master mission control

Work more efficiently with multiple desktops

Mission Control has been a feature of OS X (now macOS) since 2011, when it appeared as part of OS X 10.7 Lion, but its roots go back to Exposé, which made its debut back in 2003 with OS X 10.3 Panther.

As the name implies, Mission Control can act as the control centre from which you run your Mac. In reality, you could use your Mac for years without ever activating it, but it’s handy when you need to find that one crucial app you’ve lost, or you simply need to get a handle on which apps you have running.

Apple refined Mission Control with the release of OS X El Capitan in 2015: the desktop background in Mission Control is not blurred like it was in previous versions, and thumbnails of virtual desktops don’t appear until you cursor moves over them.

Here we’re going to show you how to use the features of Mission Control in macOS Sierra, how to manage your apps and different desktop spaces, and how you can customise Mission Control in the Settings app. So, let’s take control of your Mac and get started!