To use a keyboard shortcut, press and hold one or more modifier keys and then press the last key of the shortcut. For example, to use Command-C (copy), press and hold the Command key, then the C key, then release both keys. Mac menus and keyboards often use symbols for certain keys, including modifier keys. Keyboard shortcut to switch between full screen apps. Discussion in 'OS X Yosemite (10.10)' started. To full screen apps, there is one feature that OS X still lacks. Maybe it'll be fixed in 10.11 Command + Tab does not switch between full screen apps. They don't even appear in the app switcher. That is at least how it works on my 'Mac'.
You can set Parallels virtual machine to occupy the entire Mac screen, one of your external screens or all connected external displays.
Single Monitor
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Enter Full Screen
To enter Full Screen view mode, do one of the following:
- From Coherence mode, click the Parallels icon || in the menu bar, then choose Exit Coherence. Then click the View menu and select Enter Full Screen.
- From Window mode, choose View > Enter Full Screen or click the Full Screen icon in the top right corner of the virtual machine window.
When in Full Screen mode, macOS menu bar and the Dock are hidden. To invoke macOS menu bar, simply move your mouse cursor to the upper edge of the screen, the menu bar will appear in a second.
Note: the same action works with Dock when moving the mouse to the screen bottom.
Exit Full Screen
To exit Full Screen mode, do one of the following:
- Press Command-Control-F simultaneously.
- Move the pointer to the top of the screen until the macOS menu bar appears and click View > Exit Full Screen.
Navigate between Mac and virtual machine
To switch between virtual machine space and macOS use one of the following actions:
- Swipe your Trackpad left or right with three fingers.
- Swipe your Magic Mouse left or right with two fingers.
- Use Ctrl+arrow (left or right) keyboard combination.
Single External Monitor
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If you want to use your virtual machine on one of the external displays connected to Mac, please do the following:
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- Open macOS System Preferences > Mission Control > Make sure that 'Displays have separate spaces' feature is enabled. (requires re-login)
- Move the virtual machine window to corresponding monitor and enter full screen.
This setup is very convenient when you want to dedicate one display to your virtual machine but leave the others for macOS.
Multiple Monitors
There is two different ways to use your virtual machine on all monitors, but for both scenarios your need to open View menu of the virtual machine > enable 'Use All Displays in Full Screen' feature. After that simply enter Full Screen view mode and the virtual machine will extend to all displays.
When Mac displays have separate spaces
If macOS feature 'Displays have separate spaces' is enabled, you will switch between Mac and virtual machine spaces on every display independently.
When Mac displays have one space
If macOS feature 'Displays have separate spaces' is disabled, you will switch between Mac and virtual machine spaces simultaneously with one swipe:
Note: this feature is supported in Parallels Desktop 14 and later.
We’ve got another keyboard shortcut for you, and it lets you quickly enter fullscreen mode. Having apps go fullscreen lets them take full advantage of that beautiful Mac display. Here’s how to do it.
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Entering Fullscreen Mode
Shortcut For Fullscreen On Mac
Using fullscreen mode with Apple News in macOS Mojave.When you press Control + Command + F it puts the current app in fullscreen. To take it out of fullscreen mode, just press those keys again.
Exit Full Screen Mac Shortcut
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