Version 1.4.0 · A tiny macOS menu-bar app

Know what every Space is for.

Give each macOS Space a name. Task puts it on the Space’s thumbnail in Mission Control, so you can tell at a glance what every Space is for.

Download on the Mac App Store

Mission Control with five Spaces, each thumbnail labelled with its name, and the current Space showing a large Customer research splash

Mission Control with five Spaces whose longer names wrap onto two lines inside their thumbnails

Task's menu open from the menu bar with the current Space name PROJ-4127 in an editable field

Mission Control with five named Spaces, each label drawn in a different color

Names in Mission Control

See every Space’s name right in Mission Control.

Differentiate with Color

Give each Space its own color and tell them apart at a glance.

Rename in place

Rename the current Space straight from the menu bar.

Reordering keeps up

Reorder your Spaces and every name and color moves with them.

Your Desktop, at a glance

Your current Desktop is always right there in the menu bar.

Small and local

Everything stays on your Mac. No account, analytics, cloud, or ads.

New in 1.4.0

Pick one of five splash sizes, from huge to mini.
Place the splash anywhere on a three-by-three grid. Task keeps it clear of the Dock and Mission Control’s Spaces bar.
Show or hide the splash over the Desktop when Mission Control is open.
Give each Space its own menu-bar tag with N.tag—handy when two Space names start with the same word.
Names in the Spaces bar stay full size, no matter which splash size or position you choose.

Configuration file (spaces.txt)

# Task configuration # Task manages this file. You can edit it by hand, but when Task # saves it, it reformats the file and removes custom comments and # unknown settings. # How long the splash stays on screen after a Space change, in seconds. # 0.0 turns it off, 5.0 is the longest. splashDuration = 1.5 # Give each named Desktop a stable color differentiateWithColor = true # Show the first word of the Desktop's name in the menu bar # instead of its number iconAsSpaceNames = false # Desktop names 1 = Website refresh 2 = PROJ-4127 3 = Customer research 4 = Invoices # Per-Desktop colors 1.color = #E8756A 2.color = #2F80ED

This local file stores your Space names, colors, and splash duration. Open it from Task’s menu to edit it yourself, or let Task update it as you rename Spaces. Task follows your Mac’s light or dark appearance.

Before you start, open System Settings → Desktop & Dock and turn off Displays have separate Spaces and Automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use. See Support for setup details.