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You can quickly navigate to the desktop on your Mac by pressing a keyboard shortcut, by swiping the trackpad using a specific gesture, or by creating your own customized shortcut.
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Place your thumb and first three fingers on the trackpad. Make sure you've got a window up, such as a browser, to switch to the desktop from. -
Spread your thumb and three fingers apart. Doing so will reveal your desktop.- For a demonstration of the gesture, click on the Apple icon in the top left corner of the menu bar.
- Click System Preferences .
- Click the "Trackpad" icon.
- Click More Gestures .
- Click on "Show Desktop." An example animation will play on the right side of the window.
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Click on the Apple icon in the top menu bar. If you want to make your own keyboard shortcut for accessing the desktop quickly, simply navigate to the shortcuts menu. [1] X Research source -
Click System Preferences . -
Click the "Keyboard" icon. -
Click Shortcuts . -
Click Mission Control . It's on the left side of the window. -
Click Show Desktop on the right side of the window. -
Click it again to highlight the keystroke text. -
Type in your custom keyboard shortcut.- If you're using an "F" function key, you will have to hold down the Fn key to type your command.
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Click the red "X" button. Your keyboard shortcut will be saved!
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