Cut Clutter with New App Tabs

You probably know how to cut down clutter when you search the Web: instead of opening every new Web page in a separate window, you keep them organized in tabs. With tabs, multiple windows are gathered into one, with only the top page revealed. The titles of the rest stick up at the top; click one to switch to that page.

First Safari, then the Finder, and then Mail gained tabs. Now as of Sierra, most apps join the party, and not just Apple’s apps but third-party apps, too. Tabs are a great way to keep everything within reach. And if you’ve been using tabs in Safari for years, you’re ahead of the game: most of the basics remain the same ①.

**①** Save space and cut clutter by keeping your app windows—in this case, for Maps—organized in tabs.
① Save space and cut clutter by keeping your app windows—in this case, for Maps—organized in tabs.

Tabs are particularly useful when you’re in Full Screen or Split View. Instead of being forced to leave the view to check another document, you can just switch to its tab.

Create a New Tab

  • To open a tab in the Finder and some apps, press Command-T. The Tab Bar—where the different tabs’ names are listed—appears across the top of window.
  • If the Tab Bar is visible, you can click the plus button at its right ② to create a new tab.
**②** Click the plus button (circled) on the Tab Bar to create a new tab.
② Click the plus button (circled) on the Tab Bar to create a new tab.

Try Other Ways to Create New Finder Tabs

The Finder offers a handful of useful tab-opening tricks all its own:

  • Command-double-click any folder inside a Finder window to open it in a tab. Or, Control-click (right-click) a folder in the Finder and choose Open in New Tab from the contextual menu.
  • Shift-click or Command-click to select a bunch of folders and then Command-double-click the selection. The folders all open in the same window as multiple tabs.

Move between Tabs

  • Click the tab you want in the Tab Bar.
  • Press Control-Tab to move to the right through tabs on the Tab Bar; press Control-Shift-Tab to move to the left.

Move Files between Finder Tabs

Just as you can move a file to a different folder by dragging and dropping it between Finder windows, you can drag and drop a file between Finder tabs.

When you drag an item, hover over the target tab and notice that the tab darkens ③.

**③** When you drag a file from one folder to the tab for another folder, the folder’s tab darkens.
③ When you drag a file from one folder to the tab for another folder, the folder’s tab darkens.

Either drop the item on the tab to put it into that folder or wait a moment until the tab’s content displays so you can drop the file into a nested folder.

Turn Tabs into Windows

It’s easy to make a tab become its own window again, a handy feature if you need to compare two windows side by side:

  • Drag a tab away from the Tab Bar. It separates to become its own window.
  • Control-click the tab and choose Move Tab to New Window from the contextual menu.
  • Select a tab and choose Window > Move Tab to New Window.

Merge a Mess of Windows

If you find yourself overwhelmed by a bunch of Finder windows or a pile of windows within an app, it’s never too late to bring them together in one window as tabs. Just choose Window > Merge All Windows.

Close Your Tabs

  • Press Command-W to close the tab you’re currently viewing.
  • Hover your pointer over a tab you no longer need, and click the close icon that appears at the left of the tab.
  • To close all tabs except for one, Option-click the close icon for the tab you want and all the other tabs in that window will close.
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