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Exposé Hack

Flying Llama

Flying Llama

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Aug 4, 2004
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In Panther, if you type in the Terminal (no quotations):
"defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-olddesktop -bool false"
"killall Dock", then exposé will react differently on "show desktop". Instead of bringing all the windows on the side, it will put them in a small box. Except it sometimes locks-up the window server :/

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Can anyone with 10.4 preview confirm that this still works? did apple fix it?
 
This hack still works in Tiger and no longer puts a 'hole' in the desktop that doesn't let you click anything.
 
Chris Grande said:
This hack still works in Tiger and no longer puts a 'hole' in the desktop that doesn't let you click anything.
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Hmm... apple must have been working on it... that's great that they're finishing it!
 
Raven VII said:
That is cool, and seems to work pretty well. Wonder if it's a new Expose mode for Tiger?
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-seems, I went pretty fast through f9 f10 f11 and my system got blocked

-Maybe, Virtual desktops ;) I doubt it but speculation is part of life
 
I had it set to do that for a while. I didn't know about the "hole" that it makes though... so I got kinda pissed running Final Cut, as that hole is right over where I used to keep my clips.
 
It would be nice if they implemented this as a 4th Exposé feature in Tiger, though I'm not sure how much practical use it would have.
 
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