displayexposemission-control
I have a rMBP and a Thunderbolt display, and I love using both displays simultaneously. I also use Mission Control to have several separate work spaces.
What I would love is for a way to have my secondary monitor NOT participate in Mission Control though. I'd like to leave things like chat windows open there that I would like to be present in every workspace.
Is there any way to make this possible?
It is really annoying to not be able to keep one screen from switching.
Thanks!
You can do a couple resets to the computer to see if it resolves the issue.
This takes about 2 - 3 minutes and will let you know if you have a corrupt hard drive which might be causing that issue
It'll be that familiar chime sound that it makes upon starting up normally
These steps work for all Mac computers -- let me know if this works
This is due to the differing amount of spaces shown in Mission Control, and both situations can be re-created with independently of the quantity of displays.
When you have a small number of spaces, it shows like this:
When you have lots of spaces, it shows like this:
This is not due to the number of displays you have connected but rather simply the number of spaces you have open.
To recreate…
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Unfortunately I'm not aware of anything that can do what you're looking for. Mission Control is fairly limited in the ways in which you can customize it, either through the user interface or for developers. Similarly, OS X is pretty constrained in how you can configure multiple monitors (sadly, it's actually regressed a bit in this regard since 10.6).
You can set an app to appear in all spaces by right clicking its Dock icon, and selecting Assign To: All Desktops under the Options sub-menu. However this applies to all windows for that app, regardless of what monitor they're on. But if you keep all your iChat/Messages windows on your second display, it may be useful.