I have these five desktops with a dozen of full screen apps and feel very happy. Say I'm at right Desktop 5 now. (Sadly my picture is deleted since it wasn't uploaded to the site hosting service)
Now I want to open Finder to locate a file to open it on this desktop.
So I click Finder in Dock.
Ouch!
I get dragged all the way to the Desktop 1 because that's where Finder is currently open.
Well, that makes sense from a programmer's perspective (switch to Desktop with the app window).
But it doesn't make any sense for user.
Whenever I press Finder, I want it to open on current desktop, because it's utility and not really an “app” I need to “switch to”.
I usually have half dozen Finder windows on different desktops and these redirects just get in my way.
Is there a workaround to make Finder in Dock desktop-bound, apart from choosing New Finder Window in menu?
Best Answer
You have several different options:
Create Finder Window with a Shortcut
Activate Finder by clicking the desktop background
(If the desktop is cluttered with windows, pinch out to clean it up and then click)
Use the New Finder Window shortcut: ⌘ + N
Disable Spaces Auto-Switching
Uncheck the Missions Control preferences checkbox to switch to a space with open windows for an application:
On a side note, this does not effect the Finder if you have the Assign to all Desktops option selected. Link Here