Mission Control, one click awayComing soon
Every desktop on your Mac,
one click away.
MacDesk is a tiny floating panel built for switching desktops on a Mac you've connected to remotely. Over Screen Sharing, swipes and Control-arrow are caught by your own Mac first, so the remote Mac's desktops barely move. Run MacDesk on that Mac and its desktops line up as numbered buttons — click one and you're there. It also switches between Korean and English input with a single shortcut.
Small enough to leave open all day
MacDesk is one compact window with two rows. The top row holds the tools; the bottom row shows one button for every desktop you have, with the current one filled in.
Mission
Opens Mission Control so you can see every window and desktop at a glance.
한 / EN
Shows which input you're typing in right now. Click it to switch between Korean and English.
Keyboard menu
Choose the shortcut for Korean/English: Option+Space or Option only.
Pin
Keeps MacDesk above other windows. It's on by default; click again to let it sit behind them.
Refresh
Reloads the desktop list after you add or remove a desktop in Mission Control.
Desktop buttons
One per desktop, numbered in order. The filled one is where you are now.
Jump straight there, or step one at a time
Click a number, land on that desktop
From Desktop 1, clicking 4 takes you straight to Desktop 4 in one smooth slide — not four separate hops.
With MacDesk in front, press ← or → to move one desktop at a time.
Using more than one display? Desktops are numbered across all of them in order, and the arrow keys stay on the display you're on.
Switch some other way — a trackpad swipe, ⌃→ — and MacDesk follows along within a third of a second.
Switch input without reaching for the menu bar
Two shortcuts to choose from
Option+Space — hold Option and tap Space.
Option only — press and release Option by itself. Combinations like ⌥⇧ or ⌥E are ignored, so Option keeps working as usual for special characters and other shortcuts.
Either shortcut works even when MacDesk is in the background, and the 한/EN button always shows which one you're in.
It follows you from desktop to desktop
On every desktop
The panel comes with you when you switch, so it's always there for your next click.
Next to full-screen apps
MacDesk can sit alongside a full-screen app, so you can get out of it with one click.
Knows which Mac it's on
The title reads MacDesk - your computer's name, useful when you're screen-sharing into several Macs.
Two permissions and one setting
MacDesk moves between desktops by pressing macOS's own “Move left/right a space” shortcuts for you. For that it needs:
Accessibility — to switch desktops
macOS asks the first time you click a desktop button. Turn on MacDesk in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility, then click the button again.
Input Monitoring — for the 한/EN shortcut
Lets MacDesk hear Option+Space while other apps are in front. Turn it on in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Input Monitoring, then quit and reopen MacDesk.
Keep the Mission Control shortcuts on
In System Settings → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts → Mission Control, leave Move left a space (⌃←) and Move right a space (⌃→) enabled. They're on by default.
Keys worth remembering
Previous / next desktop, while MacDesk is in front.
Switch Korean ⇄ English, from any app.
Tap Option alone to switch, if you chose “Option only”.
Up and running in a minute
Move MacDesk to Applications and open it
The panel appears with a button for each of your desktops. Need more desktops? Open Mission Control, press +, then click MacDesk's refresh button.
Click a desktop and allow Accessibility
macOS asks once. After you allow it, click the number again and you're on your way.
Turn on Input Monitoring for the 한/EN shortcut
Allow it in Privacy & Security, quit and reopen MacDesk, then pick your shortcut from the keyboard menu.