Comments on: Virtual Desktops in Mac OS X

By: An Update on the Electronic Migration « A Med School Odyssey

An Update on the Electronic Migration « A Med School Odyssey — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:20:36 +0000

[...] Multiple desktops are a necessity when note-taking, at least for me they are. I was raised on Unix, so I suppose it might only be a personal thing. Mac OS and all the flavors of Unix can do it – Apple calls them spaces - but I’ve no idea if the current iteration of Windows is capable or not. I find that keeping EverNote maximized in one space and PowerPoint in the other works pretty well. I follow along in the notes and when I want to document something from the lecture, I can quickly switch to the other and do so without having to deal with minimizing or shuffling windows around. [...]

By: Kasimir

Kasimir — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:28:28 +0000

Spaces simply doesn’t work with all applications and isn’t as configurable as traditional virtual desktop managers in *nix. It’s useless, because the first problem causes it to not work properly, and the second causes people who used virtual desktops before to not like spaces. A pity.

By: Biblosmith

Biblosmith — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:46:05 +0000

I’ve tried Spaces a few times, but don’t find it all that useful. IF I could have a fully new space (i.e. the desktop has its own folders, apps and icons) in each space I would us it.

By: TheWalrus

TheWalrus — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:32:06 +0000

Great, thanks for this. Having just started using a Mac as well as my Ubuntu machine, it’s good to know I can continue with multiple desktops.

By: richsadams

richsadams — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:31:14 +0000

Having come from years in a Windows environment ]]shudder[[ I found Spaces a little hard to get used to. But once I did I loved it. I don’t think I could live without it on my iMac now and certainly would sell a body part or two to keep it on my MacBook! I keep my browser on one desktop, mail on another, NetNewsWire (RSS Reader) on another and so on. It’s a breeze moving around with an active corner and not having to open, close and shove windows around is terrific. Long live Spaces!

By: Bobby

Bobby — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:53:58 +0000

Exactly, these are only 4 ‘spaces’ and not real virtual desktops. I want to have different documents on each desktop, different docks etc. Real virtual desktops. Was looking for special software, but there nothing to find for 10.6. For earlier versions there is…. but not 10.6. Bummer.

By: John Harlow

John Harlow — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:33:08 +0000

They be a lot more useful if out-of-the-box I could change the background and the dock on each space.

By: tangobozo

tangobozo — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:23:58 +0000

I’ve given Spaces a go two times now, first with my MBP then with a Mini that I’m using as a media server.

Both times I gave up on it within a week and went back to Expose, Tab/Shift, and LaunchBar scripts which for me, are easier to access without having to remember what is open and which Space it is in.