UNIT · SL-64

SpaceLabels

Because “Desktop 4” isn’t a project name.

A tiny macOS menu-bar app that puts custom labels on your Mission Control Spaces — so the right desktop is obvious at a glance.

MONITOR · SPACES
Mission Control showing labelled Space thumbnails: Work, Design, and Personal.
Download for Mac .dmg · macOS 13+

01 What it does

macOS lets you spread work across Spaces, but Mission Control only numbers them. SpaceLabels attaches a name to each desktop and draws it into the Space’s thumbnail — visible when you overview, invisible while you work on that desktop.

Hit a global shortcut, type a label, press Return. The overlay lives on that Space so the name travels with it, even if you reorder desktops.

Placeholder: quick label prompt for the current Space.

CH-A · INPUT

Label your desktop quickly

A non-activating prompt pops up on the Space you’re on. Name it, clear it, or cancel — without yanking you to another desktop.

Placeholder: Mission Control thumbnails with Space labels.

CH-B · OUTPUT

Find the right project easily

Open Mission Control and read the names on the thumbnails. “Design” beats guessing which Desktop 3 still has Figma open.