Drag the shrunken window to the side of the screen you prefer and let go of the mouse button or trackpad. The window shrinks while you hold down the mouse button or trackpad. (Keep in mind that not all programs support Split View, including some older versions of Microsoft Word.) To jump into the Split View mode, select the open window of the first program you want to use and in the upper-left corner, click and hold the green button Apple also calls this the “full-screen button.” If nothing happens when you press down on the green button, open the Mac’s System Preferences from the Apple menu or Dock icon, click Mission Control and make sure the setting for “Displays have separate Spaces” is enabled. (A similar version of the multitasking feature is also available for some iPad models running iOS 9.)
When you use the Split View feature, you don’t have to fuss with window sizes or placement, or have other open windows distract you.
Apple’s OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) software includes a Split View feature that lets you quickly and evenly divide the screen between two programs. How do you turn on the split-screen mode in the new Mac system?Ī.
