I usually end up with a lot of empty desktop/spaces upon disconnecting external monitors.
Is there an easy way to close all desktop/spaces that don't have any application windows on them?
MacOS – Close empty desktop/spaces
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What Jay said in a comment... Uncheck the second box here:
You might make a copy of Safari's application bundle and change the bundle identifier:
cp -R /Applications/Safari.app /Applications/Safari2.app
defaults write /Applications/Safari2.app/Contents/Info.plist CFBundleIdentifier my.safari2
cp ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist ~/Library/Preferences/my.safari2.plist
Assignments to spaces are per bundle identifier:
$ defaults read ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.spaces.plist app-bindings
{
"my.safari2" = "FC886111-EE78-4844-A5E5-A11BECA713CF";
}
In this case, you might also use Webkit.app or create a site-specific browser with Fluid.
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Best Answer
Aside from the usual way, going into Mission Control and closing each individual Space, I don't believe so. You can speed this up and hold the option key down and this will keep the (x) to close the Desktops shown so you don't have to hover over the selected Desktop and wait for it to show itself.
The only way that I would think you might be able close them all at once without performing the above process is probably with an Automator script or AppleScript.