I use for that the “Copy picture of selected area to clipboard” screenshot function, which allows me to select an area of the screen and copy this to the clipboard. I frequently have to take screenshots for my articles for Tweaking 4All, so I decided to assign taking a screenshot to the Zoom button. My mouse has 3 buttons (Forward, Backward, and Zoom). While you’re at it: Assign a button for screenshots … The easiest way to start Mission Control is by pressing the Mission Control key on your keyboard – this is typically the F3 key (or “Expose Key”).īy default, if you haven’t changed the keyboard shortcuts, CTRL + ↑ (CTRL + Arrow Up) will open Mission Control as well. You can start Mission Control in 3 ways: Use the Keyboard To create some spaces, I used 4 but any number will work, is relatively easy – just very well hidden in “Mission Control”.
#MULTIPLE DESKTOPS MAC DRIVER#
Mouse support depends on the driver of your mouse and an application like SteerMouse.
#MULTIPLE DESKTOPS MAC SOFTWARE#
Testing Spaces on your computer will not require any additional software (it’s build-in to MacOS X) and you can disable it any time you’d like. For the last two options, you’ll of course need a mouse that supports this.
#MULTIPLE DESKTOPS MAC HOW TO#
In this article however, I will show you how to use a key combination, tilting of the wheel of a wheel mouse, or the way I do it myself: by using two side buttons on my mouse. Switching from one desktop to another was in my opinion too cumbersome and not very intuitive. I’ve never found them to be really practical though (and in part I have to blame myself in that). Virtual Desktops have been around for quite a while already, specially on the Unix/Linux platform. Each desktop with it’s own set of applications and windows that are opened. Say you have 4 virtual desktops, your computer display will only show one of them at the time, but you can rotate through the desktops rapidly to enjoy the content of the next or previous desktop. In the image below, an illustration of how you could see “spaces” (virtual desktops). And all that with just one screen (works for desktops and laptops). Unlike monitors, this function is free and you’re allowed to create up to 18 desktops. Or if you’re not a developer: One desktop for your Wordprocessor, another one for your spreadsheet application and the third one for your eMail program.īut the beauty of virtual desktops is that we’re not bound to only two or three desktops, I always use 4. With a virtual desktop, your Mac will seems to have multiple desktops, as if you’re using multiple monitors.įor example, one for working on the code of your website, one for Photoshop, and one for a preview of the website you’re developing. Or in other words: Spaces, which offers your Mac Multiple Desktops. It is however far from practical if you’re moving around with your laptop, and this is where Virtual Desktops come in play. Now working with multiple monitors is really cool and I even dare to say that it increases productivity.
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