Geek Posted October 26, 2010 Posted October 26, 2010 <div class="KonaBody"><p>If you need to quickly hide all windows within a Mac OS X application, hit <strong>Command+H</strong> and all the apps windows will become hidden. You can then manually retrieve the windows of through the applications Dock icon.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Hide all windows <em>except</em> the currently active window</h2> <p>Another great alternative is to hide all the windows on screen except for the currently active window. To do this, hit <strong>Command+Option+H</strong> at any time. This is a great trick to help focus on the task at hand.</p> <p>I would recommend combining both of these tips with the ability to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/06/22/make-hidden-application-icons-translucent-in-the-dock/">make hidden application icons translucent within the Dock</a>, it’s a simple Terminal command to activate and it helps to determine which apps are hidden by the use of the aforementioned commands.</p> <p>You can also hold down the Option key and click away from a Mac application and it will hide the application or windows being clicked away from.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jMn3LGu_BjUtQCYGqkfDyL_l2rM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jMn3LGu_BjUtQCYGqkfDyL_l2rM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jMn3LGu_BjUtQCYGqkfDyL_l2rM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jMn3LGu_BjUtQCYGqkfDyL_l2rM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=CLWSRJxlneA:nbB599FK9rg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=CLWSRJxlneA:nbB599FK9rg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=CLWSRJxlneA:nbB599FK9rg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=CLWSRJxlneA:nbB599FK9rg:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=CLWSRJxlneA:nbB599FK9rg:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=CLWSRJxlneA:nbB599FK9rg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=CLWSRJxlneA:nbB599FK9rg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/CLWSRJxlneA" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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