how to show desktop?

firehcfirehc
Posted:
in macOS edited January 2014
is there any shortcut to 'close' or collapse all windows and show the desktop only?

thanks

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  • Reply 1 of 9
    crawlingparanoiacrawlingparanoia Posts: 443member
    Command-option-click the Finder icon in the Dock. This will hide every app but the Finder. It leaves you with one Finder window open... not exactly what you want but I think it's as close as you can get.
  • Reply 2 of 9
    krazyfoolkrazyfool Posts: 129member
    Close all windows: Command-Option-W

    Minimize all windows: Command-Option-M

    *These only work in the app you are in, they are not global like crawlingparanoia tip*
  • Reply 3 of 9
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Before Apple made the clock a menu (a mistake, IMO) you could option-click it to hide all windows. I don't know if it was a bug or a feature, but I found it handy.



    I believe there's a dockling on versiontracker that acts like Windows' "Show Desktop" button in the taskbar; it hides everything showing only the desktop.



    edit: well, forget that. I just tried "Show Desktop 1.0" and it's the same as cmd-opt-clicking the Finder icon.



    [ 03-22-2002: Message edited by: starfleetX ]</p>
  • Reply 4 of 9
    ferroferro Posts: 453member
    In 9 I had a alias of the "quit all programs" file of the speakable items folder... I would click it and all would vanish...



    I loved that ability...



    but there is no way to do it in OSX that I have been able to find...



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    © FERRO 2001-2002
  • Reply 5 of 9
    firehcfirehc Posts: 368member
    thanks anyway,

    got to live with it
  • Reply 6 of 9
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    [quote]Originally posted by FERRO:

    <strong>but there is no way to do it in OSX that I have been able to find...</strong><hr></blockquote>Apple menu -&gt; Log out...



    Well, it does quit all your running apps, like you said.
  • Reply 7 of 9
    serranoserrano Posts: 1,806member
    [quote]Originally posted by FERRO:

    <strong>In 9 I had a alias of the "quit all programs" file of the speakable items folder... I would click it and all would vanish...



    I loved that ability...



    but there is no way to do it in OSX that I have been able to find...



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    © FERRO 2001-2002</strong><hr></blockquote>





    applescript
  • Reply 8 of 9
    ferroferro Posts: 453member
    [quote]Originally posted by janitor:

    <strong>

    applescript</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Yeah...



    I tried writing a new "quit all apps" script for OSX but it doesnt understand the commands... I tried converting the script but script editor (both X and 9) wont "see" the file... so I cant get the script code...



    And I ---&gt;aint&lt;--- no applescript genius...



    I tried learning how to write script myself, but just didnt get the hang of it... and thats was script under 9... i imagine X script would be even more alien to me...



    oh well... I guess it will be command (+) Q (x) number of running apps until someone figures it out......



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    © FERRO 2001-2002
  • Reply 9 of 9
    sebseb Posts: 676member
    You can just keep hitting Option - H, it's not the most elegant solution, but it works. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
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