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Jaysce / Spaceman

A macOS app to view Spaces / Virtual Desktops in the menu bar
https://www.jaysce.dev/projects/spaceman
MIT License
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Extra, Nonexistent Space Displayed #8

Closed jetblackrx89 closed 3 years ago

jetblackrx89 commented 3 years ago

An extra, nonexistent space is displayed to the left of the actual, available spaces. See attached photo. "Screen 1" does not exist.

Screen Shot 2021-05-02 at 3 39 06 PM Screen Shot 2021-05-02 at 3 38 44 PM
Jaysce commented 3 years ago

Is this persistent even after a refresh or switching to a different space? Is there a way to reproduce this or has it been like this since you installed the app?

jetblackrx89 commented 3 years ago

Thanks for the reply. It's been like this since I've installed the app. I don't know if it's because of Sidecar or something. Yes, it persists even when switching between spaces. What's weird is if a boot off a clean Big Sur installation, the issue isn't seen.

Jaysce commented 3 years ago

If you installed using Homebrew, could you try running the following in terminal:

  1. defaults delete dev.jaysce.Spaceman
  2. brew uninstall --zap spaceman
  3. and then installing again, brew install spaceman.

Or If you installed through GitHub, run the following:

  1. defaults delete dev.jaysce.Spaceman

If you have AppCleaner installed, use that to uninstall Spaceman then reinstall, otherwise run the following in terminal:

  1. rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Scripts/dev.jaysce.Spaceman-LaunchAtLoginHelper
  2. rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/dev.jaysce.Spaceman
  3. rm -rf ~/Library/Containers/dev.jaysce.Spaceman-LaunchAtLoginHelper
  4. rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/dev.jaysce.Spaceman.plist
  5. Then delete Spaceman.app by moving to bin and emptying the bin
  6. Reinstall Spaceman through GitHub or Homebrew

Let me know if that helps.

jetblackrx89 commented 3 years ago

Thanks. Unfortunately, none of that helped. I previously tried to uninstall it using CleanMyMac but also did it via your instructions just now.

Jaysce commented 3 years ago

Maybe try this:

  1. Quit Spaceman.app
  2. Run rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.spaces.plist in terminal.
  3. Create a new Space
  4. Open Spaceman.app
jetblackrx89 commented 3 years ago

Thanks. So deleting "com.apple.spaces.plist" in terminal and rebooting my Mac fixed the issue.

One really bizarre thing is that when my computer came back up, obviously it only had 1 space, but it was using a really old wallpaper from years ago. It's almost as if macOS was retaining some data about an old space that was hidden this entire time from view. I am still wondering if this is a leftover from back when macOS supported Dashboard, which used to count as a "space" as well.

Jaysce commented 3 years ago

Yea I'm pretty sure Dashboard was the problem. When Dashboard was supported it also counted as a space, and I guess it's left over in that plist even after updating the OS.

Glad the bug is fixed!