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Spaces were renamed Desktops and brought together with Exposé and Dashboard as Mission Control with the release of Mac OSX 10.7 Lion.

A row of thumbnails across the top of Mission Control displays Dashboard, desktop spaces, and your open full-screen apps.

Previous versions of OSX referred to these workspaces as spaces but the terminology is being changed to desktops.

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Spaces: Rename Desktops

Is it possible to dynamically rename spaces, (as if I was renaming a folder or file), so I can write small descriptions of the ongoing project contained in each?
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Does using Spaces slow down the system?

Did anyone experience if using Spaces slows down the system? Is there are difference between using 4 spaces vs 9 spaces?
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A better workflow for screen real estate than spaces?

My impression of the general feeling toward spaces is that it's a good idea that doesn't work very well and so most people don't use it. I do use it and I can't imagine having all my windows open on one screen as being easier to navigate. I'm…
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Send an application to a specific Space

Is there a way to send the current used application to a specific Space? For example, I work in Space 1; I double-click on a document and an application starts to open this document. Is there a quick way to send this application to Space 2?
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A Space just for an App

Is there a way (perhaps using a third-party app) to make one of my Spaces permanently locked to a single app (in this case, TextEdit)? I want to have all my TextEdit windows and nothing else in one Space, at all times. I never want TextEdit to open…
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Spaces: How to set an app to appear in every space but one?

Spaces lets you set up certain applications to open in a specific space, no particular space or all of them. Sometimes though I wished to have a space where my apps that usually would appear in all other spaces wouldn't go. For example, if I had…
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How can I lock specific windows (NOT the entire application) to specific Spaces in Lion?

Possible Duplicate: Can Spaces be configured by project, rather than by application? I have a dual-display setup (27" iMac and a 30" Dell monitor) and I like to be able to have diferent types of work going on, in different Spaces on the…
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Assign different windows of same application to different spaces (macOS 12 monterey)

I have the same question as per this question Assign Application Windows to Different Spaces/Desktops but i hope my question doesn't get closed for duplicate. The reason is I am asking for more than just Safari windows. Like the original question i…
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Drag application window to another space

In OS X Mavericks how do I drag a window to another space? I was able to do this in Mountain Lion.
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Understanding work-spaces on macOS - Why does it not save Applications and Positions

This may sound a little weird but I'm using spaces on my MacBook (currently latest BigSur version) for a couple years and there are a few behaviour I don't understand. I usually work with my MacBook + 1 external display. My "main" display is my…
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to allow me to go back to my last used space?

Suppose I have 10 spaces and I am currently using Space 1. Often times I'll CommandTab to an app in macOS and it will take me to where that app is (lets say it takes me to Space 10). Is there a keyboard shortcut that I can use to take me back to…
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Is it possible to dedicate a space to an app, as opposed to the other way around?

I always have emacs running in full screen on one of my spaces. Currently, I assign it to particular space, and assign every other app I use to some other space. This is kind of inefficient, as I have to assign every app I use individually, when…
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Why can't I move the first Desktop in Mission control?

All spaces are moveable between each other except the first. Why?
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Save and Load Workspaces

Is there an app or setting that lets me save (persist) and load workspaces (or "Spaces") on my Mac? i.e. as a freelance software developer I want it to appear as if I have a completely fresh Mac dedicated to each of my clients' projects -- one Mac…
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How do I use Spaces to "save" a specific browser page on restart?

Let's say I'd like gmail.com open on my Desktop 1, and yahoo.com open on my Desktop 2 on a computer restart. Is this possible with Mac Spaces + some browser settings?
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