macOS gives you visual window overviews, but a dedicated window switcher can add title search. Use it when you remember a phrase such as a document name, repository, client, or webpage but cannot remember where the window sits.
Search the smallest distinctive fragment
Avoid generic terms such as “Home,” “Dashboard,” or “Untitled.” Type the part that separates the target from its neighbors: a client code, file stem, environment, or project noun. If the tool searches both application names and window titles, add the app name only when the title alone returns too many results.
Wallo’s current filter matches title and application-name substrings for discovered windows. It is not a fuzzy search engine and does not index all text inside every window.
Treat search results as candidates
A title can be empty, duplicated, truncated, or stale. Before acting, verify the application, visible content, account, document path, or environment. If two candidates remain indistinguishable, stop and inspect them rather than choosing by list position.
Browser tabs may not appear as system windows, depending on how the browser exposes them. Use browser tab search for an internal tab and a window switcher for top-level windows.
Improve future searches
Name browser or terminal windows where supported, open distinct project folders in editors, and avoid leaving several “Untitled” documents. Project groups offer another narrowing dimension when the outcome is easier to remember than the title.
Title search finds objects that are open now. It does not search closed files, browser history, or saved sessions unless the product explicitly combines those indexes.