MacOS – way to change the displayed desktop in Mission Control

I'm not sure what you are doing with the CNTRL + Shift, on its own it does nothing for me, if I click a space it exits Mission Control to that space, slowly. Shift generally slows down OSX animations (for example hold down Shift and minimize a window). I use CNTRL + left or right arrows to move back and forth between previews. Well, mostly I use a three fingered swipe. Both of those are fast.

You can enable the CNTRL + arrow shortcuts in Keyboard Preferences under the MissionControl section of the Keyboard Shortcuts tab.

• Open Finder and press the keyboard combination: ShiftCommandG
• From the "Go To Folder" popup window that appears, enter the following bolded path (just copy and paste it):

~/Library/Application Support/Dock/desktoppicture.db

• Move the file to your Trash.
• Log out of the account and log back in.

Explanation: There's no property list for Desktop settings in Mavericks, as there was in previous OSXs. Instead, the Desktop values are stored in the database file mentioned above, which I assumed (correctly, here) was corrupted. Deleting it is non-destructive, as it automatically regenerates once you log out and log back in.