Find a window

On a big desktop, the window you want is often somewhere else. BoxView lists the Mac's windows so you can jump straight to one.

#What it needs

One of these:

• A Secure Connection (SSH). BoxView lists windows with a short script over the same login. macOS hides window titles from Remote Login, so windows show their app's name.
• BoxView Helper on the Mac, running as the user you're logged in as. It shows window titles, minimised windows and windows on other Spaces, and with Screen Recording, previews. See Window Jump and previews.

Without either, BoxView can still follow the Mac's cursor.

#The Quick switcher

Open it with Windows in the toolbar, or ⌥⇥ on a keyboard. Each window is a card, with a preview where there is one and Front on the frontmost.

• Tap a card to go to that window. The Mac brings it forward and the view moves to it.
• Or press and hold Windows, slide onto a card, and let go.
• On a keyboard: ⌥⇥ again moves along, ⌥⇧⇥ goes back, and letting go of Option picks. The arrows and Tab also move; Return picks; Escape closes.
• Search windows narrows the list.
• Drag it down or tap outside to close.

A card without a preview says why: Covered, Not in view, Minimised, Hidden or Other Space.

#The window list

With the carousel toolbar, open Windows in the session controls. It lists the windows with Refresh windows and a Follow switch; tap one to jump to it.

#If windows are missing

The list says what's missing, for example:

• Window Jump needs this connection's SSH login: turn on Secure Connection, or install BoxView Helper.
• Titles shown as app names: give BoxView Helper Accessibility, or Screen Recording for other Spaces.
• In a Mac session that isn't the one on the Mac's screen, macOS gives no window details. Picking a window brings its app forward.