Tabbing out of games

Rmplstiltskn · Rmplstiltskn #1 (**permalink**)

12-13-2006, 04:12 AM

Hi.

How do I tab out of a game? alt+tab in windows worked but command+tab in mac doesn't. Is there another way?

Rmplstiltskn · Rmplstiltskn #2 (**permalink**)

12-13-2006, 11:57 PM

No one knows?

eric · eric #3 (**permalink**)

12-14-2006, 12:04 AM

works for me on my macbook with civ IV, tropico 2, and simcity 4.
(how well those games actually work on my macbook is a completely different story...)

Rmplstiltskn · Rmplstiltskn #4 (**permalink**)

12-14-2006, 12:54 AM

Hmmm... that's weird. I have a macbook too. I've only tried it in Diablo 2 so far but it doesn't work.

PunkRockTuba · PunkRockTuba #5 (**permalink**)

12-14-2006, 01:03 AM

try apple + H it works sometimes

D3v1L80Y · D3v1L80Y #6 (**permalink**)

12-14-2006, 01:08 AM

Have you tried Option(alt) +Tab?

Rmplstiltskn · Rmplstiltskn #7 (**permalink**)

12-14-2006, 02:51 AM

No go on either of those. I may have to hit up the diablo forums for this one.

mynameis · mynameis #8 (**permalink**)

12-14-2006, 05:49 AM

Try Apple+M, not the same as Alt+Tab in windows but it'll let you get back to Finder.

Audio.Trench · Audio.Trench #9 (**permalink**)

12-14-2006, 11:29 AM

When you run the game, leave a Finder window open, and try Apple+Tab again. I think it's not working because your game is the only open window.

Rmplstiltskn · Rmplstiltskn #10 (**permalink**)

12-14-2006, 03:08 PM

YES! Apple+M worked. You da man mynameis.

Zoolook · Zoolook #11 (**permalink**)

12-14-2006, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eric

works for me on my macbook with civ IV, tropico 2, and simcity 4.
(how well those games actually work on my macbook is a completely different story...)

Civ IV is painful isn't it? How dies Civ III run under rosetta?

eric · eric #12 (**permalink**)

12-14-2006, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zoolook

Civ IV is painful isn't it?

ugh... i posted some info on this in the macbook forum, but to sum up, i had to turn pretty much everything off. really i might as well be playing risk on my kitchen table.

i would guess III would be much better, just from my experience with both of them running on xp on a 17" laptop with serious dedicated graphics. while IV did actually tax the system a bit, III was like running text edit. :-p

i want to try age of empires 2 for the same reason... will probably run ok. maybe i'll pick it up post-xmas.

PunkRockTuba #5 (permalink)
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Rmplstiltskn #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 13, 2006 Posts: 10	12-13-2006, 04:12 AM Hi. How do I tab out of a game? alt+tab in windows worked but command+tab in mac doesn't. Is there another way?
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Rmplstiltskn #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 13, 2006 Posts: 10	12-13-2006, 11:57 PM No one knows?
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Rmplstiltskn #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 13, 2006 Posts: 10	12-14-2006, 12:54 AM Hmmm... that's weird. I have a macbook too. I've only tried it in Diablo 2 so far but it doesn't work.
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Rmplstiltskn #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 13, 2006 Posts: 10	12-14-2006, 02:51 AM No go on either of those. I may have to hit up the diablo forums for this one.
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mynameis #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 30, 2004 Posts: 3,378	12-14-2006, 05:49 AM Try Apple+M, not the same as Alt+Tab in windows but it'll let you get back to Finder.
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Audio.Trench #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 03, 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,719 Mac Specs: Custom PC	12-14-2006, 11:29 AM When you run the game, leave a Finder window open, and try Apple+Tab again. I think it's not working because your game is the only open window.
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Rmplstiltskn #10 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 13, 2006 Posts: 10	12-14-2006, 03:08 PM YES! Apple+M worked. You da man mynameis.
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