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How To Use Mission Control?

How do I setup the Mission Control?


What is the "^" in Mission Control and Application Window?


MacBook Pro 17", macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 29, 2020 2:58 PM

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Posted on Mar 29, 2020 3:12 PM

That symbol is for the Shift key on your keyboard, so the first one is telling you to press the Shift + Up Arrow keys at the same time.


The window in your screenshot is to set keyboard shortcuts. On the left you select, or create, a key combination; on the right you select what you want that key combination to do.


Link to Mission Control guide:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204100

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Mar 29, 2020 3:12 PM in response to EDLIU

That symbol is for the Shift key on your keyboard, so the first one is telling you to press the Shift + Up Arrow keys at the same time.


The window in your screenshot is to set keyboard shortcuts. On the left you select, or create, a key combination; on the right you select what you want that key combination to do.


Link to Mission Control guide:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204100

Mar 29, 2020 4:02 PM in response to EDLIU

EDLIU wrote:

How do I setup the Mission Control?

What is the "^" in Mission Control and Application Window?


https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/5b366f3a-152a-4036-9899-dc8b7de799af


There is nothing to set up. That screen shot shows the default keyboard shortcuts.

>System Preferences>Mission Control


Control key + the up arrow (ie ^ ↑)





From the space that has the window you want to move, enter Mission Control (swipe up with three or four fingers, press the Mission Control key , or press Control- ...


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Mission Control offers a bird's-eye view of all your open windows, desktop spaces, full-screen apps, and Split View spaces, making it easy to switch between them.


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Mar 29, 2020 3:45 PM in response to Rysz

Rysz wrote:

That symbol is for the Shift key on your keyboard, so the first one is telling you to press the Shift + Up Arrow keys at the same time.

The window in your screenshot is to set keyboard shortcuts. On the left you select, or create, a key combination; on the right you select what you want that key combination to do.


How do I "select a key combination", and "select what the key combination do"? On the right, there are only options such as "secondary mouse buttons".

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