Spaces were renamed Desktops and brought together with Exposé and Dashboard as Mission Control with the release of Mac OSX 10.7 Lion.
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App behavior with spaces and minimized window
I would like to change the behavior when I click on an app that's not open on the current space. Right now, it goes to whichever space has that app. Instead, I'd like it to favor the current space, ...
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Using hotcorners to move between spaces/desktops
I would like to use hot corners to move between desktop/spaces. Right now, the only way to move between desktop with a mouse, is to go via Mission Control and clicking on the desired desktop. I want ...
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Why can't I move the mini iTunes player between Spaces?
On snow leopard, I am unable to move the mini-itunes player between spaces. For any other app (including the full library showing iTunes) I move windows between spaces by clicking and holding the ...
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How to prevent dock auto-hiding setting from changing?
I prefer to keep the dock "auto-hiding" setting on so that the dock is always hidden unless I mouse over it. I am aware of both the setting in "dock preferences" and the keyboard shortcut (⌥⌘D).
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Random space switching issue
When I am using Chrome for web development I like to have it open on the same space as where I am using my code editor.
Chrome is currently assigned to a different space than my code editor so ...
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Is there a way to create new desktop spaces from keyboard only?
We all know there is a way to to switch between desktops using keyboard shortcuts,
but can we create new ones using only the keyboard?
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Push window to beginning, not to the end of stack when I press fullscreen
Is it possible to push window to beginning, not to the end of stack when I press fullscreen?
For example, I have tree windows (or spaces) maximized
When I press "fullscreen" button I want new ...
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Hide windows in current desktop (Lion)
I'd like to make a keyboard shortcut that hides all windows on the current desktop, while ignoring windows on other desktops. Is this possible using Applescript?
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When switching to a different space, OS X sometimes just switches back to the previous space. Is there a fix for this?
I've got a curious problem with my computer, which is set up with 2 spaces. I use the Move left a space and Move right a space shortcut to switch between them.
Quite often, particularly the first ...
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Cocoa emacs — open in current space?
I usually use several different spaces (desktops?) for various different tasks.
Unfortunately, cocoa emacs 24.1 (9.0), even when using emacsclient (I do a server start in my init.el file) always ...
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Making all application windows stay fullscreen on relaunch
I usually have 4+ fullscreen windows open whenever I use Xcode 4. When I quit Xcode, and reopen it, only one or two of the windows open as fullscreen, and the rest all open in a single desktop as ...
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Spaces (Mission Control) jumps to a space but won't stay there
I have two spaces. When I try to jump from the left space to the right one using the swipe gesture, the right space shows briefly but then the screen immediately jumps back to the left.
As a result, ...
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Making Desktop 2 in Mountain Lion be shown in external display
Is it possible to display Desktop 2 (Mountain Lion) in an external display?
The thing is I want to use Full Screen applications in an external display while using my Laptop display for ...
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Save and Load Workspaces
Is there an app or setting that lets me save (persist) and load workspaces (or "Spaces") on my Mac?
i.e. as a freelance software developer I want it to appear as if I have a completely fresh Mac ...
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Spaces: How to set an app to appear in every space but one?
Spaces lets you set up certain applications to open in a specific space, no particular space or all of them. Sometimes though I wished to have a space where my apps that usually would appear in all ...
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Cycling through Spaces?
Is there a way that when you cycle through the last Space, it cycles you back to the first one?
And, if you cycle backwards and get to the first space, have it cycle back to the last?
Right now, it ...
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How to interact with application across spaces and save the workspace?
Using Mac 10.6.8 here.
So I have Chrome in Space2, and Devonthink in Space1.
I wanted to drag the URL from Chrome to Devonthink.
Can't think of a easier way other than to drag Chrome to space 1, ...
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How to hide desktop icons on a single desktop
I'm a big fan of multiple desktop spaces on OS X 10.7 (see image).
I'm wondering if you can hide desktop icons on just one of the 4 spaces I have setup. Is that possible?
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Applescript vs. Spaces in Lion (10.7)
In Snow Leopard (10.6), I had an applescript that toggled iTunes between "maximised on Space 2" and "mini-player on all spaces":
set app_identifier to do shell script "echo 'com.apple.iTunes' | ...
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How to refresh random wallpapers on non-active spaces?
I've got 5-6 desktops going in mission control and I have a random wallpapers on each that change every 30 minutes. I've become very annoyed with the fact that OS X doesn't change the desktop on a ...
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Shortcut to create/remove desktop in Mac OSX 10.8
To switch desktops, one can use < CTRL >-i or < CTRL >-[< left >< right >]. Are there shortcuts to create and remove desktops? If not, how can I make them?
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How can I stop by External Display from switching “Spaces”
Somehow I enabled my mac to have these "spaces" and I always have a second "desktop" - I don't know how to get rid of it.
However, either when no apps are open or if there is a fullscreen app, I do ...
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Some applications (like Terminal) will lose focus after switching Spaces
I have the following problem with Spaces in Mountain Lion:
1) Open Safari (or Chrome)
2) Open Terminal
3) Give Terminal window focus
4) Switch to Dashboard Space (or any other Space)
5) Switch back ...
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Spaces preferences carried into Lion - can't get hash symbol
In Snow Leopard I used to use Option + cursors to move around spaces (not Command - this was because I liked Command + cursors for 'Home' and 'End').
Therefore I also used Option + 1, Option + 2 etc ...
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switching spaces causes finder to crash/restart
I'm using Spaces on Mac OS X 10.6.7. Recently, several times a day, when I switch spaces using a hot-key (Ctrl-1, Ctrl-2, etc.), the Finder application crashes and restarts. That's moderately ...
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If I activate expose, then spaces, can I force the window arrangement to stay the same in both views?
This is on OS X 10.5.8 (Leopard).
Let's say I activated Expose (All Windows), and I see my windows in a certain arragement. Then I activate Spaces. The spaces I was in sometimes shows the windows in ...
