For single-window apps you can command-click the zoom button to have it fill the entire screen. Other than that, I don't know. If you don't like clutter, you can always hide stuff.

I just tried that in iTunes and it just resized the window to the smallest allowable square. IT DID NOT WORK!!!!!! And even if I hid an app, if I click on an open sliver, the bac…

Apps can do this themselves if their developers want them to (e.g., Photoshop, most games), but I don't think it's normally possible to force an app to steal the entire screen.

ChuckIt, every time I see that a Mac cannot do it all, I am slowly but, most probably, being convinced to do as your username says-go Chuckit on the Mac and move over to the Winte…

If you want fullscreen just resize the window it's really easy! In my opinion fullscreen just sucks in most apps. I always drag and drop stuff from one app to another, with fullscr…

i use fullscreen with photoshop, indesign, reason, logic, etc. i use "transparent dock" (check versiontracker), and DE-selected "float dock on top". (and of course, i have a trans…

I have a simple Applescript that I have set to a keyboard shortcut with Spark. I hit two keys and the window/app I have selected fills my screen. It's not that hard, but I'm going …

Quote: Originally Posted by gulmatan ChuckIt, every time I see that a Mac cannot do it all, I am slowly but, most probably, being convinced to do as your username says-go Chuck…

Quote: Originally Posted by surfwax95 I have a simple Applescript that I have set to a keyboard shortcut with Spark. I hit two keys and the window/app I have selected fills my s…

This is old, but it still works great and I use it if I want to focus on the forefront window: FocusLayer

Quote: Originally Posted by gulmatan ChuckIt, every time I see that a Mac cannot do it all, I am slowly but, most probably, being convinced to do as your username says-go Chuck…

Quote: Originally Posted by Macanoid This is old, but it still works great and I use it if I want to focus on the forefront window: FocusLayer Tried it. Didn't really help…

The fact mac apps dont fight to take over the entire screen is exactly why I love the platform, its incredibly counter intuitive

Sounds to me as if you're looking for a purist solution on ideological rather than practical grounds. One way of cleaning things up might be using MenuShade to hide the menu bar, h…

Nope! The menubar is not the problem. I'm okay with the menubar. My need is to isolate the entire remainder of the screen such that the active application has COMPLETE display o…

One thing I wish the switchers would get is the Mac OS is not Windows. Don't expect it to behave like Windows. Honestly, if you miss the Windows experience that much, maybe you're …

Quote: Originally Posted by gulmatan Nope! The menubar is not the problem. I'm okay with the menubar. My need is to isolate the entire remainder of the screen such that the a…

Or new document: modifier-key while drag proxy icon from dock app icon to the location you want it. Afaic, the dock is a failure anyway, so I don't see how this would make things w…

I've never tried it but had stumbled across this a while back: http://www.growlichat.com/NuFile.php

Quote: Originally Posted by techtrucker I've never tried it but had stumbled across this a while back: http://www.growlichat.com/NuFile.php Wow that program works great,t…

Quote: Originally Posted by jjlannoo Wow that program works great,thanks I use the same program, it's good. I set it like Windows though, so the app doesn't open as soon a…

Can I ask what the point of creating an empty file is?

Quote: Originally Posted by monkeybrain Can I ask what the point of creating an empty file is? Lets say you have a finder window already open and you want to create a file …

I can appreciate it's usefulness, I may download it and give it a spin. Glad I recalled the name!

You could always use the CLI (Terminal.app) to create a new empty file, but that's probably even more tedious that opening the application, New file, save as. Eg, touch Desktop/b…