For some time now I’m using Bunch as a part to automate my workflows. So far I can find the most what I need online and work my way through it. But there is one thing I can’t seem to find:
Is there a way to jump to, or activate, a specific Space on your Mac with Bunch?
My Spaces are fixed (not sorted on recently used). And I want that one of my Bunches is activating and opening the right programs and such on a specific Space (desktop number 3 for example). Can that be done?
Yes, although it will take some experimenting to get it right!
I have four monitors and ten spaces and I use Bunch and Moom to get everything to my liking.
I use keyboard shortcuts to change spaces.
I set delays to ensure things happen in the correct order.
I set some applications to open in specific spaces.
Here is a simple Bunch I use when ingesting images (one of my hobbies is photography):
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title: 📸 Photo Ingest
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# This is my photo ingesting context
# Switch to Space 9
{^9}
# Open Image Folders
%Finder
- /Volumes/Images/ Originals
- /Volumes/Workflow/DNGs
- /Volumes/FireCuda 2T/Camera Card
- /Volumes/FireCuda 2T/PM Ingested Images
# Apps to launch
Adobe DNG Converter
Image Capture
* tell application "Moom" to arrange windows according to snapshot "Image Ingest" ~5
Photo Mechanic Plus ~7
{^9} ~20
Here‘s what is going on:
The first thing that happens is {^9} switches to Space 9.
Then four folders open that I use to move images through my workflow.
Then two apps open in Space 9.
Then Moom arranges everything in Space 9, there is a delay of 5 seconds to make sure everything has opened.
Then after a couple more seconds Photo Mechanic Plus opens. I have Photo Mechanic Plus assigned to Space 1, so it opens there.
It takes awhile for Photo Mechanic Plus to fully launch, so I wait 20 seconds and then switch back to Space 9 to start the process of copying the images form my camera.
Like I said, I needed to experiment with the order things happen and the delays added.
The keyboard shortcuts to move to a space are set up in the System Preferences:
@MevetS - do you know if there is a way to activate a new desktop space. In your example (which is brilliant btw) I am assuming the ^9 works as there are already 9 desktops open. In my use case I want to assume there is only 1 desktop open but I want to create a 2nd.
