Assign Apps to Desktops in Mission Control
Aug 11, 2011 - 10 Comments
If you use multiple Desktops (aka Spaces aka Virtual Desktops) in OS X Lion’s Mission Control, you can set apps to specific Desktops, all Desktops, or no specific Desktop at all.
- Right-click on the apps icon in the Dock
- Navigate to Options, and then from the “Assign To” sub-menu select one of the three choices:
- All Desktops – the app will appear on all Desktops, without causing a switch
- This Desktop – Desktop-specific, this will cause Desktops to switch when the app is selected
- None – the default setting
The main difference with the choices is how apps interact within Mission Control, and whether or not they will automatically cause a Desktop switch based on their selection or not.
Check out more Mac OS X 10.7 tips while you’re at it.
seems to work just fine for me with all other apps EXCEPT entourage which is the one i need it to work with. any suggestions?
Right-clicking an App in the Dock, choosing Option and setting a desktop (space) doesn’t seem to work for me.
No idea what’s happening. When I start up an app from the dock, it looks like it’s going to the right desktop and than reverts back to the desktop you started from. Any ideas?
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Unfortunately I can’t find those options on my right click… am I missing something obvious?
But can you assign desktops to different monitors, and make sure that a desktop always goes to that monitor, even if you unplug it and reattach it later? That would be awesome.
Sadly that’s not near good enough. I want my old Spaces back :(
I would have to agree. I feel that I lost almost all control over Spaces when I upgraded to Lion.
Where do I get that desktop pic please?
The desktop background is one of the defaults in Mac OS X Lion.
If you aren’t running Lion, you can find the wallpaper pack here: https://osxdaily.com/2011/05/13/14-new-wallpapers-mac-os-x-lion-dp3/