How can I fix Safari from keep opening in wrong desktop on my MacBook Air?

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How can I fix Safari from keep opening in wrong desktop on my MacBook Air?

Recently I started to notice that Safari keeps opening just in one Desktop, I can move to another Desktop where I need to open Safari and keeps opening in the wrong Desktop, does anyone is having the same issue and knows how to fix it? I already changed de Assign to options to All Desktops, This Desktop and None but keeps doing the same. I already updated MacOS to the last version but didn't fix it. Thanks for your help.

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MacBook Air 15″, macOS 15.5

Posted on May 22, 2025 07:42 PM

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Answer 1

May 22, 2025 08:32 PM in response to torrespena

Try this:

In System Settings > Desktop & Dock disable this:

❝When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for the application❞

When this is enabled, apps will operate in the Desktop that already has an open app window.

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May 22, 2025 11:37 PM in response to D.I. Johnson

Thanks for your help but didn’t work, also I noticed a glitch when I swipe through different desktops when I have Safari open, for a second I can see Safari window and then disappear, also I noticed that if I swipe between desktops automatically brings me back to the one with Safari open. It’s important to say that this just happens with Safari open.

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Answer 3

May 22, 2025 11:44 PM in response to torrespena

You can try the suggestion by D.I. Johnson, and that may well serve your needs.

I prefer to keep that setting turned on - and if so, and you do command-tab to Safari, your mac will switch to a Space that already has a Safari window open (I'm saying Safari because that is what you mentioned, but of course this is the case for any application).

You can create a new window and move it to the Space you want: either by using Mission Control or - my preferred method - pressing control-left or -right while dragging the window.

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Answer 4

May 25, 2025 11:15 PM in response to torrespena

torrespena wrote:

Actually since the last MacOS update I noticed that there's a problem with Show Desktop gesture, even if I have it off keeps doing it

By "Show Desktop" do you mean when you click on the desktop, the windows slide out to the edges (System Settings->Desktop & Dock, "Click wallpaper to reveal desktop")?

Or do you mean the trackpad gesture (System Settings->Trackpad->More Gestures, "Show Desktop")?

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