Use the Switch menu

Choose an application to make it active. The active application is checked.

By default, running applications are sorted alphabetically. To list them from the most recent one to the oldest one, select the “Sort running applications chronologically” checkbox in the Switch Menu pane of the Menus window.

Running applications include automatically terminated applications. If you prefer not to show them, choose “Don’t show” or “Include in Background Processes” from the “Automatically terminated applications” pop-up menu in the Menus pane of Application Wizard Settings (macOS 13 or later) or Application Wizard Preferences (macOS 12 or 11).

Show automatically terminated applications

If you often work with many open windows and want to be able to bring specific windows to the front when switching between applications, select the “Show application windows” checkbox in the Switch Menu pane of the Menus window. Each running application will have a submenu listing the windows open in the application. The frontmost window will be checked, while minimized windows will have a diamond. Choose a window from the submenu to switch to the application and bring the window to the front.

Important: To show application windows, make sure that Application Wizard can control your computer using accessibility features. On macOS 13 or later, open System Settings, click Privacy & Security in the sidebar, click Accessibility, and make sure the Application Wizard Agent switch is on. On macOS 12 or 11, open System Preferences, click Security & Privacy, then click Privacy, select Accessibility, and select the checkbox next to Application Wizard Agent.

Choose a window to bring it to the front.

Important: To show application windows, make sure that Application Wizard can control your computer using accessibility features. On macOS 13 or later, open System Settings, click Privacy & Security in the sidebar, click Accessibility, and make sure the Application Wizard Agent switch is on. On macOS 12 or 11, open System Preferences, click Security & Privacy, then click Privacy, select Accessibility, and select the checkbox next to Application Wizard Agent.

This command makes the previous application active.

This command hides all open applications except the active application.

This command shows all open applications.

Groups let you quickly show and hide multiple applications at the same time.

To show or hide all the applications belonging to a group, choose Show All or Hide All from the group’s submenu. To show all the applications belonging to a group and hide the other applications, choose “Show All and Hide Others” from the group’s submenu.

If you select the “Make group menu items choosable” checkbox in the Menus pane of Application Wizard Settings (macOS 13 or later) or Application Wizard Preferences (macOS 12 or 11), you can also show all the applications belonging to a group by selecting the group menu item in the Switch menu. Similarly, you can hide all the applications belonging to a group by holding down the Option key and choosing the group menu item. Finally, you can show all the applications belonging to a group and hide the other applications by holding down the Shift key and choosing the group menu item.

Note: Application Wizard does not display groups in the Switch menu when single application mode is turned on.

Create groups

This command lets you turn single application mode on and off.

Single application mode