MacOS – cannot add shortcut to switch to desktop 2 when apps are fullscreen on 10.8.4

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I am running 10.8.4 and would like to switch to different desktops using keyboard shortcuts. Unfortunately for me, I only see "Switch to Desktop 1" and have not way to add a shortcut to switch to desktop 2.

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If I have have 4 desktops, I have to scroll through all 3 of them if I want to go from desktop 1 to 4.

UPDATED QUESTION
Sorry – This question has become a little convoluted suddenly. I am able to desktops using CTRL + # shortcut only if the apps is not full screen. If I have full screen apps, I cannot use the short cut (perhaps because it is not longer a "Desktop" then). I use my editor, browser and terminal all the time in fullscreen mode – I just want to switch to them using one shortcut – I could do this in older version of osx, but not in 10.8.4 🙁

Best Answer

Full screen apps do not count as a desktop.

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So if you set up looks something like the above, you can not switch to desktop 2 because there isn't one. What you have is one Desktop and two spaces.

If you want to be able to switch between full screen apps, without cycling through each space you could change your Mission Control settings.

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By checking the highlighted box you can switch full screen app spaces by using the command+tab keyboard shortcut.

Also, in order to create a shortcut for Desktop 2 you need to have at least two desktops running open before you open System Preferences.