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Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ?

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ?
Date 2014-03-10 15:26 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID <bo63tuFied7U4@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <1li7xcp.ellphj1o9eukuN%Howard.not@home.com> <myk3c4hrlf.fsf@Sunburn.Stanford.EDU> <100320140921103923%YourName@YourISP.com> <1li9dy6.5oqrx81d86pikN%Howard.not@home.com> <090320141906406431%michelle@michelle.org>

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On 2014-03-10, Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> In article <1li9dy6.5oqrx81d86pikN%Howard.not@home.com>, Howard
><Howard.not@home.com> wrote:
>
>> Mac user of 20+ years.I just don't want to have multiple windows open at
>> the same time, browser, email, usenet, spreadsheet, Finder, iTunes,
>> torrent etc ...
>
> run this in the Terminal app:
>
> defaults write com.apple.dock single-app -bool false ; killall Dock 
>
> When you select an app from the Dock, it will automatically hide all
> other applications.

Good tip. This setting is also available in the lovely Secrets
preference pane (download link is at the top of the web page):

<http://secrets.blacktree.com/?showapp=com.apple.dock>

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JR

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Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-09 01:56 +0000
  Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Martin Frost me at invalid stanford daht edu <nospam@stanford.edu.invalid> - 2014-03-08 22:24 -0700
    Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-09 16:43 +0000
    Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-03-10 09:21 +1300
      Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-09 16:35 -0400
      Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-09 20:53 +0000
        Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-09 22:51 +0000
          Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 00:23 +0000
            Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-10 00:43 +0000
              Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2014-03-09 20:29 -0500
                Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 01:40 +0000
                Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-10 15:24 +0000
                Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 17:50 +0000
                Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2014-03-10 21:58 -0500
                Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-11 17:46 +0000
                Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2014-03-11 16:11 -0500
                Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-12 05:22 +0000
          Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-03-10 11:10 -0700
            Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 18:22 +0000
              Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-03-10 18:57 -0700
        Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-03-10 13:09 +1300
          Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 00:23 +0000
            Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-03-10 13:28 +1300
              Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 01:40 +0000
          Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-10 00:48 +0000
        Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-03-09 19:06 -0700
          Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-10 15:26 +0000
            Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-03-10 09:39 -0700
          Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 17:50 +0000
            Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-03-10 12:15 -0700
              Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-10 21:56 +0000
  Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-09 07:34 +0000
    Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-09 16:43 +0000
  Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-09 13:13 -0400
    Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Howard.not@home.com (Howard) - 2014-03-09 18:36 +0000
      Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-09 15:25 -0400
    Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-09 23:23 +0000
      Re: Mavericks: "Show One Application At A Time" ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-10 17:04 -0400

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