#Setting up multiple desktops on mac full

He uses his Mac for вЂњnearly every aspect of producing an Internet publication and series of electronic books, along with the ongoing operations of running a publishing company.вЂќДЄdam uses two displays, вЂњand I have since I added a video card to an SE/30 in 1990. Senior Macworld contributor Adam Engst heads up TidBits and the Take Control ebook series. In her words, she uses вЂњthe crap out ofвЂќ it.ДЇaith organizes the apps in her Dock by color and favors a Desktop that looks like a blank canvas. She uses no external displays, but she does have one unique methodological quirk: She actually uses Mission Control.

#Setting up multiple desktops on mac full

Marco doesnвЂ™t use the unholy trio of Spaces, Mission Control, and Full Screen apps. I use a Hot Corner instead-I slam my mouse to the bottom right corner of my screen for quick Desktop access. вЂњYou should see my Desktop.вЂќ He makes frequent use of the F11 keyboard shortcut to show the Desktop, for easy dragging and dropping of files. I asked Marco if he employs any interesting strategies for keeping his apps, windows, and the like organized. The only apps in my own Dock are ones that I leave running all day long if I donвЂ™t run an app all day every day, I punt it from the Dock with prejudice. Various apps have taken up permanent residence in MarcoвЂ™s Dock: AppleвЂ™s Mail, Safari, Messages, Calendar, iTunes, Terminal, and Xcode MacroMatesвЂ™ $55 TextMate open-source Colloquy AcqualiaвЂ™s $12 Soulver Bogdan PopescuвЂ™s free Dash WebinвЂ™s $7 ReadKit and Oleg AndreevвЂ™s free GitBox.

But every time I try switching to a side Dock, I get frustrated and wind up restoring it to the same (stupid) bottom position where it started.

A compelling argument can be made for putting the Dock on the side: AppleвЂ™s displays are all widescreen, so making your Dock encroach on width instead of the comparatively smaller height makes sense. Like me, Marco leaves his Dock on-screen at all times-but his sits along the left side of his Mac.