How to Set Up and Use Multiple Desktops in Mac OS Mojave
Posted on 20th June 2023
Mac OS Mojave, released in September 2018, brought a number of new features to the Mac, including the ability to use multiple desktops. This can be a great way to increase your productivity, as it allows you to keep different areas of your work separate and organised. In this article, we’ll show you how to set up and use multiple desktops in Mac OS Mojave.
Mission Control is the key to using multiple desktops in Mac OS Mojave. This feature gives you an overview of all of your open windows and allows you to easily move between them. To access Mission Control, simply click the Mission Control icon in the Dock, or use the keyboard shortcut Control+Up Arrow.
Once you’re in Mission Control, you’ll see all of your open windows grouped together by application. To create a new desktop, simply click the New Desktop button in the top-right corner of the screen.
You can also use Mission Control to move windows between desktops. To do this, simply click and hold on a window, then drag it to the desired desktop.
If you want to delete a desktop, simply click and hold on the desktop’s thumbnail in Mission Control, then click the X button that appears.
One of the great things about using multiple desktops is that you can easily move between them using Mission Control. To do this, simply click on the desired desktop in Mission Control, or use the keyboard shortcut Control+Left or Right Arrow.
You can also use the Spaces bar in Mission Control to quickly move between desktops. To do this, simply click and hold on the Spaces bar, then use the arrow keys to move between desktops.
If you find yourself using multiple desktops often, you may want to add a keyboard shortcut to quickly access Mission Control. To do this, open System Preferences and click on the Keyboard preference pane. Click on the Shortcuts tab, then click on Mission Control in the list of options.
Finally, click on the Add Shortcut button and add the desired keyboard shortcut.
With multiple desktops, you can easily keep different areas of your work separate and organised. So if you’re looking for a way to boost your productivity, give multiple desktops a try.
Assuming you have Mojave installed, you can now set up multiple desktops. To do this, open System Preferences and click on Mission Control. In the resulting window, check the “Displays have separate Spaces” box. Once you’ve done that, you can create a new desktop by clicking the “+” button in the upper-right corner of the screen.
You can move between desktops by clicking on their icons in the Mission Control window, or by using the keyboard shortcuts mapped to the Mission Control F3 key. To move an application window from one desktop to another, just click and drag it to the desired desktop.
If you want to delete a desktop, just hover your mouse over its icon in the Mission Control window and click the “-” button that appears.
And that’s all there is to it! Multiple desktops can be a great way to keep your workspace organized, and Mojave makes it easy to set up and use them.
In addition to creating and managing multiple virtual desktops, Mac OS Mojave provides a new feature called Spaces. With Spaces, you can group related windows together in their own virtual desktop and quickly switch between them. Here’s how to set up and use Spaces in Mac OS Mojave.
To create a new Space, open Mission Control and click the “+” button in the top-right corner. A new Space will be created and you can give it a name by clicking on the “Untitled” text.
To add windows to a Space, open Mission Control and drag the window you want to add to the Space. Alternatively, you can right-click on a window and select “Move to” followed by the name of the Space you want to move it to.
To switch between Spaces, open Mission Control and click on the Space you want to switch to. You can also use the keyboard shortcuts Control+arrow keys or Command+arrow keys to switch between Spaces.
To delete a Space, open Mission Control and hover your mouse over the Space you want to delete. A delete button will appear, click it to delete the Space.
To create a new desktop, click the Desktop Preferences icon in the Dock and select the New Desktop menu item from the pop-up menu. Alternatively, you can use the Mission Control hotkey (F3 by default) to open the Mission Control interface and click the “+” button in the top-right corner.
A new desktop will be created and you can begin adding apps and windows to it. To switch to a different desktop, either click its thumbnail in the Mission Control interface or use the keyboard shortcut for switching between Mission Control spaces (Ctrl+Left/Right by default).
If you want to move a window from one desktop to another, simply click and drag its thumbnail in the Mission Control interface to the desired desktop. Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut for moving a window to a different space (Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right by default).
To delete a desktop, open the Mission Control interface and hover your mouse over the desktop’s thumbnail. A close button will appear in the top-left corner of the thumbnail. Click it to delete the desktop.
If you want to get even more organized, you can create multiple desktops and use them for different tasks. For example, you could have one desktop for work and another for play.
To create a new desktop, click the “+” button in the upper-right corner of the screen. To switch to a different desktop, click its thumbnail in the upper-right corner of the screen.
You can move windows between desktops by clicking and dragging them to the desired desktop. To delete a desktop, click the “-” button in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Assuming you’ve already set up your virtual desktops, you can switch between them by clicking on the desktop you want to switch to in the Mission Control view. You can also switch desktops by using the keyboard shortcuts Control + Left Arrow and Control + Right Arrow.
If you want to move a window from one desktop to another, you can do so by clicking and dragging the window to the desired desktop in the Mission Control view.
