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<blockquote data-quote="Oneironaut" data-source="post: 1065300" data-attributes="member: 88633"><p>DiMMax...</p><p></p><p>To access all open windows within one application, you have a couple of options. You can use Exposé to reveal all the open windows. Maybe someone can tell you how to get it to reveal just the windows of a particular application, but even just having all windows visible is at LEAST as quick as clicking on a Windows task bar. When you activate Exposé, all your open windows will fan out in a customizable arrangement from which you can choose whichever one you want. For instance, if you have ten Reason windows open and you hit Exposé, all ten windows will immediately fan out in a grid across your screen. You can then just click on the one you want, or drag them to arrange them into any order you want.</p><p></p><p>That would be the fastest way. In fact, this is essentially the same as using Windows task bar in the sense that one click reveals all open windows, it's just that OS X reveals them as clickable images and not just a list. </p><p></p><p>You can have it as simple as a few windows like this:</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://images.apple.com/hk/en/macosx/what-is-macosx/images/expose_hero20090608.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Or have oodles of windows open like this:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.mezzoblue.com/i/articles/03.23.04.expose-lg.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>As long as you arrange the windows you need in the order that's quickest for you, I don't see how this is any slower than switching with Windows task bar.</p><p></p><p>This is much faster than using Spaces, though it can be done using that too. </p><p></p><p>You can also use Command+` (that is, press the Command key and the ` key at the same time) to cycle between all the open windows of a single application. You will have to CYCLE through the open windows so you don't have as much control as when you use Exposé. Remember, Command+Tab cycles through open applications, and Command+` cycles through all open windows of the currently active application. </p><p></p><p>I think the biggest mistake is trying to use the Dock like Windows task bar, because it's not the same thing at ALL, nor is it meant to be used the same way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oneironaut, post: 1065300, member: 88633"] DiMMax... To access all open windows within one application, you have a couple of options. You can use Exposé to reveal all the open windows. Maybe someone can tell you how to get it to reveal just the windows of a particular application, but even just having all windows visible is at LEAST as quick as clicking on a Windows task bar. When you activate Exposé, all your open windows will fan out in a customizable arrangement from which you can choose whichever one you want. For instance, if you have ten Reason windows open and you hit Exposé, all ten windows will immediately fan out in a grid across your screen. You can then just click on the one you want, or drag them to arrange them into any order you want. That would be the fastest way. In fact, this is essentially the same as using Windows task bar in the sense that one click reveals all open windows, it's just that OS X reveals them as clickable images and not just a list. You can have it as simple as a few windows like this: [IMG]http://images.apple.com/hk/en/macosx/what-is-macosx/images/expose_hero20090608.png[/IMG] Or have oodles of windows open like this: [IMG]http://www.mezzoblue.com/i/articles/03.23.04.expose-lg.jpg[/IMG] As long as you arrange the windows you need in the order that's quickest for you, I don't see how this is any slower than switching with Windows task bar. This is much faster than using Spaces, though it can be done using that too. You can also use Command+` (that is, press the Command key and the ` key at the same time) to cycle between all the open windows of a single application. You will have to CYCLE through the open windows so you don't have as much control as when you use Exposé. Remember, Command+Tab cycles through open applications, and Command+` cycles through all open windows of the currently active application. I think the biggest mistake is trying to use the Dock like Windows task bar, because it's not the same thing at ALL, nor is it meant to be used the same way. [/QUOTE]
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