Brilliant!!! I love it - option 1 works for me nicely. Option 2 does as well too but requires two hands - so a bit labour intensive :-)
Thanks Carlo and others. Regards Peter... ________________________________ From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of cm Sent: Tuesday, 30 November 2010 6:41 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Show Desktop Hi Peter, In Snow Leopard, show desktop is a feature of Exposé. There are a number of ways to activate it that I know of, and other members may know of more. 1) My favourite, if you have a multitouch mouse pad as found on later MacBooks or a magic track pad, is a four-finger swipe upwards. To return all the windows one does a four-finger swipe down. 2) There is a function key in Exposé to trigger this feature. By default on my MBP it is F11. That means that to use it one presses Function-F11 so as not the get the volume setting. To return the windows press Function-F11 again. This is set to a different key on iMacs and is configurable in Exposé settings. 3) If you go to system preference and go to the Exposé settings, one can configure a hot corner of the screen to show the desktop. Returning the mouse to the same hot corner of the desktop replaces the window. There are likely other methods as well that I am not familiar with. Cheers, Carlo On 2010-11-30, at 18:17, Crisp, Peter wrote: Does anyone know the shortcut to "show Desktop"? Its part of the standard Windows XP build but puzzled it's not so intuitive with Snow Leopard. I Googled it and saw the need to download various non-Apple add-ins but surely its' not this complicated. I will do that if that's what's needed but I think I am missing something simple here. I even checked http://www.danrodney.com/mac/index.html and couldn't see it. Regards Peter.. ________________________________ N O T I C E - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, "information") contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. ________________________________ ________________________________ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> ________________________________ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
