Minimize a full screen app or game?

[Gary King]

How do I minimize a full screen app or game? For example, if I were in a game, that takes up the entire screen, how do I get back to the desktop without exiting the game? Kind of like on Windows, when you open the Start menu while in a game, it brings you back to the desktop.

[katie ta achoo]

You could try hitting command + H to hide the App.

[Gary King]

Originally Posted by katie ta achoo

You could try hitting command + H to hide the App.

Doesn't work. The particular game is Starcraft.

[yellow]

Some Blizzard games use Cmd-M to windowize their games.

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Cmd-tab to get out of the application and over in Finder often helps. So does Expose.

[Eric5h5]

With some games, it's just impossible. With others, there's no universal method, unfortunately. (Like UT2004 uses Option-Return, I think.) Read the docs, which will tell you how to do it, if it's possible.

--Eric

[angelweengz]

I think I found how to do it. I tried COMMAND + Return key. It worked for my fullscreen Sims Game. It makes the window like an almost fullscreen normal window. Hope this works for you!

[Fazitano]

command + m works for starcraft just tested and it works

[boogiequeen]

the best way. and i know the seems to be a silly solution but it worked for me for Uberstrike HD from the mac app store. great free FPS by the way. so i jus held down command while in the game and slowly went through every single letter and number and other butto(e.g. "return","option" etc...) and command-F worked for me. try this and let me know if this works