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A few I can think of: - Open the Apple menu. Now hold Shift. More menu options! Now try holding Opt. Even more menu options! This works for several Apple appli
by GeneralMaximus 16y ago
A few I can think of:
- Open the Apple menu. Now hold Shift. More menu options! Now try holding Opt. Even more menu options! This works for several Apple applications.
- Hold Opt when clicking on a menubar icon for extra information. For example, holding Opt and clicking the WiFi icon in the menubar brings up the signal strength, IP address and other useful information. Likewise for the rest of the icons.
- In Spotlight, select an entry in the search results and hit Cmd+Return to go to its parent folder. Opt+Return opens results in a Finder window.
- You know you can drop files on dock icons? Did you know you can also drop them on the icons in the app switcher (the thing that comes up when you hit Cmd+Tab)?
- This one is a bitch to describe, but very useful. You know you can hit Cmd+M to iconify ("minimize" in Windows-speak) applications to the Dock. But how do you get them back? Just do this: Cmd+Tab to the application, but don't release Cmd yet. Without releasing Cmd, press Opt. Now release Cmd. Done! This is equivalent to clicking the application's icon in the Dock, which means it has more uses than the one I described.
- nfg 16y ago> - You know you can drop files on dock icons? Did you know you can also drop them on the icons in the app switcher (the thing that comes up when you hit Cmd+Tab)? This also works with Exposé, it's particularly nice if you set up hot-corners in the system preferences to trigger exposé: 1. Start dragging something. 2. Flick to a corner to tile windows exposé style. 3. Drop the dragged object on the window of your choice.
- xuki 16y agoNote: Your 5th trick only works if it's the only window opens. I tried Chrome and iTerm
- bonaldi 16y agoThat fifth trick is superb. Apps that don't reopen their closed main window when cmd-tabbed to drive me nuts (Mail especially, as there's no shortcut to open the message viewer).
- xpaulbettsx 16y agoThis also works on Finder to create new windows
- js2 16y agoCommand-Option-N
- mirkules 16y agoThis has been one of my main sticking points of OS X window management for a very long time. At least there's a workaround, thanks!
- thought_alarm 16y agoSimilar to number 5: In the app switcher (Cmd+Tab) you can press the left/right arrows to navigate the apps, and the up/down arrows to activate Exposé and select a window (including minimized windows). While in Exposé mode, use the arrow keys to select a window, and Tab/Back-tick to navigate between apps. Hit Escape to return to your original app, and Hit Return to activate the selected window.
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- larrykubin 16y agoI always use Cmd-H to hide. The minimize/zoom has never been very useful for me.