How to reduce motion effects in macOS Ventura
Spaces was introduced into macOS way back in 2007, I make use of it everyday. However, I find the sliding animation is too distracting. This guide shows you how to make a change to the accessibility settings to turn it off.
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Stephen Meehan
March 2024
I wrote about this same topic back in 2017, back then I was trying to Disable the Spaces Animation in macOS Sierra. The setting panel has changed quite a bit since then, so I thought I'd update that post here.
Video guide
Step-by-Step Guide
Click on the Apple icon at the top left corner and click System Settings
![macOS Ventura screenshot of system settings menu.](/img/containers/assets/guides/reduce-motion-ventura/reduce-motion-effects-in-macos-13-ventura-1.jpg/a04c9c7eba5fd0884604d2e0706bc87c/reduce-motion-effects-in-macos-13-ventura-1.webp)
Choose Accessibility, then click Display
![macOS Ventura screenshot of accessibility settings screen.](/img/containers/assets/guides/reduce-motion-ventura/reduce-motion-effects-in-macos-13-ventura-2.jpg/e23138cab0e6f6e6cacbcfd901d8895a/reduce-motion-effects-in-macos-13-ventura-2.webp)
Turn on the Reduce Motion Toggle
Now close the settings window, either press the red circle in the top-left of the window, or use the CTRL + W keyboard shortcut. Now hold the CTRL
key and a left or right arrow key to easily navigate between the spaces without the annoying sliding animation.
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Stephen Meehan
I'm a Manchester-based web designer and developer, and the founder of D3 Creative since 2005. My expertise includes collaborating with in-house marketing teams to redesign corporate websites.
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