If you were used to clicking F8 (or another function key) in Snow Leopard on the Mac to quickly move apps between different spaces, you might be finding OS X Lion a little frustrating when trying to accomplish the same thing. I know I had been – until I discovered this cool tip courtesy of […]
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Lion Tip: How To Move Apps Between Desktops Without Leaving Mission Control

Jul 29th 2011 by

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If you were used to clicking F8 (or another function key) in Snow Leopard on the Mac to quickly move apps between different spaces, you might be finding OS X Lion a little frustrating when trying to accomplish the same thing. I know I had been – until I discovered this cool tip courtesy of Mac OS X Hints:

Here’s how to select a Space in Mission Control without leaving Mission Control.

Holding Option while clicking on a Desktop or a Full Screen application will bring that Desktop/Application into focus, but keep you in Mission Control.

Very cool. Makes it much easier to shift your apps around between desktops / spaces again.

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