12/18/2020 How To Assign Apps To Specific Destop On Mac
So, with Mavericks, OS X takes full advantage of every display connected to your Mac. Every monitor is now a primary display with its own menu bar, and the Dock is available on whichever screen you’re working on.
Essentially, each display is an individual ‘Space’, meaning apps open on whichever display they were opened on and their menu bar opens on that display too. You can optimise this to your heart’s content and allocate apps to always open on a specific display.
To do this, all you need to do is create an additional ‘space’ using Mission Control and then add your apps to your specified display space.
Here’s how to do it:
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Step 1: Ensure you have OS X Mavericks installed. (OS X v10.9). Obvious I know, but this is a new feature in Mavericks, so I wanted to make sure I don’t get comments saying this doesn’t work when using 10.8 or earlier! ?
Step 2: Connect any mac-supported secondary display and ensure that ‘Mirror Displays’ is OFF in Displays System Preferences within the ‘Arrangement’ tab.
You should now be in ‘Extended Desktop’ mode.
Step 3: Press ‘F3’ to access Mission Control, or use the Mission Control icon in the Dock. Once in Mission Control, move your mouse pointer to the top right of your default display screen and press ‘+’ to add another Space:
You should see a second ‘Space’ added called ‘Desktop 2’:
Step 4: Open an app that you want to tie to a specific display. Then control-click or right-click on this app’s icon in the Dock and you will see the option to allocate the app to All Desktops, Desktop on Display 1 or Desktop on Display 2:
Step 5: Select the display you desire your app to always open in. You can confirm which display is which by opening ‘Displays’ system preferences and selecting the ‘Arrangement’ tab. Click on each of your displays in turn and a Red outline will appear on the screen relating to that display so you can identify which display is ‘Display 1’ and ‘Display 2’.
Step 6: Repeat steps 4 and 5 for all your apps and you’re done! Every time you open your favourite apps, they will open in your specific display without the need to drag the apps across from one screen to the other!
Additional info: If you select ‘All Desktops’ in the Dock options of an app, the app will open in whichever display your mouse is residing in when you open the app. You can drag the app to whichever display you wish it to be used in and your preference will be remembered next time you open the same app.
Note: This feature requires the default Mission Control setting for Displays. Confirm the Mission Control System Preference Pane has the ‘Displays have separate Spaces’ feature enabled.
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This feature has been tested using OS X v10.9.0 which was the latest Mac OS release at the time of writing.
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Where Categories Are Displayed
You can assign two categories to your app — a primary and a secondary category. The primary category you select is particularly important for your app’s discoverability on the App Store. This will be the category in which the app appears when users browse the App Store or filter search results, and it determines placement on the Apps tab or Games tab on the App Store for iPhone and iPad.
For Mac apps, the primary category you select is also the category in which the app appears when users browse the Mac App Store or filter search results, and it determines placement in the Categories tab on the Mac App Store in macOS 10.14 or later.
Choosing a Primary Category
Let’s say you have a photo-sharing social networking app. For the App Store, you could choose either Photo & Video or Social Networking as your primary category. To decide which category will best serve your app, consider the following:
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Make sure that the category you choose accurately reflects your app’s core experience. Choosing categories that are not appropriate for your app is against the App Store Review Guidelines.
Special Cases
Apps for Kids
If you have an app designed for kids ages 11 and under, select the Made for Kids checkbox in App Store Connect and choose an appropriate age band (5 and under, 6–8, or 9–11). Your app must comply with the App Review Guidelines for Kids apps and will go through review to be approved for the Kids category on the App Store In addition to the Kids category, your app can be discovered in another primary and secondary category (for example: Games, Entertainment, or Education). For more details, see Building Apps for Kids.
Games
If your app is a game, you can choose up to two Games subcategories. Users can find your app by browsing the subcategories on the App Store and in the Games subcategory charts. If you don’t know which subcategory best suits your game, research the types of games in each before making your selection.
Stickers
On the App Store for iMessage, you can assign your sticker pack app to a category called Stickers, or to another primary category that best describes your app. If you use the Stickers category, you can also select a Stickers subcategory. Standalone sticker pack apps are not displayed in categories on the App Store for iPhone and iPad — they are discoverable only in search results. Categories for iOS app with iMessage extensions are taken from the iOS app and are used on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and iMessage. For more details, see iMessage Apps and Stickers. Compare Categories
Explore and compare categories to see which best describes your app.
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