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- Swipe Down with three fingers (Multi-touch Trackpad, Magic Trackpad): Open Mission Control and display an app’s windows. Depending on your input device, there may be additional gestures assigned to Mission Control. You can discover the gesture assignments, as well as make changes to them, by accessing the Trackpad or Mouse preference pane.
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OS X Lion shows off some pretty amazing features, like Mission Control, Full-Screen apps, and the new Launchpad desktop layer. When Launchpad is opened, OS X displays all of your applications in an iPad/iPhone styled-layout for instant access. Keep it 1 1 7. For those who can’t wait until the summer release, a couple simple tweaks to Dashboard will leave you with the same functionality in Snow Leopard, without spending a cent.
- OS X Snow Leopard
- Optional: Mac with a multi-touch trackpad. This will enable you to activate Dashboard by a simple gesture, just like Expose. For desktops, the Magic Trackpad will allow the same functionality
Creating the shortcuts in Dashboard
OS X: BetterTouchTool adds over 60 new customizable multitouch gestures to your Mac, plus global keyboard shortcut management, Windows 7-like window snapping, and more.
1. Download Plus, the dashboard widget that’ll allow you to add application shortcuts to the Dashboard. Unzip and open to install it
2. In Dashboard, click “Keep” on the Plus widget
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3. Open Dashboard (F4), and click the (+) on the bottom left-hand side. Find the Plus widget and click it’s icon to open a new window
4. Find the application in Finder you want to add to the Dashboard, and click and drag it to the Plus window in Dashboard. (Hold the app down, press “F4”, and drag and drop it to Plus)
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Activating Dashboard from the Trackpad
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1. Download BetterTouchTool and open it. You may have to click it’s menu bar icon and select “Preferences”. In the left pane, click “Global”. If you’re on a Macbook with a multi-touch trackpad, or a desktop Mac with a Magic Trackpad, select “Trackpad / Magic Trackpad”
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2. Press “Add New Gesture”. Under “Touchpad Gesture”, find a motion that is comfortable to use that will activate Dashboard. Personally, I used ‘Three Finger Swipe Down’. Next, under “Predefined Action” choose “Dashboard”