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Mission Control - dragging to move spaces between multiple monitors
In MacOS Sonoma, I use two external monitors, positioned side by side. If I enter Mission Control (by swiping up on my trackpad with three fingers) then all the virtual desktops ('spaces') become ...
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How do I add a secondary shortcut / shortcut alias on macOS?
I would like to switch Mission Control desktops with another button while still keeping the normal ctrl + arrow shortcut. Is this possible in any feasable way without 3rd party apps?
I'm trying to ...
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Disable switching window on different desktop
I want to prevent switching window on other desktop in this case:
Open app A background and app B foreground on desktop 2
Switch to desktop 1
Switch to another window of app A on desktop 1
Switch to ...
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Take screenshots of all desktop spaces on MacOS
I need to create zsh script or c++ app to get screenshots of all active desktop spaces for current user. Is there any way to do it?
I planned to use screencapture, but didn't find how to choose a ...
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How do I align my Mac's virtual desktops according to the order of apps in the dock?
I find myself spending a lot of time switching between virtual desktops/spaces. I think it would be simpler if I had one space per open program, and if my spaces and my dock were in the same order. ...
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how to merge two full screen chrome tabs in mac OS?
Looks like nobody ever asked this but this might be pretty useful for the pro user to figure out a good way to handle it.
I'm working with full screen windows all the time, to take full advantage of ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to cycle through all the applications in mission control in macOS?
I want to use keyboard to switch between apps in mission control.
Is there a keyboard shortcut to cycle through all the applications in mission control in macOS?
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macOS Mojave cmd+tab exposé doesn't change to active window
I've grown quite fond of the Mission Control way of thinking, but one thing annoys me.
When I use Cmd+tab to switch between applications
And then click down-arrow to see open instances of the app
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MacOS Mission Control Shortcuts not working with Chrome Remote Desktop
Note: Somewhat related to Chrome Remote Desktop Keyboard ShortCut Needed
The Problem
I found using the Chrome Remote Desktop that the Ctrl key is not forwarded or recognized on the Mac as Mission ...
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Is there a way to set a fullscreen app to always be on Desktop 1?
When I enter fullscreen on spotify, Mac OS automatically creates a new space on the right side of my desktop screens. I'd like to always have it open into the desktop beside the "Dashboard" desktop. ...
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How to move Desktop from one display to another display in Mac OSX El Capitan
I am using a MBP with OSX El Capitan. If I need to move a window from one Desktop space to another desktop space, I just need to hold the title bar and press Ctrl + 2 to move the selected window to ...
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Mouse 4 and 5 for Mission Control pages?
I am not a mac noob, and I have searched through system preferences, and yet I cannot find a way to use the scroll wheel left and right buttons to switch between Mission Control pages on my mac. I ...
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Easy way to delete all virutal desktops in OS X
I don't know why but I have almost 200 virtual desktops and I'm looking for a way to just have one open.
Usually I hit F3 go to one and kill it. But to do it 200 times it's gonna take a lot of time!
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Restart Slow Mission Control in Yosemite
I'm getting some pretty high lag for Mission Control in Yosemite a couple hours after launch. I just want to restart the process but this no longer works:
killall Dock
How do I do it?
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Excel 2011 on OSX always opens on same monitor
I am running OSX and I have 3 monitors. In Mission Control, I have all 3 monitors to be their own Space. So each monitor has a toolbar at the top. Only one monitor has my dock on it (obviously). I ...
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