What does hide do?

Jonnyfive · Jonnyfive #1 (**permalink**)

06-04-2006, 11:28 PM

I know this may seem like a stupid question or that I should have searched the answer but hide is not unique enough of a keyword to give me any useful results.

What does hide do when you click an icon on the icon bar?

mac57 · mac57 #2 (**permalink**)

06-04-2006, 11:29 PM

It is like minimizing a window in Windows is. It "hides" the window, minimizing it into the dock.

Jonnyfive · Jonnyfive #3 (**permalink**)

06-04-2006, 11:30 PM

Does it do anything in relation to the amount of resources that program takes up, or just minimizes it?

Turbo · Turbo #4 (**permalink**)

06-04-2006, 11:30 PM

I don't really get the difference in hide and close. Seems like it is the same to me.

rcltrh · rcltrh #5 (**permalink**)

06-04-2006, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonnyfive

I know this may seem like a stupid question or that I should have searched the answer but hide is not unique enough of a keyword to give me any useful results.

What does hide do when you click an icon on the icon bar?

Its the same as the Red X button. It disappears but it still running, unlike the yellow - button which does similar but shrinks it to the right of the dock. Hide still runs but isn't visible.

Jonnyfive · Jonnyfive #6 (**permalink**)

06-04-2006, 11:33 PM

Excellent, thanks guys!

technologist · technologist #7 (**permalink**)

06-05-2006, 12:05 AM

Close (X) removes the current window from memory. Anything in that window is gone, unless saved.

Minimize (-) moves the window to the dock, where it is represented by a miniature thumbnail.

Hide Application Name makes all of the windows of the application invisible. They do not appear in the Dock, but they will reappear if the application's icon is clicked.

Hide is useful if you have two dozen Safari windows open, and don't want to have to click two dozen minimize buttons or have two dozen little thumbnails in the dock. Minimize is nice when you just want to get one window out of your way.

xthisisRomancex · xthisisRomancex #8 (**permalink**)

06-05-2006, 12:46 AM

not exatly... when you hit the red x it closes that window but still leaves the app open.. when you use the "HIDE" simply hides the whole app.
ex. if you hit hide on firefox in the dock and you are visiting mac-forums when you click on the firefox icon it will open back up to mac-forums... if you hit the red x and then you click the firefox icon it opens to a fresh page.

xthisisRomancex · xthisisRomancex #9 (**permalink**)

06-05-2006, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by xthisisRomancex

not exatly... when you hit the red x it closes that window but still leaves the app open.. when you use the "HIDE" simply hides the whole app.
ex. if you hit hide on firefox in the dock and you are visiting mac-forums when you click on the firefox icon it will open back up to mac-forums... if you hit the red x and then you click the firefox icon it opens to a fresh page.

EDIT: ya beat me to it

mac57 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,547 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, 120 GB SSD, 500 GB HDD	06-04-2006, 11:29 PM It is like minimizing a window in Windows is. It "hides" the window, minimizing it into the dock. My Macs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, Power Macintosh 7500/100 My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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technologist #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 30, 2004 Location: USA Posts: 4,744 Mac Specs: 12" Apple PowerBook G4 (1.5GHz)	06-05-2006, 12:05 AM Close (X) removes the current window from memory. Anything in that window is gone, unless saved. Minimize (-) moves the window to the dock, where it is represented by a miniature thumbnail. Hide Application Name makes all of the windows of the application invisible. They do not appear in the Dock, but they will reappear if the application's icon is clicked. Hide is useful if you have two dozen Safari windows open, and don't want to have to click two dozen minimize buttons or have two dozen little thumbnails in the dock. Minimize is nice when you just want to get one window out of your way. Last edited by technologist; 06-05-2006 at 12:08 AM.
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Jonnyfive #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 02, 2006 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 328 Mac Specs: White MacBook, 2.0 ghz Intel Core 2, 2GB ram\|\|[G4 Imac Flat Panel] \|800mhz\|1Gb RAM\|60gb HDD	06-04-2006, 11:28 PM I know this may seem like a stupid question or that I should have searched the answer but hide is not unique enough of a keyword to give me any useful results. What does hide do when you click an icon on the icon bar?
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Turbo #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 16, 2006 Posts: 20	06-04-2006, 11:30 PM I don't really get the difference in hide and close. Seems like it is the same to me.
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Jonnyfive #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 02, 2006 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 328 Mac Specs: White MacBook, 2.0 ghz Intel Core 2, 2GB ram\|\|[G4 Imac Flat Panel] \|800mhz\|1Gb RAM\|60gb HDD	06-04-2006, 11:33 PM Excellent, thanks guys!
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xthisisRomancex #8 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	06-05-2006, 12:46 AM not exatly... when you hit the red x it closes that window but still leaves the app open.. when you use the "HIDE" simply hides the whole app. ex. if you hit hide on firefox in the dock and you are visiting mac-forums when you click on the firefox icon it will open back up to mac-forums... if you hit the red x and then you click the firefox icon it opens to a fresh page.
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