This can also help ensure you don’t get distracted – even if you give into temptation and try to launch Safari from your “work” desktop, it won’t appear in this desktop if you’ve assigned it to your “distractions” desktop. If you’ve created desktops for very specific purposes, then you might want to assign certain applications to each desktop, so that they always launch on their assigned desktop. You can move to the “next” desktop in the series (i.e move from Desktop 1 to Desktop 2), by pressing the ‘Control + Right’ keys, and you can switch to the “previous” desktop (move from Desktop 2 to Desktop 1), by pressing the ‘Control + Left’ keys. However, once you’ve finished with this prep work, why not cut out the middle-man and switch between desktops directly? Mission Control provides a hub where you can create additional desktops, and then drag and drop applications between these desktops. Once you’ve got to grips with the essentials of creating and managing multiple desktops, there’s some additional tricks that can help turn you into a multi-desktop power user. Mastering Mission Control’s Multi-Desktop Find the application you want to relocate, and drag it onto the Desktop 2 icon.Make sure you’re currently viewing Desktop 1.For example, if you wanted to move an app from Desktop 1 to Desktop 2, then you’d need to: You can also relocate applications that are already open, which is particularly useful if your original desktop has got out of control. Once you’ve created two or more desktops, you can launch applications in each desktop independently, for example if you switch to Desktop 2 and then launch Pages, then the Pages app will appear in Desktop 2 only. You can create as many desktops as you want by clicking the ‘+’ icon, for example you may want to create a desktop for work and a desktop for all those distractions that keep you away from work or desktops dedicated to specific tasks such as a desktop for making notes and a desktop for working on your first draft. To switch back to your original desktop, simply launch Mission Control and then select ‘Desktop 1’ from the toolbar. Once you’ve created at least two desktops, you can switch between these desktops by selecting the corresponding thumbnail in the Mission Control toolbar. You can create additional desktops, by clicking the ‘+’ icon (where the cursor is positioned in the following screenshot).
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