MISSION CONTROL MAC PRO

To jump directly to a specific desktop, hold down Control and hit a number key. If you use a multitude of desktops in Mission Control, cycling through them via the above keyboard shortcut may not be efficient.

Alternatively, you can hold down the Option key and click on a desktop thumbnail to preview it in Mission Control. To cycle through your desktops to preview each without opening one and exiting Mission Control, hold down the Control key and use the left and right arrow keys. When you are in Mission Control, your virtual desktops are displayed as thumbnails across the top of the screen above Mission Control's preview pane. If that's not to your liking or you have an older Mac, you can assign a key or key combination to access Mission Control in System Preferences > Mission Control.Ģ. To access Mission Control, you can swipe up with three or four fingers (depending how you have your trackpad set up), but you can also use the F3 button on Apple keyboards sold since Mac OX X Lion's release in 2011. Without further ado, I present a five keyboard shortcuts for Mission Control. I have come to rely on it and its virtual workspaces throughout the workday, and I get in and out of it more quickly now than when I relied solely on my MacBook's trackpad to navigate my way around it.

MISSION CONTROL MAC PRO

Because my 13.3-inch MacBook Pro has only so much screen real estate, I spread out the applications I use most frequently across a handful of virtual desktops in Mission Control in an effort to avoid feeling cramped when multitasking. After learning a few keyboard shortcuts, my embrace of Mission Control has tightened.

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