I have two displays: iMac and a secondary monitor. I've setup a space for both displays using Mission Control. As such, I can now right-click on any app in my dock and set the option to 'Assign to Desktop on Display 2'. Unfortunately, when I restart my computer, this preference seems to be reset.
As a Mac owner, you can do this customization quite easily. Let me show you how. With the desire to assign an custom icon to a folder on the desktop, the Get Info panel is first opened, revealing. I am trying to create an Application on Mac OS X Lion which requires application to be assigned to All Desktops (Spaces). This can be manually done by Right clicking on application's dock icon and Selecting Options Assign To All Desktops.
I called and spoke with Apple support about this and the rep told me that this behavior is intentional. When I asked why the option even exists if the behavior is intentional, she had a strange answer about nothing. Ok, she wasn't going to help investigate here so I ended the conversation.
What's strange is that this isn't ALWAYS the case. Sometimes, these preferences do seem to be preserved. I haven't quite pinned down the deciding factor here, whatever causes it to be reset. Opening this up to the community to get any feedback and hopefully advice on how I can preserve these preferences.
If a user needs to constantly reset these preferences, then the preferences are basically useless.
How To Assign App To A Desktop On Mac Computer
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iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.1)
Assign App To Desktop Mac
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