Abstract
Over the years, Apple has refined how users are able to view and manage multiple windows and applications. In Lion, a number of these technologies have come together in an extended desktop metaphor that melds the best from previous versions of Mac OS X with some iOS flavor. These technologies, which are now all seamlessly part of this extended desktop metaphor, include:
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Mission Control
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Spaces
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Dashboard
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Mayers, S., Lee, M. (2011). The Extended Desktop: Mission Control, Spaces, and Dashboard. In: Learn OS X Lion. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3763-1_4
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