Mac 101: Switching apps within Exposé

Here's my own little easter egg:

I binded the "QuickSearch" (http://i.testfreaks.com/images/products/600x400/110/logitech-mx-revolution.570222.jpg) mouse button on my Logitech MX Revolution to F9.

I believe Mighty Mouse users can bind it to the "Third Button" which is pressing down the scroller and clicking the mouse at the same time?

Anyways, to switch applications I:
- Press and hold the button; Expose is invoked
- Move the cursor over the window I want (while still holding the button)
- Release the button over the desired application

Switch applications in one fell swoop. I probably never use cmd+tab anymore.

I'm still long waiting for one of the XP Expose wannabes to catch on so I can do this on the Thinkpad at work. All the ones I've tried still require 2 presses.... its just less fluid =)

Exposé + hot-corners is amazing. You can drag a file into that corner, which invokes Exposé, hover over the window you want to drop it on for a few seconds, which switches to that window, and drop the file. Same works for Spaces.

My co-workers are dumbfounded when I pull this move, simply because there are no key-presses, and it's all so smooth and natural-looking. Drag and drop a file, moving from Space 6 to an application hiding behind a large Firefox window on Space 2 without a hassle.

It still amazes me how many Mac users (specifically in college/university) don't know about, or refuse to use what is, in my opinion, one of Mac OS X's key features!

I'm *used* to it, and I don't even own a Mac!

AWESOME TIPS GUYS!

Another related tip: after invoking Spaces and you're presented with your 2 (or 4, or 8, or whatever) mini screens, invoke Expose. In each space, you'll see all the windows scatter, and you can choose one from there.

Cool. Never knew about the tab thing! This and the cmd in dialogue menus tip have made my computing a little easier :)

In Spaces, it switches the space, not the application even if Expose is activated.

Windows has Alt-tab to cycle through all open windows (not applications). If you're working in two different apps or in two different docs in the same app, Alt-tab toggles between the two. One shortcut is all you need. This is so simple, it could have been designed by Apple.

Funny isn't it that however long you use Mac it never fails to surprise you with it's brilliance.

You can also hit cmd-tab to bring up the app switcher while in expose to switch applications. That way you can use the mouse to select the app more quickly.