- Introduction
- Using Mac OS X Applications
- Installing Other Applications
- Launching Applications
- Opening Applications and Files
- Switching Between Applications
- Quitting Applications
- Playing Chess
- Creating an Address Book
- Editing an Address Book
- Managing and Sharing an Address Book
- Adding an Image to an Address Book
- Performing Graph Calculations
- Performing Calculations and Conversions
- Capturing Images with a Digital Camera
- Capturing Screen Shots with Grab
- Previewing Images and PDFs
- Creating Sticky Notes
- Managing Fonts with Font Book
- Activating, Deactivating, and Customizing Fonts
- Working with Dashboard
- Using Dashboard Widgets
- Adding and Removing Dashboard Widgets
- Creating a Web Clip Dashboard Widget
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Switching Between Applications
The Dock is initially located at the bottom of the desktop and is most often used to launch an application or switch from one application to another. When you launch an application, its icon appears in the Dock with a black arrow below it. If an application is not available in the Dock, you can hide any open applications to display the desktop, open your hard disk, and then launch the application you want. If you arrange open application windows so that they are visible, you can switch among them simply by clicking in the window in which you want to work.
Hide and Show an Application
Click the application menu.
In this case, the Chess menu.
Click Hide application name to hide the application.
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Press
+H to hide the application.
Point to the bottom of the screen to display the Dock. You’ll see the hidden application in the Dock.
To show the application, click the application icon in the Dock.
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Hide Other Applications
- Click the application menu, and then click Hide Others.
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Press Option++H to hide all other applications.
Did You Know?
You can bring forward an application and its windows and hide all other applications. Hold down Option+ and then click the program icon in the Dock.
Switch Between Applications
Mac OS X provides several ways to switch between applications:
- Click a visible window in the other application.
- Display the Dock, and then click an application icon to show (black triangle below icon) or launch the application.
- Press and hold down , and then repeatedly press the Tab key to highlight the Dock icon of an open application. (Use Shift++Tab to move backwards) Release both keys when you reach the one you want to open.
To leave without switching applications, press the Esc key.
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Press
+Tab once to open the application you used most recently. This is very useful when you are switching between two applications. - Press F11 (use Exposé) to hide all open windows, double-click the hard disk icon, open the Applications folder, and then double-click an application icon.
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Did You Know?
You can quickly switch between windows within an application (including the Finder). Repeatedly press +~ (the Tilde key to the left of the number 1 key) to cycle through open windows in the application. Release both the keys
to display the window you want.