Alternate Exposé Show Desktop Effect

Posted:
in macOS edited January 2014
Code:




defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-olddesktop -bool false

killall Dock









In Terminal.app.



I think this rocks. Is this a widely known trick?



To unset, type the same in the terminal, but substitute "false" with "true" in the first line.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 11
    kedakeda Posts: 722member
    What does it do?
  • Reply 2 of 11
    zapchudzapchud Posts: 844member
    Instead of shuffling all windows to the side, it takes a snapshot of all the windows you have on-screen, shrinks it to a small window you can put wherever you like. Then you just click on the snapshot, or press F11 to get everything back.
  • Reply 3 of 11
    chuckerchucker Posts: 5,089member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Zapchud

    Code:




    defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-olddesktop -bool false

    killall Dock







    Process names are case-sensitive.



    And yes, I prefer that setting, too, but I believe they had some bugs with it and therefore didn't activate it (akin minimize-in-place in Jaguar).
  • Reply 4 of 11
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Old news.







    To say the least. This predated the Panther worldwide release, if I'm not mistaken.
  • Reply 5 of 11
    nanonano Posts: 179member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Keda

    What does it do?



    It Does this:



  • Reply 6 of 11
    elronelron Posts: 126member
    Thanks for posting this... I think it's a lot cooler looking than the default behavior.
  • Reply 7 of 11
    vox barbaravox barbara Posts: 2,021member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by elron

    Thanks for posting this... I think it's a lot cooler looking than the default behavior.



    yes so do i think, BUT "desktop in a box" is a pretty buggy thing like someone pointed out. that is why apple might have not enabled that feature as an option yet.



    A lot of people, me included, experienced that bug. It is hard to explain how that bug appears to you. It is like that: There where the "Desktop in a Box" once has been placed, that little space/place becomes a Hole (litteraly) in your desktop. You can't drag things from there anymore for example.



    best
  • Reply 8 of 11
    zapchudzapchud Posts: 844member
    Sorry to post old news (although it wasn't old to everyone).



    It is indeed buggy as hell. Radio buttons and buttons stopped working randomly in Safari, Firefox, IE, and I'm sure there is more stuff it fucks up.
  • Reply 9 of 11
    progmacprogmac Posts: 1,850member
    very cool tip--thanks.
  • Reply 10 of 11
    nanonano Posts: 179member
    how do i get it back to normal?
  • Reply 11 of 11
    chuckerchucker Posts: 5,089member
    Do the same command, only with "true" instead of "false".
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