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Am I just not getting Mission Control?

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Tydog07

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I recently upgraded to Lion and I thought the purpose of Mission Control was to seamlessly swipe between all your open apps. When I use the trackpad and I have more than one app open, and I swipe 4 fingers up, I get the Mission Control screen, but it only shows my desktop and dashboard. If I use 3 fingers to swipe either way, it only goes between safari (desktop) and dashboard.

For example right now I have safari and bit torrent open, if I swipe either way, I only get dashboard. How do I set it up so that I can scroll through all my open apps/windows? Am I just not getting the purpose of this feature?
 
xraydoc

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Tydog07 said:
I recently upgraded to Lion and I thought the purpose of Mission Control was to seamlessly swipe between all your open apps. When I use the trackpad and I have more than one app open, and I swipe 4 fingers up, I get the Mission Control screen, but it only shows my desktop and dashboard. If I use 3 fingers to swipe either way, it only goes between safari (desktop) and dashboard.

For example right now I have safari and bit torrent open, if I swipe either way, I only get dashboard. How do I set it up so that I can scroll through all my open apps/windows? Am I just not getting the purpose of this feature?
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In your case, with apps open all on the same desktop (a.k.a. a Spaces space in 10.6-speak), Mission Control is no different than Exposé. If you want to swipe left/right to move from app to app you need to open each app on a separate desktop (or open capable apps to full-screen mode).
 
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Tydog07

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xraydoc said:
In your case, with apps open all on the same desktop (a.k.a. a Spaces space in 10.6-speak), Mission Control is no different than Exposé. If you want to swipe left/right to move from app to app you need to open each app on a separate desktop (or open capable apps to full-screen mode).
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That sounds interesting, how do I open a new desktop?
 
Mrguidogenio

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Enter Mission Control, then move your mouse to the top right corner. A new desktop should appear there. Click it to add it next to your current desktop.
 
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viscanti

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Tydog07 said:
That sounds interesting, how do I open a new desktop?
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Open Mission Control and move your cursor to the top right of the screen. You'll see an option to create a new desktop. You can drag an app to it from Mission Control and have it setup there. Alternatively, you can simply make an app full screen, and it will create a new desktop for that app. You can then switch between that app (in full screen) and your "regular" desktop.
 
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Tydog07

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Mrguidogenio said:
Enter Mission Control, then move your mouse to the top right corner. A new desktop should appear there. Click it to add it next to your current desktop.
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viscanti said:
Open Mission Control and move your cursor to the top right of the screen. You'll see an option to create a new desktop. You can drag an app to it from Mission Control and have it setup there. Alternatively, you can simply make an app full screen, and it will create a new desktop for that app. You can then switch between that app (in full screen) and your "regular" desktop.
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Dude, you guys are amazing, that is so cool! That will definitely increase productivity!
 
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