Private and incognito windows
Left out by default. With Include private windows off, Flick skips incognito windows in Chrome, Chrome Beta, Brave and Edge without even asking for their tabs' titles and addresses.
Find the tab, not just the window
Search all your open tabs in Safari, Google Chrome, Google Chrome Beta, Brave Browser and Microsoft Edge from one place. Type part of a tab's title or address, pick it, and Flick switches to that tab and brings its window forward, on any Space.
How it works.
Tabs show up in search, next to their windows. The list itself keeps one row per window.
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Type part of a title or address
Hold ⌥, tap Tab and type, or press ⇧⌘Space. Each matching tab gets its own row: the browser's icon, the tab's title and its site.
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Add a word to narrow it down
Every word has to match the tab's title, its address or the browser's name. So “chrome github” finds the GitHub tabs in Chrome, while “chrome” alone finds your Chrome windows rather than every tab in them.
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Let go to switch
Let go of ⌥, or press Return. Flick switches to that tab and brings its window to the front, even on another Desktop.
Five browsers, off until you choose.
Safari, Google Chrome, Google Chrome Beta, Brave Browser and Microsoft Edge. Other browsers, and other channels such as Chrome Canary, still have their windows listed, but not their tabs. Which browsers work
Every browser starts off, and Flick sends nothing to a browser until you turn it on in Settings › Browser Tabs and allow macOS's one-time question about controlling it. Safari's tabs are listed only while Include private windows is on (why Safari needs it). Turn it on, step by step
The details.
What Flick reads, and when. It never reads what's on a page and keeps no history.
What's read, and what isn't kept
Each tab's title and address, of which Flick keeps only the site and path, never the part after ? or #. They stay in memory and are never saved, logged or sent. Flick fetches no site icons, so tabs cause no network requests. Privacy policy
Read when needed, not polled
Flick reads tabs the moment the switcher opens. In between, it reads a browser shortly after one of its windows comes forward or the window you're in changes its title, at most once every 2 seconds per browser. A browser gets a second to answer, so a busy one never holds up the switcher.
A window's tabs, one key away
In your list, a browser window with several tabs shows a tab count (with Group by app, only when the browser has one window). Press → or click the count to see the tabs, with the current one selected; ← goes back.
Limits.
- Switching, not managing. Flick doesn't close, move or reorder tabs.
- Up to 200 tabs per search, starting with the windows nearest the top of your list. Type more to narrow them down.
- Your filters apply. A tab is listed only while its window is: not for an ignored browser, a minimized window while Show minimized windows is off, or another Desktop while Show only the active Space is on.
- Tabs inside other apps. In Finder, Terminal or Preview, Flick lists the window with its front tab (why). Tabs in VS Code, Cursor and Xcode are on the roadmap. Coming soon
The keys.
With the default ⌥Tab trigger. Using ⌘Tab instead? The full shortcut list covers both.
| Keys | What it does |
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| ⌥Tab, then type | Searches your windows and the tabs of the browsers you turned on. |
| → | In the list, before you type: on a browser window's row, shows that window's tabs. |
| ← | Goes back from a window's tabs to the list. |
| Let go of ⌥ | Switches to the selected tab and brings its window forward. |
Needs a licenseIn the free version, every switch in Settings › Browser Tabs is off and Flick contacts no browser. A one-time license adds browser tabs and every window; see pricing.
Questions.
Does Flick search tabs in Arc or Firefox?
No. Flick reads tabs from Safari, Chrome, Chrome Beta, Brave and Edge only. Other browsers' windows are still in your list, and search finds them by window title.
Why don't my Safari tabs show up?
Most often because Include private windows is off: Flick reads Safari only while it's on. If it is, browser tabs don't show up goes through the rest.
Related.
Tabs not showing up
What to check when a browser's tabs don't appear in search.
Fix itWindow search
Find any window by its app, its title or its initials, then let go to switch.
See the featureSearch Chrome tabs on a Mac
Ways to find an open tab in Chrome, with or without another app.
Read the post
Every tab, one search away.
Start with the free version, then add a license to search your browser tabs.
The free version never expires and switches between your 5 most recent windows. A one-time license, from $9.49, unlocks every window and browser tabs.