OS X Lion: How to Bind an App to a Space
Posted by Rob Rogers in Apple Mac
By using Mission Control and gestures you can easily navigate between spaces and by binding apps to spaces, you can use these gestures to switch between open apps.
1. Go to the desired space by using the three-fingered swipe to the left or right on your trackpad or by going to Mission Control and selecting the space.
2. Click and hold on the desired application in the Dock until the contextual menu appears.
3. Mouseover Options. Under Assign To, select This Desktop. If you want the application to be available on all spaces then select All Desktops.
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July 22, 2011 at 4:51 pm, Sean Blake said:
I just started using spaces in Snow Leopard, and have been trying to figure this one out since I upgraded to Lion. Thanks!
July 22, 2011 at 8:09 pm, Nick Hall said:
Hmm, this doesn’t seem to work if I make the app full screen. Even if I open iTunes on space 2 and set this, if I click full screen it moves onto a new space created after my last one.
It can’t be that hard to set iTunes as full screen on space 2 can it?
July 22, 2011 at 8:12 pm, Rob Rogers said:
Full screen apps get their own “space” so there is no need to assign them one. If you already have a space 2 created, it should still be available as well as your desktop. The full screen iTunes should be on a third screen.