Quick app hiding!
A great tip submitted by Matthew Short: Quick app hiding! In any application, you can hold down "Option" (Alt) and click on the desktop or another application and it will instantly hide the first application you were in. Thanks for the tip Matthew!
posted by Frederic Tremblay at
4/03/2007
10 Comments:
Whoa! Really cool, I never knew about that. Thanks for the tip.
You can also hide all apps except the one you click on by holding Command-Option and clicking the only app you don't want hidden. ;)
Is there an easy way to unhide everything all at once, after you've done that?
actually, there's a much easier way to do this--you can just hit "command" and "h" (for 'hide') and the app immediately hides--no need to reach for the mouse and worry about clicking anywhere. as per unhiding--not sure, sorry.
Randi,
command + h simply hides the current application. Holding down the Option key and clicking not only hides the app you're in, but switches you to the app you click on at the same time - thus saving a keystroke or mouse move anyway.
Here is what I use to accomplish hide or show all. I discovered by accident. I use the standard Mac mouse. If you press the scroll button it hides all and again shows all.
JB
creative guy,
ahh...i see the relevancy of the first post now. i stand corrected. thanks!
How can you "unhide" quickly, without using a mouse (as jb noted)
JB, on my 2Ghz iMac, and I don't know how many other computers, depressing the scroll ball brings up dashboard. Just letting you know.
Scroll ball doesn't work for me, I use a logitech USB mouse with my Macbook. A really handy tip though.
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