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Fix for not working Exposè/Mission Control

June 7, 2018December 10, 2018 by Mr.R
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Using the the F3-key should normally activate Exposè/Mission Control. In some circumstances nothing happens when you hit the F3-key or the four finger up gesture.

To solve this problem apply the following defaults write command:

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Categories Dock, Mission ControlTags 10.10, 10.11, 10.121 Comment

Disable automatically rearrange Spaces based on recent use

February 2, 2016January 18, 2016 by Mr.W
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Mission Control gives you access to all your open windows and desktops (spaces). The spaces are automatically sorted by recent use, you can undo this.Use the following command in Terminal to change this.

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Categories Mission ControlTags 10.10, 10.11, 10.8, 10.9

Disable the Mission Control zoom effect in Mac OS X

February 15, 2014January 24, 2014 by Mr.W

Turn off Mission Control’s zoom effect that appear whenever it’s activated or deactivated in OS X 10.7 and above.

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Categories Mission ControlTags 10.7, 10.8, 10.9

Mac OS X: Disable Mission Control and Spaces

October 28, 2012October 26, 2012 by Mr.R

If you never use Mission Control than it is possible to disable the feature entirely and save resources. If you disable Mission Control you also disable the Spaces feature, before disabling Mission Control, close all of your spaces.

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Categories Mission ControlTags 10.7, 10.812 Comments

Mission Control: Fullsize window previews

October 20, 2012October 19, 2012 by Mr.R

In OS X Lion the thumbnail previews of windows from the same app are grouped together. By hovering the mouse over these thumbnails and scrolling up, you can expand the group of windows. It is possible to display these windows in full size.

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Categories Mission ControlTags 10.7, 10.8

Enable the full size window preview in Mission Control

October 13, 2012October 10, 2012 by Mr.W

Mission Control groups previews of windows from the same app. By hovering the cursor over a these group and scrolling up, you can see that the group showing more detail in those behind the main window. With the following command you enable to see a full size preview of the contents.

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Categories Mission ControlTags 10.7, 10.8

Enable the hidden ‘go to recent space’ gesture

October 8, 2012October 9, 2012 by Mr.W

When you use Mission Control often, you’ll like the following defaults-write. It lets you immediately jump back to the most recently used Space. You can activate this option with a four-fingered double tap on the trackpad (or Magic Mouse). Enable the gesture with the following command:

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Categories Mission ControlTags 10.7, 10.8

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