MacOS – Switch to another desktop faster on macos high sierra

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On a macbook with macos high sierra, how do I switch between desktops faster by sliding 3 fingers across the touch pad?

Currently it takes ~1 second to switch to another screen. It does not matter if I slide the fingers or use Control+arrow, it takes the exact same time. I would like to make it faster. During the transition I can still type on the screen that I am switching from. I would like to make the transition faster or instantaneous, or at least make it so that I immediately start typing on the screen that I'm switching TO.

Best Answer

You can disable the animated Space transition effect and speed up switching by enabling Reduce motion under System Preferences → Accessibility → Display

However, this will have the side effect of turning off most user interface animations.

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Using AppleScript to open an application without the app stealing focus

(I removed the original script, but I couldn't come up with anything better than this either.)

set fw to front window
do shell script "open ~/Notes/todo.txt -Fa iA\\ Writer"
delay 0.1
tell application "System Events" to tell process "iA Writer"
    perform action "AXPress" of (button 1 where subrole is "AXFullScreenButton") of window 1
end tell
delay 1.5
activate fw

WriteRoom has an option to open documents in custom full screen windows. If it's selected, you could use something like open file.txt -Fjga WriteRoom.

If someone else just needs to open an application on the background, you can use open -jg or launch. launch sometimes opens a visible window if an application isn't open and open -jg if an application is open but has no windows.

set b to "com.apple.TextEdit"
tell application "System Events"
    if bundle identifier of processes contains b then
        launch application id b
    else
        do shell script "open -jgb " & b
    end if
end tell

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