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HuskyOffset

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2. Most OSes have support for multiple virtual desktops

Sun Mar 29, 2020, 04:36 PM

Mar 2020

I know on macOS they're called "spaces" and you access them through "Mission Control". You can create up to 16 "spaces" and have different apps running in different spaces and switch among them. Something similar is available in linux and I'm pretty sure Windows as well.

If you want to keep multiple apps open on your monitor at the same time arranged in a side-by-side configuration, Windows has some sort of automatic way to do this. I think macOS does as well, but I've never used it. If this is what you're interested in, hopefully someone else here knows how to do that, if not I'll be happy to do some more digging (if you're on macOS.)

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Making the best use of a big monitor. [View all] Girard442 Mar 2020 OP

What OS? CloudWatcher Mar 2020 #1

TY. Win 10. Fixed the OP. I'll look into them. I'd have to get the go-ahead from IT and... Girard442 Mar 2020 #3

Most OSes have support for multiple virtual desktops HuskyOffset Mar 2020 #2

TY. It's Win 10. Fixed the OP. I use Oracle VirtualBox at home, basically to run... Girard442 Mar 2020 #4

It's not a VM HuskyOffset Mar 2020 #5

In the past, when I did more work from home... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2020 #6

Remote access S/W is cool. Girard442 Mar 2020 #7

You might find Stardock Fences an excellent utility to manage your desktop screen. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2020 #8