Download: (Free trial, $14) 2. Keyboard shortcut for switching between windows. The main panel has a built-in search to switch windows faster, and a sidebar panel to switch windows with a click. The app gives you four different ways to switch application windows. Contexts is another powerful application switcher for Mac. The search field works just like Spotlight: type in few characters, and it’ll quickly find a matching window or tab.

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Upgrading the original drive in your Mac is a great way to improve performance and/or increase the storage capacity of your machine. When transferring your data from one drive to another, we highly recommend you install a fresh copy of the OS, and then use Apple's Migration Assistant to migrate your data to the new drive. While drive cloning is also an option, performing a fresh OS install and migrating your data can provide a much better starting point to ensure that everything will work correctly, and should you have any issues with your new drive, it can eliminate additional variables to troubleshoot. Performing a fresh install will also ensure your new drive is setup with the Recovery Partition that Apple creates during the OS install process. To transfer your data, you'll need to have both your original drive and your new drive connected at the same time. For single-drive computers (e.g.

Most laptops), you'll need a device to connect the old drive to your computer after your new hard drive is installed. If you plan to use your old drive for external storage when the migration process is complete, you can install that drive into an enclosure.

We offer many DIY kits with the external enclosure included. Depending on the size and connector type on your drive, you can use one of the following solutions to connect the drive: an, the, or the. In some instances, though (most notably with MacBook Airs and Retina MacBook Pros), you'll need a special enclosure for Apple's SSD. For those extremely rare cases where you can't connect your old drive externally, the following steps will be slightly different. See the Special Note at the end of the article for more details. If the Mac can hold both the new drive and the original drive (for example, a 2006-2012 Mac Pro, or a laptop or Mac mini with a Data Doubler) no enclosure should be necessary.

Please contact our if you are still unsure of which solution is best. For Mac operating systems 10.6 or earlier, you will need the installer disc for the OS. For 10.7 and later, you can use the recovery partition on the original drive. To make sure you have a functional recovery partition, restart your computer and immediately hold down the 'Command'; and 'R' keys until the Apple logo appears. If your computer boots into a four-option menu then you have a functional recovery partition that can install the OS. If your computer boots normally to your desktop then you do not have a recovery partition.

For 10.7 users that do not have a functional recovery partition and have a computer (or which is newer than the computers on said list), then you can use the Internet Recovery feature built into your Mac. To make sure you have access to Internet Recovery, restart your computer and immediately hold down the 'Command', 'Option', and 'R' keys until you see a spinning globe or Apple logo.