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Spaces

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Updated 4/23/2026

Spaces is great for organizing your workflow across separate desktops.

Accessing Spaces

To access it, press Control and the up arrow, revealing a view of your current spaces.

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Mac - Spaces top bar.excalidraw.svg

Creating New Spaces

Here's a closer look at Spaces and the functionality you can access at the top of the screen

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Moving Applications to Specific Spaces

Click and drag the applications you'd like to move to specific spaces.

Changing Spaces

Press Control + Right Arrow or Control + Left Arrow to switch between spaces.

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