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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How can I disable animation when switching desktops in Lion?
I would very much like to disable the sliding animation that occurs when switching desktops via ctrl+→/← or ctrl+[number] in Lion. This was previously accomplished in previous versions ...
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Is it possible to reorder spaces in Lion?
I would expect 'Mission Control' to allow me to drag spaces in a certain order (with the exception of the 'Dashboard' space), but this does not seem like an option.
This would be especially useful ...
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How can I stop OS X from switching Spaces when the mouse cursor is at the edge of the screen?
Mac OS X Spaces change when I hold the mouse at the edge of the screen. Is there an application or 'defaults' command to disable this?
Warp looks like it might help, but hasn't changed the behavior ...
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How to move a window to another space without using the mouse?
I use spaces for having multiple desktops, but often need to move a program from one space to another.
I am aware of the various ways to do that with a mouse:
Click window drag to edge
F8 to show ...
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Restricting Command+tab options to only apps that are in the current space
By default, pressing ⌘+tab will display a list of all open applications. I would like that list to only include applications in the current space, or at least give priority to applications with ...
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Single desktop image for all desktops
I upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion. Afterward when I would set a Desktop picture (either through System Preferences or iPhoto) it was applied to all desktops.
Yesterday I control clicked the ...
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Prevent OS X from changing Spaces after quitting an App?
After quitting an application, the previous app that I was interacting with is automatically selected. If I was working in Terminal, switched to Chrome, and then decided to quit Chrome, Terminal ...
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How can I rename desktops in Mission Control?
The default new desktop space is named 'Desktop 1'. If you create a new one, it is named 'Desktop 2'. Is there a way to change those default names to something more meaningful?
Additionally, it looks ...
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How can I make rows and columns for Spaces in Lion?
I just recently switched to Lion from Snow leopard and dealing with a few issues (like this question)
I am still loving it, though.
I used to have 3 X 3 spaces (I know, it's insane for some, but I ...
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Tricks and usages of Spaces [closed]
I think that Spaces can be a really nice tool to improve your day-to-day work.
I would gladly hear about the settings and usage of those virtual desktops (For instance : What's your logic behind the ...
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Speed up the transition between spaces?
Is it possible to speed up the transition between spaces? I often open my applications in full screen mode but I would like the transition to be a bit faster, is there a way to speed this up (i.e. ...
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Why does spaces keep capturing keyboard input some times after switching spaces?
I'm running snow leopard on a fairly new macbook pro 13" (september 2010).
Sometimes the black visualization showing the available spaces and the space I'm currently on doesn't disappear when I have ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to jump directly to a particular full screen app in Lion?
When you full screen an application in Lion, it "flies out" of the desktop space it started in, and winds up at the end of the spaces list (assuming you have turned off auto-arranging).
As a result ...
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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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When using Spaces, is there a way to set each “desktop” background independently?
For instance, say I had a few sweet background images I wanted to use to identify each one.
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How can I disable Spaces in Lion?
I used to use spaces a lot on Leopard and Snow Leopard, but the way it works on Lion is annoying for me, especially when it sends the full screen apps to a Space at the end of the row.
Is there a way ...
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Custom spaces with external monitor
I have a MacBook Pro plus an external 24" monitor. I'm also using 4 virtual spaces. With the external monitor they double, so I have 8 virtual spaces.
What I'd like to achieve now, and I don't know ...
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How to reset spaces assignments after upgrading to Lion?
On Snow Leopard I used to have 9 spaces organised just for my needs. Unfortunately new Mission Control approach broke it completely and I'm still feeling a bit lost with the new horizontal approach.
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Is Mission Control an addition to Exposé & Spaces UI or a replacement?
Lion has Mission Control that combines features from both Exposé and Spaces. Do the old Exposé and Spaces UIs still exist in Lion or does Mission Control replace them?
I've heard mixed rumors about ...
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How can I stop spaces from switching automatically?
I will often use Spaces on Mac OS X 10.5 to switch to another space when a program is busy / unresponsive. Very often, without warning or apparent reason, Spaces will switch back to the first space ...
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With multiple monitors, can I pick which one an application will load on?
In Spaces it's possible to specify which space a given application will open on -- for example, my web browser always opens on Space 1 and iTunes on Space 3. Is something similar possible with ...
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Animations are choppy and jerky after a day (Mountain Lion)
After my 13" MacBook Pro (2010) has been on/sleeping for a day, the changing desktop animation and mission control gets choppy. Only a reboot fixes this problem and it stays good for several hours. ...
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Why won’t desktops stay in order?
I have created a number of desktops in which to keep Safari, Mail, iCal etc. These are all kept in full-screen mode and I have unchecked the setting to automatically rearrange spaces, yet whenever I ...
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Can Spaces be used on only one monitor (with another displaying just one desktop)?
I like Spaces, and I like my two-monitor setup. However, I'd like to just use spaces on one monitor, while keeping the other one always showing the same desktop. For example,
Monitor 1 shows ...
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Can I install Spaces and Exposé on Lion?
Like many of you, I'm sure, Mission Control isn't quite cutting it for me in Lion. I much preferred Spaces and Exposé. So, naturally, I tried reinstalling them on Lion. I got Spaces.app, Expose.app, ...
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Only show active windows in the current space in Mac OSX when pressing CMD-Tab
I'm new to Mac and have the following wish:
I would like to have one instance of an application (app1) on space1 and another application (app2) on space2. When I pres press CMD-Tab I see every open ...
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Why do full-screen applications change their order in Mission Control?
How are fullscreen apps organised? This is usually my workflow:
Dashboard / Desktop / Safari / Pages
I sometimes go to Pages and type some things and go back to Safari, and then I find that it ...
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Open new terminal window in current space, regardless of other open terminals in other spaces
When using Spaces on Mac OS X trying to open a new terminal instance results in focus being pulled to whatever space has the most recently accessed terminal window. With Finder I can click on the ...
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restart hot corners
On Snow Leopard (latest version, but it's been happening for a while), I have the top right corner set to show Spaces, and the bottom right to show the Desktop. Occasionally, often enough to be ...
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What will cause spaces to rearrange in Lion?
I'm having a hard time figuring out what constitutes as "recent use" in Lion that will cause spaces to rearrange(I have the "automatically rearrange spaces based on recent use" box checked). I use ...
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Preserve Window Spaces Placement Between Restarts
I use Spaces to organize the task I'm pursing. In that vein, I often will have a browser window on each Space, with open tabs relevant to that task that Space is used for.
For example, Space 1 is for ...
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OS X Mountain Lion: keyboard shortcut to move current window to another space
In OS X Mountain Lion, is there a way I can assign a keyboard shortcut to move the active window to a specified space (or even the adjacent space if an arbitrary space can't be specified).
Ideally, ...
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How do I rename desktops in Mountain Lion?
It seems that Apple doesn't provide a way to rename desktops from the default "Desktop 1", etc. Renaming desktops would be great for my workflow.
Does anyone know how to do this manually or with a ...
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spaces and dual monitor: separate setup for each monitor?
I have two monitors and I would like to handle the virtual spaces separately on each. I.e. changing the space on one monitor shouldn't change the space on the other. (I wonder why this isn't even the ...
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Preserve the desktop where an application's window was placed, after a system restart
As the image below shows, I've a few applications which I keep open on my main desktop and I've another space/Desktop for applications like Twitter for Mac, Stickies, etc.
Now, the problem is that ...
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Is there a way to refresh symbolichotkeys.plist without logging out?
There is an extremely annoying bug in OS X with a non-Apple mouse where every time I reboot I have to go into ~/Library/Preferences and delete com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist, logout, then reset my ...
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Terminal window as its own app
During my work day as a software developer, I frequently have multiple Terminal windows open, each dedicated to a specific purpose and directory. I switch between them on a regular basis.
I'd like to ...
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Opening a new Terminal window when it's running on another desktop
I open a lot of terminal windows. I also make use good use of tabs & multiple desktops.
Normally I launch Terminal.app with Spotlight. But if Terminal is already running on another desktop, it ...
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Does using Spaces slow down the system?
Did anyone experience if using Spaces slows down the system? Is there are difference between using 4 spaces vs 9 spaces?
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Mountain Lion desktop order
On Mountain Lion, I have three desktops. What I find is that the sequential left to right order of these desktops keeps changing. Is it doing something based on usage ? and how can I disable this ?
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In OS X, I want to change to a non-standard keyboard shortcut for switching spaces
In System Preferences > Expose and Spaces > Spaces Tab > to switch between spaces, there is a drop down list that allows you to select a modifier key and the arrows. The arrows are so far away from ...
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Spaces makes dialogs disappear
I'll be working in a space, and then something starts bouncing in the dock (like Mail), so I switch to that space, and I see a dialog for a split second, but then it disappears. I try moving the main ...
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Can Spaces be configured by project, rather than by application?
Spaces seems to give you a choice of having a given software application open in a single space or in all spaces. Is there a way to configure Spaces to so that each space is devoted to a particular ...
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How to lock a full screen application in in a certain space?
I want to keep the mail applicaton fullscreen in the far right space.
Every time I open a fullscreen application it moves to the far right.
How do I lock a fullscreen app in say the far right space?
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A better workflow for screen real estate than spaces? [closed]
My impression of the general feeling toward spaces is that it's a good idea that doesn't work very well and so most people don't use it. I do use it and I can't imagine having all my windows open on ...
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How do I find the current Mission Control space number from the command line?
Is there any way to determine the number of the currently active Mission Control space/desktop in Mac OS X Lion from the command line?
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How can I create keyboard shortcuts to move to previous / next full-screen app?
I'm trying to add keyboard shortcut to move to prev/next full-screen app.
I'm now @ Keyboard > 'Keyboard shortcuts', there is no options under 'Mission Control'. And I have no idea of what to add in ...
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Issue with floating windows and Spaces
This problem has been bothering me since I switch to Snow Leopard. When I use applications that have some floating windows (Maya 2011, Adobe After Effects), Spaces seems to bring the floating windows ...
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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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Is there a shortcut to add/remove spaces?
With Snow Leopard one chose the number of Spaces before hand (in preferences); in Lion one must create spaces one by one. Are there shortcuts to create & remove Spaces/Desktops?
