How do you use spaces?

[eXan]

4 Spaces:

1: all internet stuff, light Finder, videos, encoding, etc
2: iTunes
3: Study
4: usually free if need a clear room for intensive Finder operations. I rarely use it.

So I guess I spend most of my time in space 1.

To switch spaces I use Option-1, Option-2, Option-3, Option-4 shortcuts and sometimes I just press the app icon the dock.

 

[andy.barron]

because the dock gets in the way & I have it hidden frogface

 

[GimmeSlack12]

Apple Tab is for girls. I just click on the appropriate app in my dock. What could be easier?

The mouse is for noobs. You'll never win at computing (much rather the internets) that way.

 

[karenflower]

Apple Tab is for girls. I just click on the appropriate app in my dock. What could be easier?

I'm a girl and I never use it.

Plus, it's way easier to type shortcuts if you're keyboard-centric. Or just want variety.

 

[Halsey12]

I use it, it just doesn't function properly, but I don't know if it's Adobe or Apple's fault... I lose all my Photoshop palates when switching into the Space where Photoshop resides... and Switching into my Dreamweaver Space often takes a click on the dock icon to make all the palates appear. I have 4gbs of ram so it should be able to remember the palates.

 

[menthol moose]

I've got nine spaces right now.

1: Safari, web browsing
2: Handbrake and Mac the Ripper, DVD ripping and encoding for iTunes and my iPod
3: Photoshop, usually for designing websites or heavy editing of photos
4: Mail and iCal
5: iTunes, right now for categorizing videos and playing music
6: TextWrangler, Safari, and Finder, web development on the cheap
7: System Preferences and Terminal, when I want to mess with stuff
8: Word or Pages, for writing papers
9: Desktop, so I can make it look like I'm not doing anything

I've got it set up so that I can access Spaces mousing to the bottom-left corner, Dashboard to the top-left, Expose to the top right, and the desktop to the bottom-right. I can't see going back to Tiger after this.

 

[techguy40]

when you have more than one application in space 1 for example, how do you access them each one in that space only?

 

[mad jew]

SometimesIputthembetweenwords,butnotalwaysbecausethespacebarisjustsofarawayfromtherestoftheletteringonmykeyboard.


Seriously, I can't work out what it's good for. Maybe if Exposé didn't already exist?...

 

[eXan]

when you have more than one application in space 1 for example, how do you access them each one in that space only?

Sometimes Cmd-Tab, but usually Expose (botton left hot corner for all windows and bottom right for desktop)

 

[QuarterSwede]

Apple Tab is for girls. I just click on the appropriate app in my dock. What could be easier?

Pfff, mousing is for girls. Cmd+Tab is a lot faster.

1. Finder/Safari/Overflow
2. Mail
3. Adium
4. iTunes

 

[tominated]

i have six spaces. I can't live without them now.
1. Mailplane
2. Safari/other crap
3. Xcode/IB when i want to play with them
4. Photoshop
5. iTunes
6. Textmate/CSSEdit/Coda

 

[benlangdon]

SometimesIputthembetweenwords,butnotalwaysbecausethespacebarisjustsofarawayfromtherestoftheletteringonmykeyboard.


Seriously, I can't work out what it's good for. Maybe if Exposé didn't already exist?...

The mouse is for noobs. You'll never win at computing (much rather the internets) that way.

do you guys edit photos at all?
i know first hand how annoying having a huge window open with a photo and having to close and open other programs, when i put pictures in my presentations its very nice to have iphoto and photoshop on one space and keynote in the other space,

i got annoyed with spaces when i had 6 of them, try 2, its all you need.

Apple Tab is for girls. I just click on the appropriate app in my dock. What could be easier?

easier, maybe. faster, not a chance.



well i guess here is the one thread on macrumers that has everyone fighting like kids, at least its not the whole forum. unsubscribed

 

[GoKyu]

I have 6 spaces, and couldn't do without them now:

1. Firefox and Adium
2. Garageband
3. Photoshop
4. Misc. (usually games/DVDs/Handbrake)
5. Parallels (the rare times I use it.)
6. Lightroom

I have my scroll wheel button set to hit F8 (full screen spaces) so I can quickly decide where I want to go next. The reason I got away from just using command-arrow key is because if you have an adjustment layer open in Photoshop and need to switch to another space, it'll freeze and you have to escape out and redo it. Using the F8 option works fine.

-Bryan

 

[Mac OS X Ocelot]

Apple Tab is for girls. I just click on the appropriate app in my dock. What could be easier?

Exposé (especially as it is bound to a mouse button--two actually, all apps and desktop). The Dock is for girly boys. That's why I have it hidden. I Apple+Tab and Apple+` at times though too.

I thought I'd like Spaces but quickly stopped using it. I liked the functionality in Linux the few times I've played with it, but in OS X it's not necessary.

 

[Luzzio]

Spaces is a really useful feature on Leopard, imho.

used to have alot of clutter in one window until I decided to try it.

It's a real pain to navigate between 'spaces' without Quicksilver though, so I recommend using Quicksilver with it

 

[Jelite]

SometimesIputthembetweenwords,butnotalwaysbecausethespacebarisjustsofarawayfromtherestoftheletteringonmykeyboard.


Seriously, I can't work out what it's good for. Maybe if Exposé didn't already exist?...

Agreed, Expose does the same thing only on the same space.

 

[benlangdon]

I Apple+Tab and Apple+` at times though too.

what is apple + '
it doesn't do anything on my comp
apple + tab does work thought, as it should.

 

[Mac OS X Ocelot]

what is apple + '
it doesn't do anything on my comp
apple + tab does work thought, as it should.

It's the key above Tab. The tilde-when-shifted key. I don't know what this ` symbol is. It cycles through windows in many apps, like Safari and other browsers.

 

[Luzzio]

Agreed, Expose does the same thing only on the same space.

I'd say categorization is a good point for spaces. e.g. I wouldn't want to wade through itunes, adium, or a non-project related window when I want to use Expose.

So I open a space, and use Expose' while there and go through less clutter.

 

[karenflower]

Pfff, mousing is for girls. Cmd+Tab is a lot faster.

The Dock is for girly boys.

Jeez, quit with the anti-girl stuff already! Keyboard is for girls, mouse is for girls, dock is for girls. Oh yeah, and it's for guys too. Even girly guys.

*shock*

Sorry if this is too off-topic, but as a female geek I am offended. ><

 

[Jelite]

Girls always getting offended

 

[skunk]

Jeez, quit with the anti-girl stuff already! Keyboard is for girls, mouse is for girls, dock is for girls. Oh yeah, and it's for guys too. Even girly guys.

*shock*

Sorry if this is too off-topic, but as a female geek I am offended. ><

Sorry, I should have known better...

 

[Alrescha]

Spaces:

1 Finder, Console, Terminal, iChat
2 Safari
3 Other net stuff (usenet, bittorrent, etc)
4 Mail, AddressBook, iCal
5 Quicktime, VLC, EyeTV
6 iTunes, iPhoto

 

[priller]

Using 9 spaces currently

1: safari, adium, terminal
2: itunes
3: mail
4: preview
5: xcode
6: interface builder
7: finder
8: xcode docs
9: blank

I've used multiples workspaces on linux for years, couldn't live with everything in one workspace.

 

[Zwhaler]

To show other people how cool 10.5 is.

Me too

I don't think I have ever actually used spaces for anything other than that. It is a great feature, but I just don't need it. Expose is enough for me.