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- Turn off the Spaces animation on Mac, switch desktops faster, and stop them rearrangingHow to replace the sliding Spaces animation with a quick fade, jump straight to any desktop with a shortcut, speed up Mission Control, and stop macOS reordering your Spaces.
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- Dock not showing on your external monitor (or missing entirely) on MacHow to bring the Dock to an external display, and what to do when the Dock disappears or won't show at all, including the reset command.
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