I constantly use command-H

[Mr. Anderson]

I use it occasionally, but I also use Desktop Manager, so with 6 virtual displays, I don't really have to worry about what's hidden or not.

Also, it doesn't work with Illustrator or Photoshop - they have a different key combination.

D

 

[Sharewaredemon]

That would explain it. Between you and Applespider, I now understand why I was confused , thanks.

No problem.

Now I gotta get back to my mulch.


EDIT ----- can't type anything coherent, sorry.

 

[Schmittroth]

I use [command]+[TAB] to switch apps but when I hit one with a minimized window (usually Mail) I have to use the mouse to click the window in the dock. Is there a universal keyboard shortcut to bring up minimized windows from the dock?

 

[efoto]

No problem.

Now I gotta get back to my mulch.

EDIT ----- can't type anything coherent, sorry.

LMAO, I actually had to settle myself down a bit after reading that. Awesome to see some now-classic (I just deemed it classic, so it is) jokes not only staying alive but hopping threads too! Awesome

 

[Cooknn]

Ever since I got my Mac, i've been constantly using command-H to get rid of something.

I'm with you on that. I use Command-H a lot Funny thing is, I didn't even know about it until my son told me about 6 months ago (I bought him an iMac). Interesting that it has no effect on Adobe Creative Suite though. Is that because it's carbon?

 

[michaelrjohnson]

I've been using OS X as my primary OS since the public beta... and I have *never* used Cmd+H. It was rough going there for a while, but now, it is literally impossible for me to be as productive on a machine without Expose.

Expose is one of the greatest features in the Mac OS of all time... I don't know where I'd be without it.






Seriously.

 

[Sharewaredemon]

I've been using OS X as my primary OS since the public beta... and I have *never* used Cmd+H. It was rough going there for a while, but now, it is literally impossible for me to be as productive on a machine without Expose.

Expose is one of the greatest features in the Mac OS of all time... I don't know where I'd be without it.






Seriously.

I agree 100000000%
Exposé is the the most useful most often used and most incredibly simple and stunning feature that Apple is currently employing in their operating systems.

This isn't to say that Apple won't come up with something better anytime soon.

But it's amazing that they didn't have to tweak Exposé at all after it's introduction in Panther.

It's perfect the way it is.

 

[efoto]

I agree 100000000%
Exposé is the the most useful most often used and most incredibly simple and stunning feature that Apple is currently employing in their operating systems.

This isn't to say that Apple won't come up with something better anytime soon.

But it's amazing that they didn't have to tweak Exposé at all after it's introduction in Panther.

It's perfect the way it is.

I third, or fourth, whatever, the vote for Expose being one of the greatest things ever. I cannot comment on more classic features (pre-Panther) or the most current features (introduced with Tiger) since my first and only Mac started at and is on Panther.

OSX is lightyears ahead of anything M$ currently has, and probably ever will have. Expose is just one of the many features that make it so much better than the competition and like others, I use it every single day, not sure what I would do without it

 

[stridey]

I third, or fourth, whatever, the vote for Expose being one of the greatest things ever. I cannot comment on more classic features (pre-Panther) or the most current features (introduced with Tiger) since my first and only Mac started at and is on Panther.

OSX is lightyears ahead of anything M$ currently has, and probably ever will have. Expose is just one of the many features that make it so much better than the competition and like others, I use it every single day, not sure what I would do without it

I have Expose set to one of my screen corners, and now whenever I use a Windows machine I find my mouse inexplicably sitting in the corner whenever I need to find a window. I love muscle memory.

 

[Sharewaredemon]

I third, or fourth, whatever, the vote for Expose being one of the greatest things ever. I cannot comment on more classic features (pre-Panther) or the most current features (introduced with Tiger) since my first and only Mac started at and is on Panther.

OSX is lightyears ahead of anything M$ currently has, and probably ever will have. Expose is just one of the many features that make it so much better than the competition and like others, I use it every single day, not sure what I would do without it

You didn't miss much in the Pre Panther days.

Most (if not all) of the features that are important to OS X were introduced or perfected in Panther (the command tab where the pictures come up was new in Panther).

There is nothing I miss from classic.

Though one of my co-workers hates that when you label something the folder won't change colour like it did in the OS 9 days.


<EDIT> Panther .... not Tiger

 

[Brother Michael]

I love Expose and Expose loves me.

Mike

 

[Brother Michael]

You didn't miss much in the Pre Panther days.
Most (if not all) of the features that are important to OS X were introduced or perfected in Panther (the command tab where the pictures come up was new in Tiger).

While I agree about your statement to pre-Panther days, I disagree with your statement about command + tab.

Either I had OS "Panger" or Command Tab was introduced in Panther, because I used it and it had the little icons of the apps in it.

Mike

 

[munkle]

(the command tab where the pictures come up was new in Tiger).

If you're talking about the large icons, that was there in Panther. As far as I can tell there's no difference in how command-tab works in Panther or Tiger. And for those who care, command-shift-tab will let you cycle through your apps in the other direction...might be useful I guess if you have lots of apps open but just nice that they've thought about it!

 

[michaelrjohnson]

I have Expose set to one of my screen corners, and now whenever I use a Windows machine I find my mouse inexplicably sitting in the corner whenever I need to find a window. I love muscle memory.

I currently have no Mac on hand, (until next week, hopefully), so I'm stuck using my Dell laptop from work @ home... I do that *all* the time. It's so frustrating!

 

[efoto]

If you're talking about the large icons, that was there in Panther. As far as I can tell there's no difference in how command-tab works in Panther or Tiger. And for those who care, command-shift-tab will let you cycle through your apps in the other direction...might be useful I guess if you have lots of apps open but just nice that they've thought about it!

That is great, never thought of that even though I should have. It is exactly the same as XP save for the keystroke is alt-tab instead of command-tab, but it fucntions the same, however not nearly as pretty and nice. alt-shift-tab also moves in reverse in the XP universe as well (tested on work CAD machine just now....silly XP )

 

[IJ Reilly]

I'm with you on that. I use Command-H a lot Funny thing is, I didn't even know about it until my son told me about 6 months ago (I bought him an iMac). Interesting that it has no effect on Adobe Creative Suite though. Is that because it's carbon?

In their finite wisdom, Adobe uses cmd-h for another function. Not nice, since I rely on hiding.

A long time back, I installed a utility that dims the dock icon of a hidden application -- which is the way Apple should have set it up in the first place. But now I don't know what this is called, and can no longer find it. Used to show up in the preference panes, IIRC. Still works, though. Does anybody know what this little goodies is called?

 

[stridey]

In their finite wisdom, Adobe uses cmd-h for another function. Not nice, since I rely on hiding.

A long time back, I installed a utility that dims the dock icon of a hidden application -- which is the way Apple should have set it up in the first place. But now I don't know what this is called, and can no longer find it. Used to show up in the preference panes, IIRC. Still works, though. Does anybody know what this little goodies is called?

It's one of Apple's hidden prefs, so there are many little apps (in the Preference Panes and elsewhere) that take advantage of it. IIRC, Cocktail and TinkerTool both support it.

 

[IJ Reilly]

It's one of Apple's hidden prefs, so there are many little apps (in the Preference Panes and elsewhere) that take advantage of it. IIRC, Cocktail and TinkerTool both support it.

Doh! Thank you. TinkerTool is it. I remembered it as a preference pane, but it's an application. Anyway, highly recommended if you use cmd-h often.

 

[rendezvouscp]

If you're talking about the large icons, that was there in Panther. As far as I can tell there's no difference in how command-tab works in Panther or Tiger. And for those who care, command-shift-tab will let you cycle through your apps in the other direction...might be useful I guess if you have lots of apps open but just nice that they've thought about it!

Or, to prevent weird contortions of your fingers, you can just hold down the command key while using command-tab and then hit the tilde (~) key to go backwards, then tab to go forwards...

I can't believe that no one mentioned it, but use command-M to minimize a window into the dock. (I'm going to be really embarrassed if someone mentioned it, especially after reading the thread once and skimming through it a second time...)
-Chase

 

[Gary King]

command-M is sort of obvious. At least, the ones found in the menu bar are obvious.

The ones that I really like (that I learned from this thread) are:

• option-clicking on new window hides current window

 

[mkrishnan]

Also since it doesn't look like it's in this thread, cmd-` works in a similar fashion to ctrl-tab (cycles windows of current app) in Windows.

I go back and forth between hiding windows, and letting them all stack and using Exposé. And once in a while I use Desktop Manager, just for fun, to have multiple desktops. But right now, I'm using Exposé with the upper left hot corner set to show all windows, and the upper right to show the desktop.

 

[whocares]

Or, to prevent weird contortions of your fingers, you can just hold down the command key while using command-tab and then hit the tilde (~) key to go backwards, then tab to go forwards...

You can also use the left/right arrow keys

Not to mention H for hidding the highlighted app and Q for quiting it

 

[whocares]

I use it occasionally, but I also use Desktop Manager, so with 6 virtual displays, I don't really have to worry about what's hidden or not.

Desktop Manager kicks some serious butt

 

[efoto]

Or, to prevent weird contortions of your fingers, you can just hold down the command key while using command-tab and then hit the tilde (~) key to go backwards, then tab to go forwards...

I can't believe that no one mentioned it, but use command-M to minimize a window into the dock. (I'm going to be really embarrassed if someone mentioned it, especially after reading the thread once and skimming through it a second time...)
-Chase

Awesome, I love learning little things like that (the tilde thing, I thankfully knew cmd-m already ).

I am not sure why, but I never had Exposé mapped to anything other than the default Fkeys, but since it was mentioned so frequently about hot-corners I decided to try them. Sweet, I love the ''new'' functionality it gives, thanks all who share their likes, often helps me discover new things.

 

[Sharewaredemon]

I was gonna mention the ` tip but someone else did.

That tip about cycling through open windows is very useful. I remember how happy I was when I learned that one.

I can't think of anything that hasn't been .... wait.

When you have the command tab window up, if you press home and end it takes you to the beginning or end of the list.