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How do you use your Spaces?

I'm just getting going with it.

But so far, I use #1 as my workspace. I have my current documents in Word or Excel, iTunes, a notepad and a browser.

#2 for mail and iCal.

As I get used to it, I plan to fan out to using more. But for right now, this does the job for me.
 
I use two spaces:

1: Everything else
2: Photoshop and Lightroom

I mapped the tilt wheel on my mouse to switch Spaces, so all it takes is a flick of my index finger. So quick and easy, and now I can leave Lightroom open fullscreen, 24/7 - I love it!!!
 
mavis said:
I use two spaces:

1: Everything else
2: Photoshop and Lightroom

I mapped the tilt wheel on my mouse to switch Spaces, so all it takes is a flick of my index finger. So quick and easy, and now I can leave Lightroom open fullscreen, 24/7 - I love it!!!
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You're going to make me go buy a mouse. Knock it off.

(I am of course kidding, that is awesome.)

(Actually, I may not be kidding. May be time for a new mouse.)

🙂
 
I have four Spaces:

Space 1: Internet and communication
- Safari
- Transmission
- Adium
- Skype

Space 2: Music and image
- iTunes
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- iPhoto

Space 3: Mail and Time Management
- iCal
- Mail
- Address Book
- Schoolhouse

Space 4: School tools
- iWork
- Office 2004 (just for the odd compatibility issue)

Of course I move the applications around the spaces as I need too.
 
Space 1: Safari
Space 2: EyeTV & Turbo.264
Space 3: iTunes
Space 4: Mail

I either press Control+# to switch between spaces, or just click the app icon in the dock to jump instantly to the space. On rare occasions I'll click the Spaces icon in the dock to get the preview of what's in the spaces. I haven't touched Expose' or the Finder in quite awhile.
 
Decrepit said:
You're going to make me go buy a mouse. Knock it off.

(I am of course kidding, that is awesome.)

(Actually, I may not be kidding. May be time for a new mouse.)

🙂
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Well, if you do end up getting a new mouse, I'd highly recommend the Logitech MX Revolution plus Steermouse - using that hardware/software combination I can do the following without having to ever touch the keyboard:

Activate Expose
Switch Spaces
Show Spaces overview
Show Desktop
Activate QuickLook
Zoom/unZoom Firefox windows (without moving the cursor)
CMD+Q any app
Change brush sizes in Photoshop
Show the dashboard
CMD+W Photoshop documents
Switch to grid/gallery view in Lightroom

I absolutely love it. It makes using the Mac so much easier 😉
 
mavis said:
Well, if you do end up getting a new mouse, I'd highly recommend the Logitech MX Revolution plus Steermouse - using that hardware/software combination I can do the following without having to ever touch the keyboard:

Activate Expose
Switch Spaces
Show Spaces overview
Show Desktop
Activate QuickLook
Zoom/unZoom Firefox windows (without moving the cursor)
CMD+Q any app
Change brush sizes in Photoshop
Show the dashboard
CMD+W Photoshop documents
Switch to grid/gallery view in Lightroom

I absolutely love it. It makes using the Mac so much easier 😉
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I ordered an MX less than 15 minutes ago.

So, your post is very handy. 🙂
 
anjinhamarota said:
I have four Spaces:

Space 1: Internet and communication
Space 2: Music and image
Space 3: Mail and Time Management
Space 4: School tools
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Question: Is there a way to name the spaces so that when you click the spaces button in the titlebar, you get a description instead of Space 1...?
 
Decrepit said:
I ordered an MX less than 15 minutes ago.

So, your post is very handy. 🙂
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That's awesome - you won't regret it!!!!!! 😀

I would suggest you also purchase Steermouse as Logitech's drivers are terrible (just Google for nightmare stories) and even if they don't crash your OSX, they still don't allow assignment of the mousewheel (middle) button ... Steermouse lets you map every button on the mouse to any keyboard/mouseclick/cursor movement combination. You can even use Steermouse to control the ratcheted/smooth scrolling system on the MX. Although I think it's pretty lame that we're forced to spend money on a third-party driver for an already expensive mouse, given what Steermouse can do, I think it's well worth the cost.
 
mavis said:
That's awesome - you won't regret it!!!!!! 😀

I would suggest you also purchase Steermouse as Logitech's drivers are terrible (just Google for nightmare stories) and even if they don't crash your OSX, they still don't allow assignment of the mousewheel (middle) button ... Steermouse lets you map every button on the mouse to any keyboard/mouseclick/cursor movement combination. You can even use Steermouse to control the ratcheted/smooth scrolling system on the MX. Although I think it's pretty lame that we're forced to spend money on a third-party driver for an already expensive mouse, given what Steermouse can do, I think it's well worth the cost.
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Steermouse is nice. I just installed it, and it's going to be worth the money. Thanks for the heads up.
 
i actually use a lot of spaces. 8-16. i found the only way to make it really work for me is to manually designate what space i want a specific program to open in at all times. by cmd/tab clicking the program it really is the easiest, fastest, and only way i want to use it. I like the idea of mazimizing my window space, so some space are desiganated to just applications that i think benefit from a large space, and some to mulitple apps that preform the same task.
 
1. Safari
2. Adium and the contact list
3. iTunes full-screen
4. Anything else that I might open occasionally (PS etc)

I absolutely hate desktop clutter so I find it über useful, love it.
 
Space 1:
-Mail
-iCal
-iWork apps
-Skype

Space 2:
-Safari for casual browsing
-iTunes

Space 3:
-Development tools (ZendNeon, Photoshop, etc)
-Terminal
-Firefox/Camino/Safari/IE6&7 for development

Space 4:
-Transmit
-Parallels

All spaces: Adium

Most of the time I've got at least a dozen windows open, twice that when I'm busy. Spaces really helps keep things from getting cluttered. In Tiger I used expose constantly. With spaces, I find myself using it only occasionally, relying on :apple:-tab to move around most of the time. I do have the top right corner hot to launch expose though, and the bottom left to show all spaces. If I can't find the window I want in the current space with expose, I can flick down to the lower left corner and show all the windows in all spaces. Love it. I was a Linux/KDE user before switching to Mac, and I've been missing my virtual desktops. Spaces is now my favorite VDT implementation. Virtual desktops can take a while to get used to, but once you do, you'll wonder how you ever got on with only one.
 
I've always got 4 spaces open, but I don't keep them organized by application. If I start doing something where multiple desktops would be useful, then I'll start moving windows into Spaces dynamically rather than keeping everything locked to a certain Space. Other than that, I just work in the first one. I definitely use my Spaces all the time, though. Oh, and VMware Fusion is locked to Space 4 so I can make it full-screen and easily switch back and forth.
 
xenotaku said:
I don't. It is a waste of time. I just use expose, like I have for a while now. Why use an extra step to find a program when I can have them all open in one "space" and just click on the one I need using Expose. Seems like a waste of time and resources.
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So, in other words, what you are saying is that you don't know how to use it.
 
After about one week with 10.5, I still havn't found Spaces necessary.
I love dual screen. 😀
 
I only really use Spaces when I'm in class and want to multi-task during a boring class, but don't want the professor to know.

Space One: class notes in Microsoft Word, Safari window behind with website related to lecture
Space Two: iCal, iChat with other students in class, Safari

Luckily, almost all of my classes and professors this semester are amazing, so I only really do this once a week.
 
On my main comp I have two spaces: one on top of the other, but never really use them.

On my laptop I use two spaces side by side: Safari, TextMate // Adium, irssi
 
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