Save your desktop as a Workspace

A workspace brings the application windows, browser tabs, and files for a task together across your desktop. Give it a name, then save, reopen, and update the whole arrangement.A workspace brings the application windows, browser tabs, and files for a task together across your desktop. Give it a name, then save, reopen, and update the whole arrangement.

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Workspace Explorer showing the saved Northstar workspace and its windows, files, and options

Build a collection of workspaces for the projects, plans, and routines you return to.

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“Using OpenWorkspace feels infinitely better and faster.”

Brad Chacos · Executive Editor, PCWorld

Read PCWorld’s hands-on preview of OpenWorkspace at CES 2026

ADVANCED WINDOW MANAGEMENT

Keep your main work in focus.

A Workspace determines what belongs together for an activity. FocalContextual^™ gives that content structure while you work.

Focal Panels provide a stable region for primary work, with supporting content visible around it. Move windows into and out of panels as your attention shifts.

See how FocalContextual works

OpenWorkspace desktop with primary windows in a Focal Region and supporting windows in the surrounding Contextual Region — FocalContextual^™ introduces a new windowing model that brings focus + context to the desktop.

Start with one unfinished task

Save its setup.

Clear your desktop.

Bring it back.

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Keep restoring saved workspaces after your trial.
Pro is required to save new workspaces, update saved ones, and use voice commands.