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Using MacBook Air, how do I keep Firefox from appearing on every screen when I move to another to get a blank screen

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With Chrome, I liked to have Mail on one page, Chrome on another page, and just move from one to the other, and be able to move to a third page to see my desktop. With Firefox, when I move to another page, and another, Firefox is always there. No way to get a clear screen to see my desktop, or have another application open to simplify moving from one app to the other. How do I correct this.

JP

With Chrome, I liked to have Mail on one page, Chrome on another page, and just move from one to the other, and be able to move to a third page to see my desktop. With Firefox, when I move to another page, and another, Firefox is always there. No way to get a clear screen to see my desktop, or have another application open to simplify moving from one app to the other. How do I correct this. JP

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Hi JP, what action are you taking to "move to another page"?

Any time you call up a new tab in your current Firefox window -- for example, by clicking the + button on the tab bar or pressing Command+T -- Firefox will display the default new tab page. You can make the new tab page blank, but it will still be a Firefox tab, not your desktop.

Similarly, any time you call up a new window -- for example, by pressing Command+N -- Firefox will display your home page in that window.

I have the feeling you're trying to do something else...

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Hi, My explanation is probably wrong. I use a MacPro Air. The way I get another screen, or window, is that I swipe to the left with four fingers, and get a new desktop.

Before Firsfox, which I prefer, I used to open Mail, then swipe left with four fingers and I would get a new desktop. I would then open Chrome so that I could switch from mail to Chrome. If I wanted to use another applications, and have easy access, I would swipe left to another screen and open Word for instance.

Now if I open Firefox on the second screen, and switch to another screen, i have Firefox again. if I swipe left for another window, there's Firefox again.

Don't know if that makes sense, but I'm 80 and have been using Mac since 1984, but not as swift as I used to be I guess.....

Thanks for trying to help

JP

Now, with Firefox, even if i

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I've only played with a Mac for a few hours, so I'm not familiar with that gesture. Possibly Firefox is intercepting it and you're staying on the same screen? Hopefully a person who uses the Mac more can explain what's happening and how to work around it.