Questions tagged [mission-control]
Mission Control is Mac OS X 10.7's all-in-one solution for window management.
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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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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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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 to change mac OS behavior when closing windows (Mission Control)
I have realized the following annoying behavior from Mac OS. Suppose the following situation:
Open app A on Desktop 1 (window A1)
Move to Desktop 2
Open app B on Desktop 2
Open another window of app ...
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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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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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How do you disable the window switch animation when switching spaces with Mission Control?
In Snow Leopard, I had the window switch animation disabled when I quick-key between spaces. Now that it's Mission Control in Lion, there's a long animation during which all my desktop icons disappear ...
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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 set a Mac space that automatically show on the 2nd screen?
Is there a way to assign a space per screen?
Let me explain - when I work with 2 screens I have windows on my main monitor and in my secondary monitor.
When I unplug from the secondary monitor I want ...
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How to navigate / switch apps in MacOS's Mission Control without using the mouse
For maximum keyboard productivity, is there a way to configure Mission Control to allow navigating the apps via arrow key or hjkl?
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How to make Mission Control keyboard friendly?
In Snow Leopard, when you Expose, you can navigate to each window by using the keyboard arrow keys. With Lion, this is not possible anymore. Does anyone know how to make the arrow keys work in Mission ...
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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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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 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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