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Working with Mission Control

#1 User is offline   Macworld 

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Posted 05 April 2012 - 08:01 AM

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#2 User is offline   HealeyGuy 

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  Posted 05 April 2012 - 09:54 AM

Thanks. Very helpful. I didn't know what it was for and now see how it can be useful to me.
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  Posted 05 April 2012 - 09:58 AM

Hmm...all the show notes links go to edit-staging.macworld.com; can't see them
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#4 User is offline   len5 

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  Posted 05 April 2012 - 10:15 AM

Great job Chris!

It's so much easier learning new features on OSX in video format.

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#5 User is offline   Strawtag 

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  Posted 05 April 2012 - 10:42 AM

Thanks for the video! Here's an important difference between Snow Leopard's Spaces and Lion's Mission Control (there are lots of differences, I know, but this one is somewhat disruptive). For applications I've assigned to a desktop (space) in Mission Control that normally launch with a couple of windows open, moving to another Desktop after the app's first window opens causes remaining windows to open in the new Desktop rather than in the one to which the app was assigned. In Snow Leopard, once an assigned app's first window appeared, even if it was the splash screen, I could merrily change spaces without worrying whether any of the app's yet-to-be-opened windows would follow me to the new space, in other words, they would open in the same space the app was assigned to even if the space was no longer displayed on screen.

Now it's off to Apple to submit a feedback report about that problem. Thanks.
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#6 User is offline   shanthenose 

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  Posted 05 April 2012 - 01:06 PM

very useful... thank you Sir... =)
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#7 User is offline   kylerwalker 

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  Posted 05 April 2012 - 02:28 PM

the video was educational i liked it just could not find the like button in youtube
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  Posted 05 April 2012 - 03:43 PM

How To Keep Some Apps on Some Space.. Example Chrome Browser will be always in Space 2, Email and iTunes on Space 1 etc.
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  Posted 05 April 2012 - 07:27 PM

I have to click twice on an app in the Dock to make Mission Control switch to the space the app is in. On the first click, the main menu bar switches to the selected app, but none of the windows appear. On the second click the Space switches and the window appears.

Is this normal? I can't imagine that it is. If I put Xcode, Mail, and Safari in 3 separate Spaces, I have to click each of them twice in the Dock to switch to them.
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#10 User is offline   NadirSuwaidan 

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  Posted 06 April 2012 - 05:54 AM

Thanks it is helpful.
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#11 User is online   rehrdc 

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  Posted 07 April 2012 - 04:48 AM

Can Mission Control be document-centric instead of application-centric? It would be much more useful that way.

For instance, in one desktop I might want to work with a Safari window on my bank account together with an Excel spreadsheet.

In another desktop, I might want to work with a PDF or an e-book, using a different Excel spreadsheet to take notes (database-style).

Two desktops, two different tasks. But, unless I am missing something, I can't put two Excel spreadsheets in two different desktops.
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  Posted 09 April 2012 - 06:26 AM

Great demonstration, Chris!
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#13 User is offline   TimothyA 

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  Posted 15 April 2012 - 03:28 PM

FINALLY, someone explained this in a clear fashion. Thank you!
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#14 User is offline   newenglin 

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  Posted 20 January 2013 - 09:01 PM

I wish I could understand what you're writing. Without illustrations, I'll find instructions elsewhere. FAIL!
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