

rhydlewis commented Nov 17, 2022

Alas, not working for me on a M1 Max MacBook Pro running Ventura 13.0.1 - anyone else managed to get this working on Ventura?

MacDada commented Nov 22, 2022

defaults write com.apple.dock appswitcher-all-displays -bool true && killall Dock – works for me on Monterey

Make sure that dock in com.apple.dock is LOWERCASE – it didn't work for me with uppercase – probably because my file system is case sensitive.

angelolucas commented Nov 28, 2022

defaults write com.apple.dock appswitcher-all-displays -bool true && killall Dock – works for me on Monterey

Make sure that dock in com.apple.dock is LOWERCASE – it didn't work for me with uppercase – probably because my file system is case sensitive.

dock written in lowercase worked for me. Thank you so much

rhydlewis commented Nov 29, 2022

Works for me when dock written in lower case... thanks all 🙌

jedrekdomanski commented Dec 7, 2022

Doesn't work on Ventura

pmbuko commented Jan 23, 2023

defaults write com.apple.dock appswitcher-all-displays -bool true && killall Dock works for me on Ventura. No reboot needed.

cheerfulstoic commented Jan 24, 2023

OMG, this is awesome, thank you!

tomfuertes commented Jan 24, 2023

Lowercase dock from this message finally worked for me on Ventura (Following 1+ years).

https://gist.github.com/jthodge/c4ba15a78fb29671dfa072fe279355f0?permalink_comment_id=4378478#gistcomment-4378478

nadimkobeissi commented May 23, 2023

Lowercase dock from this message finally worked for me on Ventura

Thanks, lowercase dock worked for me too! This is the exact command I used:

defaults write com.apple.dock appswitcher-all-displays -bool true; killall Dock;

macOS 13.3.1, M1 Max.

BShowen commented Jun 29, 2023 •

edited

https://gist.github.com/jthodge/c4ba15a78fb29671dfa072fe279355f0?permalink_comment_id=4378478#gistcomment-4378478

This worked for me. No reboot required. Using an M2 macbook air.

alinoz commented Nov 24, 2023

@tomfuertes

Lowercase dock from this message finally worked for me on Ventura

Thanks, lowercase dock worked for me too! This is the exact command I used:

defaults write com.apple.dock appswitcher-all-displays -bool true; killall Dock;

macOS 13.3.1, M1 Max.

This worked for me - no reboot required
Sonoma 14.1.1, M2 Max 14"

thanks so much for everyone involved in the solution, very much appreciated

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