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When the "Minimize into the Application icon" feature appeared back in Snow Leopard, I was very much into this kind of thing. Yet over the years since, I've mov
by chrisfinazzo 5y ago
When the "Minimize into the Application icon" feature appeared back in Snow Leopard, I was very much into this kind of thing. Yet over the years since, I've moved to mostly using Cmd-H to hide.
I tried the method you described and it seems to only bring back the frontmost window DragThing/Front and Center style.[1]
Odd.
[1]: https://hypercritical.co/front-and-center/ https://hypercritical.co/front-and-center/
- Cockbrand 5y agoCmd-H seems very underused to me, even by Mac power users. The reason might be that many recent Mac users are converts from Windows or Linux, where the concept of hiding an app doesn't exist. I love and extensively use this feature since I started using Macs about 25+ years ago. It's so much more convenient than minimizing an app's window(s) into the dock, and it's so nicely complemented by the app switcher.
- chrisfinazzo 5y agoMinimizing to the Dock felt similar to me, coming from XP, and didn't take up extra space in the Dock, which was visually pleasing. These days, my Dock is basically only key apps, 2 printer aliases and a few folders I access regularly. A .weblocation might from time to time, but these are fairly infrequent.
- jibbers 5y agoYou can also hide by holding option while clicking outside the window.