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New to mac- is there a "show desktop" button?
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Apr 2, 2005, 10:22 AM
 
Very frustrated pc convert.

After you have a few screens open, is their a show desktop button to minimize everything? Seems like I have to do it manually.

When you click a link to download where does it download the file to?

Thanks.
     
Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Chicago
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Apr 2, 2005, 10:30 AM
 
It's called "Expose"
it does more then just "Show Desktop" too.

You will find it in your System Preferences
Apple - System Preferences - Expose
You can assign it to a key on your keyboard, key on your mouse or even a corner of your screen. Good luck and remember there is a lot to learn.
     
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Apr 2, 2005, 10:32 AM
 
Originally posted by asianbond:
Very frustrated pc convert.

After you have a few screens open, is their a show desktop button to minimize everything? Seems like I have to do it manually.
Someone asked a similar question a few weeks ago, http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...t=show+desktop


Originally posted by asianbond:
When you click a link to download where does it download the file to?
Depends. What app are we talking about, Safari?
     
Mac Elite
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Apr 2, 2005, 10:37 AM
 
Also these are OS X questions and your other post is a software question. to get better results in the future you should place them in there. These forums are for people specifically with iMac, eMac, & Mac Mini, your questions have nothing to do with the machines themselves and response times could be quicker for you if your post was in a different spot.

an admin will probably swoop from the sky and move your post anyway...
     
Forum Regular
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Apr 2, 2005, 10:39 AM
 
want to see the desktop? F11
want to see that window again? F11

going between mail and safari or iphoto or itunes or whatever? F9

usually with safari it'll just go to your desktop, but you can set a folder to make any download go where you want it to go.

and i can't believe no one told him about the book yet? osx panther; the missing manuel
amazon link here
     
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Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
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Apr 2, 2005, 10:54 AM
 
Hi asianbond, welcome to the forums! Indeed, you do need to post your questions in the correct forums -- this forum isn't a forum for all questions posed by iMac/eMac/Mac mini owners, but rather a forum for questions that pertain only to those computer models.

Thanks!
tooki
     
   
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