F3 function

In Ventura 13.1 the F3 function key now bundles files from the same app so that you cannot see the individual files. Previously each window was displayed separately. Can this be reversed. Its a useless function now.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Feb 17, 2023 09:05 PM

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Posted on Mar 6, 2023 08:53 PM

Regardless as to what it is called, the F3 key functioned differently in Monterey than Ventura. In Monterey it showed each open window on the desktop seprately at a reduced size, and now it groups them by application type and places them on top of each other so that you cannot tell what files are actually open. In Ventura the F3 key dispaly provides no useful inforamtion as to what may be hidden under files on the desktop. I didn't change what the key does, Apple did. If you still have a computer with Monterey running you can try to the comparison yourself and it will be immediately obvious what the differnece is - and why it is a ridiculous thing to have done.

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Mar 6, 2023 08:53 PM in response to Barney-15E

Regardless as to what it is called, the F3 key functioned differently in Monterey than Ventura. In Monterey it showed each open window on the desktop seprately at a reduced size, and now it groups them by application type and places them on top of each other so that you cannot tell what files are actually open. In Ventura the F3 key dispaly provides no useful inforamtion as to what may be hidden under files on the desktop. I didn't change what the key does, Apple did. If you still have a computer with Monterey running you can try to the comparison yourself and it will be immediately obvious what the differnece is - and why it is a ridiculous thing to have done.

Mar 5, 2023 08:22 PM in response to Barney-15E

Thanks but that's not the question. In Monterey the F3 function would show you each window that was open as a separate image on the desktop, not as overlapping files. Then you could see each open file and what it was. In Ventura all the files from the same app are piled together, one on top of another and you can't see what files are actually open. This is a useless function as it is no different from the actual desktop itself. Can this be reversed in Ventura or are we stuck with yet another "improvement"?

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