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Virtual Desktops for Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the if-it-were-really-useful-apple-would-include-it-in-the-os dept.

TexTex writes "Riley Lynch has released Space.dock, which brings multiple desktops to Mac OS X. He's provided the code and binaries through SourceForce.net. It runs pretty well for being a 0.7 release and sure beats hiding all your applications and just opening the one you'd like." This is a cool little program. I usually question how much I really need virtual desktops, but I never fail to use them when I have them available.

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  1. Clean little app by T.Hobbes · · Score: 3, Informative

    It doesn't require any installation other than dragging it into the dock. From what I can tell, it simply hides/reveals windows, sorting active windows into interchangeable 'spaces'. You can access windows in another space by clicking on the program icon in the dock - that will bring the window forward in your current space and vacate that window from its former space. All in all a small, elegant, responsive program. Only 77kb.

  2. How new is this? by dhovis · · Score: 4, Informative
    All the dates are 2001. According to everything I can find, this was released last year, and last updated for MacOS X 10.0 (retail).

    I've heard it still works with the most recent OSX builds, but it only looks new because the site hasn't been updated for a year.

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