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Just got a new mac and while I had disabled this on my old one, everything's moved around and I can't figure out how to get rid of this.

I don't use the multiple desktops thing and I like to use the Magnet app for window snapping. At the moment I can't drag the window to the top of the screen to make it occupy the full size of the screen using Magnet because instead it opens up the ribbon at the top for managing multiple desktops.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not sure you can turn it off. What I have noticed though, is that if you gently put the window at the top, it'll hang there for long enough for Magnet to snap the window, but if you throw it at the bar it'll activate Mission Control.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's frustrating. I also noticed that on this version of Mac OS, with After Effects at least, Magnet control of the window seems not to work. Using the ctrl + enter command does nothing and gently dragging to nearly the top of the screen doesn't do anything either. Seems to work fine with other apps like web browsers and Finder though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Or more to the point, if you put the window at the top of the screen, then push up a bit more, that's when Mission Control activates.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I used macs for like 15 years before I realized I could double click the top bar of a window to maximize but not full screen it.

Also, try rectangle! Wonderful window tiling and it’s open source. I wouldn’t use a Mac without it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You can disable Mission Control and Spaces by typing the following command in terminal:

defaults write com.apple.dock mcx-expose-disabled -bool TRUE && killall Dock

If for some reason you want it back you can type in the following into terminal:

defaults delete com.apple.dock mcx-expose-disabled && killall Dock

You can google the commands above to check the authenticity of my answer. Hope this helps. 😊