Assignee vs Spotlight: Which Is Better for App Switching?

Spotlight is powerful—but it’s a search tool, not a flow tool.

Spotlight Pros

• Built into macOS
• Great for finding files, emails, documents

Spotlight Cons (for switching)

• You have to type
• You have to press Enter
• You can't switch between windows of the same app

Assignee Wins on:

• No typing
• No Enter
• Window-level awareness (devs love this)

Final Thought

Spotlight helps you find what you lost. Assignee helps you never lose it in the first place.