Vectorworks 2024 MacOS Ventura- appears on every desktop - can't move between desktops

[Rushledzep16]

Running Mac OS Ventura 13.6.2 and Vectorworks 2024 Update 2 (Build 731261) on an M2 Pro Macbook Pro 15".

 

Vectorworks runs fine, but it appears on which every desktop I have open, and can't be moved to a different desktop.

 

This issue also appears to happen on Vectorworks 2023.

 

Is there a setting in Vectorworks that fixes this?

 

 

[Pat Stanford]

I never ran Ventura, but on both Monterey and Sonoma I am able to run and move VW between desktops.

 

If you right click on the VW icon in the dock and choose Options what do you see?  This is what I get in Sonoma.

 

[ashot]

Hi Patrick, 

I do not see 'Assign to' Options on my Dock for Sonoma:

Is this because some system settings on Mac?

 

[Pat Stanford]

Check Desktop and Dock Preferences.  Desktops have separate spaces.

 

I normally run with 12 spaces.  2 on my laptop screen and 10 on my external monitor.  When I unplug the external they all jump to the laptop.

Why would I need 12 spaces you may ask:

 

1 for email and messages

1 for information I might want to get to while I am in any other app like Calendar, Contacts, ToDos.

 

1 for a long term research project that I have a browser window (or 4) open almost continuously plus another app I use to track those browser articles.

1 for the VW Forum. Usually 2 to 20 tabs and 2 browser windows.

1 for VW

1 for Vectorscript Function Reference

1 for ChatGPT

1 for browser windows for another group I am involved in running

1 for keeping track of my email and mailing list that fail periodically.

The other three are kind of random based on the projects I am working on at the time.  Usually one for Excel, one for Word, one for Keynote.  But this can vary depending on what I am doing.

 

Across all 12 spaces I probably have about 30 windows and 100 tabs open most of the time.

 

Yes, I am a little strange. But to me, being able to see the screen slide across is a nice visual indication that I am changing projects.

 

[Rushledzep16]

Aha! Pat, thanks for your advice - looks like in Sonoma we have the option to "assign to all desktops" which was the default. Changing that to "assign to this desktop" - or another one - I agree that the multiple desktops are key to staying organized.

 

Thank you for helping me get towards an answer on this!