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Show Desktop Button
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I usually use Exposé, but instead of clicking then pushing alt-command-h, you can hold alt-command and click on the desktop. That will hide everything except the Desktop. I suppose you could also write an AppleScript to do the same thing, but I'm not really sure how. If you did that, you could put the AppleScript in your dock, and then when you clicked on it it would execute.
dotdotdot said:
Obviously it's bad because it's Windows. Don't you know that only Windows does things the wrong way and only OS X does things the right way?
/sarcasm
Lethal
A recent move to the Mac has shown me that there are things that windows does that are nice... file browsing is better then finder in many ways, and that show desktop is nice too... BUT for music which is why I jumped, I like the fact that my MAC works and drivers don't magically disappear.
lol necromancy.
I still find Exposé more convenient than a tiny button on the taskbar. Maybe because it's a hot-corner that takes advantage of Fitts' Law so it's one of the easiest maneuvers to make with a mouse.
Trackpad swipes on the laptops also = easier. Anything that reduces the need for precision cursor-work is by definition more efficient than something that does not.
I still find Exposé more convenient than a tiny button on the taskbar. Maybe because it's a hot-corner that takes advantage of Fitts' Law so it's one of the easiest maneuvers to make with a mouse.
Trackpad swipes on the laptops also = easier. Anything that reduces the need for precision cursor-work is by definition more efficient than something that does not.
I agree expose is the best way and fastest way to show the the desktop but it's not that much better than windows. Maybe a fraction of a second faster?
Exposé is great, but I also use spaces to get to the desktop (I always have a free space). I have a desktop stack in the dock too.
ah but time is saved when you try to go back to your previous window and instead of having to find and click the application on the toolbar you could just hit the expose button again
AFAIK pressing the show desktop shortcut or winkey+d twice brings the windows back up, just like pressing f11 twice.
Sorry, I didn't want to make it into a competition, I just corrected someone who stated this works slower in Windows. And BTW - how do I disable the expose animations? I can't seem to find it in system preferences, I'm guessing it's a plist property.
Wow! I didn't know winkey + D does that! I will give it a try next time.
I am new to mac, only have it for over a week. It's funny that using Mac make me appreciate some of the features in Windows that I take for granted.
I just checked the Expose preference, and I don't see any option allow me to do that either. Spent some time googling, still no.
There's probably no way or you need external software (something called OnyX, but not sure) to do it.
I just swipe 4 fingers up on the trackpad... works quite well.
This is how mine is as well! 100x better than anything Windows.
Why is it always the newbies that are bringing threads back from the dead? Lol, I didn't even realize it was that old!