How to Switch Between Spaces on a Mac

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Tip 1 - How to Use Spaces on Mac OS X

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Bastiaan van Beusekom | permalink

Mac OS X's Spaces (part of Mission Control since OS X 10.7 "Lion") is a feature that allows you to spread your programs across up to 16 separate desktop areas. These spaces will help you to organize your activities, since they provide you...
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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Spaces-on-Mac-OS-X ^[1]

Tip 2 - Mission Control 101: How to Use Multiple Desktops on a Mac

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by John Tiedemann | permalink

The Mission Control feature in Mac OS X allows you to arrange windows into several different screens you can quickly switch between. This feature was formerly known as Spaces, and is called virtual desktops or workspaces on Linux.

For further reading: http://www.howtogeek.com/180677/mission-control-101-how-to-use-multiple-desktops-on-a-mac/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - Remove OSX shortcut to switch between spaces (ctrl + number shortcut)

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by lingan | permalink

On MacOsX Lion (upgrade from Leopard). Working with some 3d application, I would like to temporarily turn off the shortcut ctrl + [numberOfSpace]. I went to: Preferences > Keyboard > Miss...

For further reading: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/135814/remove-osx-shortcut-to-switch-between-spaces-ctrl-number-shortcut ^[3]