Split Screen For Mac

OS X El Capitan introduced the Split View feature but, at least so far, the associated window management capabilities are rather limited: you can work only with two windows, and there is no hotkeys support.

Split Screen is a minimalist macOS utility that aims to improve your productivity by delivering an alternative window management solution. Moreover, Split Screen also runs on older macOS versions.

Before you can start using the Split Screen app, you must make sure that the utility is included in the list of apps that can control your Mac.

Open the System Preferences, navigate to the Security & Privacy panel, and in the Accessibility tab check the box associated to the Split Screen app.

The next step is to select one of the windows on your screen and choose to send it to full screen or shrink it to the left or the right. You can do that via the Split Screen status bar menu, or you can make use of the default keyboard combinations.

Besides the window management functions, Split Screen also integrates a web search tool that allows you to input the search term and then runs a query in your default web browser.

On the other hand, Split Screen offers you the option to hide or reveal your hidden files with the same ease. These seem to be entirely unrelated functions, yet using them can eliminate repetitive actions or the need to utilize the command line, which ultimately improves your workflow.

Split Screen proposes an alternative solution for organizing your windows to make the most of the available space. The app comes with easy to memorize hotkeys that can also be modified by the user and allows you to work with as many windows as you like.