#Open mission control mac mac os x

Dashboard, Exposé, and Spaces were combined and renamed Mission Control in 2011 with the release of Mac OS X 10. A modified version, App Expos, was incorporated into iPadOS.

#Open mission control mac windows

Hit the Command + Space keys to launch Spotlight Search, and type Mission Control in the Spotlight Search box. Mission Control is a feature of the macOS operating system. Mission Control, formerly known as Expos and incorporating the features of Dashboard and Spaces, was a tool for managing multiple open windows in Mac OS X (later macOS), allowing the user to quickly see all open windows (or specific sets) without the need to click through many windows to find a specific target. If you cannot find the Applications folder, you can search it in the Home Folder on Mac. It will obviously cut down on clutter, but might be harder to pick out a specific window unless you select the application and find it (you can use the keyboard shortcut Command+~ to sort through multiple windows in the same application). Open Applications folder > Locate Mission Control. In this screenshot, we see how it looks when an application is grouped. Each application window gets its own thumbnail. Mission Control is a function of Mac OS X dedicated just to quickly find the right window. In the following screenshot, we see how it looks when things aren’t grouped by application. OS X Finder can easily clutter up with open application windows. “Group Windows by Application” is best shown with pictures. In order to open a new Safari window on Desktop 4, you need to turn this option off. When you switch back to Safari, the desktops will scroll back to Desktop 2. You can also press Control () + up arrow () to open Mission Control on Mac. Let’s say you have Safari open on Desktop 2 and you’re on Desktop 4 using Calendar. Apple keyboard and Touch Bar have a dedicated Mission Control key (three rectangles of different shapes) to launch the feature in one tap simply press F3/the Mission Control icon. The next option is for those who use Spaces regularly.

If you ever been using your Mac and tried to switch between desktops, only to discover they’re not in the order you thought they were, this is probably why. The first option allows Mission Control to automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use.