Can you COMPLETELY disable desktop switching animation on macOS?
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## I *reduced* animation and transition in macOS but not *completely disabled*
As some people already discussed, one can "reduce motion" in accessibility settings, use
defaults write
to "disable" some animations, or use software like TinkerTool. But after all of that, when I *switch desktops* using Ctrl + Left or Ctrl + Right, macOS still displays a "fade in, fade out" animation for a few deciseconds, which is fine. But
## the window focus remains messed up for a while.
Either the window on the previous desktop is still focused, or no windows are focused, for *about 1 second*, and I cannot perform any operation, which is super annoying and slows down my workflow.
### A workaround
is to use Cmd + Tab to switch apps, or use Ctrl + 1-9 to jump to a specific desktop. In this way, the window focus is corrected. But this is a *workaround*, not a *solution*.
### Modification I did
- Every setting in [TinkerTool.app](https://www.bresink.com/osx/0TinkerTool/download.php) that disables animation
- "Reduce motion" in macOS accessibility settings
- Some scripts, the one related to this is
defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -float 0.1
### previous discussion about this
[How can I disable animation when switching desktops in Lion?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/17929/how-can-i-disable-animation-when-switching-desktops-in-lion) talked about posting a bug and TotalSpaces.\
[How do you completely disable the space-switching animations in OS X Yosemite?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/190863/how-do-you-completely-disable-the-space-switching-animations-in-os-x-yosemite) concluded that there's no solution.\
[Disabling desktop switching animation on El Capitan](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/213405/disabling-desktop-switching-animation-on-el-capitan) . Solution has same problem as I have.\
[How can I disable animation when switching desktops in El Capitan?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/234015/how-can-i-disable-animation-when-switching-desktops-in-el-capitan) talked about TotalSpaces and disabling SIP.
Asked by Steven He
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Jan 4, 2022, 12:46 AM
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