I’m a big user of Spaces in OS X.  I’ve set certain apps to open on certain spaces and because I use dual monitors even set where I want the windows to appear.  Surprisingly I use Spaces more where I have more screen real estate than on a smaller display.

But there were things that were just a pain.  On one of the MacHeist promos, I got as part of the bundle a little app called Hyperspaces and to my own failure, didn’t take a good look at it until a month ago.  Hyperspaces simply gives you richer control over OS X spaces without breaking anything.

I wanted to use different HDR photos for each space.  I also wanted to be able to see at a glance which space name I was on.  Hyperspaces does this simply and without a ton of system overhead.  The only time I’ve ever had a gotcha is when the Drobo with my Aperture library failed to come up after a long system shutdown and I ended up with plain colours.  Once the Drobo was back up, a relaunch of Hyperspaces and all was well.

You can download a trial of Hyperspaces from the CocoaBots and customize up to three spaces for free.  If you like Hyperspaces and you probably will, and want more Spaces and you probably will, you can buy a license at the site for $12.95 USD which to my mind is a good deal for the power and simplicity these folks deliver.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED