OS X Mountain Lion: Zoom to Mission Control
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Mission Control gives you a bird’s-eye view of what’s running on your Mac, including Dashboard, all your spaces, and all open windows including those in full-screen view. Windows are grouped by app; full-screen windows are shown as separate thumbnails. If you have many overlapping windows, Mission Control makes it easy to find the one you need.
Zoom to Mission Control
To see all your open windows, enter Mission Control using one of these methods:
- From a trackpad, swipe up using three or four fingers.
- From the keyboard, press the Mission Control key. If your keyboard doesn’t have a Mission Control key, press Control-Up Arrow.
Mission Control shows your open windows, grouped by app, spread out so you can see them all. To go to a window, click it. You can also click the thumbnail images for Dashboard, full-screen apps, and spaces (if you use them).
To exit from Mission Control, swipe again or press the key you used to enter Mission Control.
Last Modified: Sep 4, 2015