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Tip 304
See OS X Animations in Slow Motion
Holding down SHIFT while clicking just about anything in OS X that uses an
animated transition will reveal the animation in slow motion. For example,
holding down SHIFT while minimizing a window to the Dock will slow the mini-
mizing process in pleasing slow motion. Holding down SHIFT while activating
Mission Control using the keyboard hotkey will do the same.
This feature was added to OS X to allow former Apple CEO Steve Jobs to
demonstrate the beauty of window animations while giving the first keynote
speech introducing Mac OS X. It has hung around in the decade since!
Tip 305
Know Which Apps Are Hidden in the Dock
There are two ways to send app windows to the Dock on your Mac: minimizing
and hiding.
The biggest difference between the two is that minimized app program windows
are visibly shrunk to an icon on the right side of the Dock, while hidden
program windows simply disappear from the screen and can be brought back
to view by clicking their Dock icon (that is to say, they don't shrink to an icon
on the right side of the Dock).
Additionally, individual app windows can be minimized, but when hiding an
app, all its windows are hidden. You can't hide a single app window.
To minimize a program window, click the button on the program's title bar,
or hit COMMAND + M . To hide an app's windows, click the Hide option on the
program's application menu, or hit COMMAND + H .
Revealing Hidden Apps
If you choose to hide an app, there'll be no obvious sign that the program is
hidden, but you can fix this with a quick Terminal command that will cause
the hidden app's Dock icon to be dimmed out (that is, it'll become translucent).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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