[BigCanoe]

1) Minimize all windows so I can see the desktop? In Windows I had a toolbar icon to do that.

2) Cylce through open windows? In Windows I would do Alt-Tab.

Thanks!

[bremner770]

1) Hold down Command and Option and click on the Finder icon in the dock.

2) Command and ~

[mark9939]

1) Minimize all windows so I can see the desktop? In Windows I had a toolbar icon to do that.

You can also click the Finder icon and hit command-option-H.

[Technicolor]

You can also use Show Desktop.

2) Command and ~

Isn't it Command + Tab?

[ism]

Depending on why you want to minimise/hide everything, it maybe worth your while to include a link to your desktop/home directory in the dock (simply drag the folder to your dock). You can then click on the folder icon in the dock and it will list all the files/folders contained within, so you can get to the files directly without minimising a thing.

You can also hide everything else via the menu bar. Click the finder icon in the dock, then go to the menu bar and select Finder>Hide others (or whatever it says, can't remember)

[Zadian]

Originally posted by ism:
You can also hide everything else via the menu bar. Click the finder icon in the dock, then go to the menu bar and select Finder>Hide others (or whatever it says, can't remember)

Hold down the command and the alt key while clicking on the Finder icon in the dock. This will activate the Finder and hide all other applications.

[sandsl]

Isn't it Command + Tab?

Command + Tab cycles through open applications, Command + ~ cycles through open windows of the app your in.

[Art Vandelay]

Well, in Windows, there really isn't a distinction between document windows and application windows. So, you can use Alt-Tab to cycle through every single, visible window that is open. You can't do that on a Mac. There isn't a single key command to cycle through every single window. You can cycle through apps (Command-Tab) or cycle through windows specific to an app (Command-`).

[Art Vandelay]

Originally posted by Zadian:
Hold down the command and the alt key while clicking on the Finder icon in the dock. This will activate the Finder and hide all other applications.

Actually, you only need to hold Option (Alt). The Command key is superfluous.

[syrinx2112]

Originally posted by Art Vandelay:
Actually, you only need to hold Option (Alt). The Command key is superfluous.

No it isn't. Option will hide the current application and bring the one you select forward. Command-option hides all other apps and brings the one you select forward.

[Art Vandelay]

Originally posted by syrinx2112:
No it isn't. Option will hide the current application and bring the one you select forward. Command-option hides all other apps and brings the one you select forward.

You're right. I only had one other app running when I tested it, so it didn't make a difference.

[CheesePuff]

I also use Show Desktop and just keep it in the menu bar (no dock icon). Very nice.