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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1792552" data-attributes="member: 204485">I have never used this function myself although I can see why many people might.&nbsp; If the objective is to keep your desktop clear of windows you don't want to close immediately there are a couple of other ways of doing this which I find helpful as i am confined to a 13&quot; MBP and real estate gets a bit short sometimes.If you go to System preferences &gt; Desktop and Screen Saver &gt; Screen Saver, down the bottom of this window you will see Hot Corners.&nbsp; Click this and you will see a window with options for each corner of the screen as pull down menus. I have put Mission Control in the top right corner of my screen.Now when my hover my mouse over that corner it shows all open windows on my desktop with titles and allows me to move easily between them.&nbsp; This works really well if you are in the habit of having active windows in full screen mode.However it also does something else.&nbsp; Initiating Mission Control also allows you to add extra desktops by clicking the plus sign on the right of the strip which appears at the top of the screen.&nbsp; You can drag any of the active windows on desktop 1 to any other desktop you create eg desktop 2, 3, 4 etc.&nbsp; You can even swipe between multiple desktops using the trackpad.Obviously this method will not suit everybody and it takes a little getting used to but it's the way I work and I could not live without it now. I do minimize windows as well and they will be available on any desktop but they will return you to the desktop on which they were originally opened.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1792552, member: 204485"] I have never used this function myself although I can see why many people might. If the objective is to keep your desktop clear of windows you don't want to close immediately there are a couple of other ways of doing this which I find helpful as i am confined to a 13" MBP and real estate gets a bit short sometimes. If you go to System preferences > Desktop and Screen Saver > Screen Saver, down the bottom of this window you will see Hot Corners. Click this and you will see a window with options for each corner of the screen as pull down menus. I have put Mission Control in the top right corner of my screen. Now when my hover my mouse over that corner it shows all open windows on my desktop with titles and allows me to move easily between them. This works really well if you are in the habit of having active windows in full screen mode. However it also does something else. Initiating Mission Control also allows you to add extra desktops by clicking the plus sign on the right of the strip which appears at the top of the screen. You can drag any of the active windows on desktop 1 to any other desktop you create eg desktop 2, 3, 4 etc. You can even swipe between multiple desktops using the trackpad. Obviously this method will not suit everybody and it takes a little getting used to but it's the way I work and I could not live without it now. I do minimize windows as well and they will be available on any desktop but they will return you to the desktop on which they were originally opened. [/QUOTE]

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