This way requires a bit of practice:
press ⌘ ⇥ (Command-Tab) to show your running apps. Keep holding ⌘.
press ⇥ until you've selected the minimized app
press the ⌥ (Option) key, and let go of the ⌘ key. You must release the Command key after pressing the Option key!
Note that this only works for an app with all of its windows minimized. If there is already a visible window of the app you won't be able to get to the minimized one with this trick.
Answer from evaneykelen on Stack ExchangeI got to know about a shortcut "Command + Option + H" that hides "all of the windows of all apps", except for the "windows of the frontmost app, which remains active". But what is the shortcut to reverse this change, i.e unhide all those hidden windows.
Cycling through all the apps using cmd + tab and individually unhiding is a way but how to unhide all app windows at once...... Any help would be greatly appreciated :)
This way requires a bit of practice:
press ⌘ ⇥ (Command-Tab) to show your running apps. Keep holding ⌘.
press ⇥ until you've selected the minimized app
press the ⌥ (Option) key, and let go of the ⌘ key. You must release the Command key after pressing the Option key!
Note that this only works for an app with all of its windows minimized. If there is already a visible window of the app you won't be able to get to the minimized one with this trick.
To restore one of many minimized windows using only the keyboard:
- Start with a minimized window
- Cmd + tab to the application icon (Continue to hold Cmd).
- Tip: After pressing Cmd + tab once, you can also use arrow left (and right) when holding the Cmd key, to quickly go to the application. This is a handy combination with the next step.
- While holding Cmd, push the up (or down) arrow key on the keyboard. This will bring up a list of all the application's windows (You can release key command key once the window list view comes up if you like)
- Push the down arrow key to select the minimized windows.
- Use the left and right arrow keys to select the minimized window you want
- Push enter to restore the window and bring it into focus (make it the selected window)
(Tested on OSX Mountain Lion. Step 2b tested on MacOS Sierra)
Hotkey to "Show All" Windows After Hiding them with ⌥⌘H
Is it possible to overview all active windows like you can view hidden windows?
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When pressing control + down the window positions will be highlighted on the desktop and any hidden windows will appear above the dock in a clear easy to use overview.
Is it possible to show active windows in this overview bar as well? And if so, is there any way or plug-in that can make the bar appear when you hover your mouse over the dock?
If nothing exists I’d be interested in writing something for it myself, but as I haven’t done any MacOS based development yet I have no idea what’s feasible or even possible.
Chealion answered this on SuperUser.
I won't copy and paste his answer here, as he got the credit not me.
But basically, what you could do is (quoted from Chealion's answer) :
A second method of arranging the Windows so you can see them (if for some reason they're staying off screen) is to change to the application that owns the window in question, hold the Option key down and choose "Arrange in Front" from the Window menu. It will then arrange all the windows of that application in a cascade from the top left of the screen.
For completeness:
From my answer originally at Server Fault Question 7237:
When a monitor is unplugged (including the adapter as well if applicable - leaving the adapter leaves OS X thinking the monitor is still plugged in) all the Windows should move onto your main screen. Occasionally some windows (eg. Firefox) will keep their position on the very far right of the screen leaving you just enough room to grab the title bar and move it where you'd like to.
One method is before you unplug the external monitor (or before you unplug the dongle) is to open up the Displays Preference Pane in System Preferences and click on the "Gather Windows" button. This is supposed to bring every window on the main screen and the option does not appear if you don't have a second monitor plugged in.
A second method of arranging the Windows so you can see them (if for some reason they're staying off screen) is to change to the application that owns the window in question, hold the Option key down and choose "Arrange in Front" from the Window menu. It will then arrange all the windows of that application in a cascade from the top left of the screen.
Lastly, there are several AppleScripts available (eg. this one at Snipplr) that will also grab every window off screen and move it on screen for you.
There is also a nifty shareware app called Stay that will help automate a lot of this for you, while there is also MarcoPolo which will do much more than just notice if a monitor is disconnected and allows you to run scripts (in case you want to do more than just rearrange the windows).
I got to know about a shortcut "Command + Option + H" that hides "all of the windows of all apps", except for the "windows of the frontmost app, which remains active". But what is the shortcut to reverse this change, i.e unhide all the hidden windows. Cycling through all the apps using cmd + tab and individually unhiding is a way but how to unhide all app windows at once...... Any help would be greatly appreciated :)
I've just discovered by chance that putting your cursor on an icon in your dock and scrolling up (trackpad or mouse) it opens mission control only for that app.
Previously I had to open a random window for that app and swipe four fingers down (trackpad only) or do a keyboard shortcut that I've never really learnt.
Is this behavior a default one? I use a lot of third party software to customize my mac (as I come from Windows and miss a lot of productivity features it has). Can you reproduce it on your mac or is it some software of mine? I like this feature and want to make sure I don't lose it.
Edit:
It seem there is a terminal command you can use to activate this behavior. I recommend activating it ;)
The command: defaults write com.apple.dock scroll-to-open -bool TRUE; killall Dock
The article: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/add-a-useful-scroll-gesture-to-the-os-x-dock-to-view-open-windows/
This gesture shows all open and minimized windows