How to turn off mission control?

By Becca, 27 October, 2016

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macOS and Mac Apps

Hello.
I was wondering how to turn off mission control in Mac OS? The reason is because I'm using the trackpad and when I perform a three finger flick down the mission control window pops up. I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, and it's really annoying!
Thank you.

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By LaBoheme on Friday, October 28, 2016 - 05:39

defaults write com.apple.dock mcx-expose-disabled -bool TRUE && killall Dock

if your shell gives you parsing problem, replace && with ;

or you can execute it as two separate commands.

By Becca on Friday, October 28, 2016 - 05:39

I tried that and it said an argument needs to be present or something. I'm not sure...What do I do now? Thank you for your help.

By LaBoheme on Friday, October 28, 2016 - 05:39

try type the falling command exactly as shown in one line, without the quotes:

"defaults write com.apple.dock mcx-expose-disabled -bool TRUE && killall Dock"

copy and paste if that help. notice there are two & signs.

it should exit 0, meaning no error. if it exits 1 with error, try post the exact error message here.

By Maldalain on Friday, October 28, 2016 - 05:39

I had it turned off on my MBP. Just go to System Preferences and then to TrackPad, go to More Gestures and from there uncheck Mission Control.

By Becca on Friday, October 28, 2016 - 05:39

Thank you! I tried the suggestion above and it worked!! Thank you so much.