You can't hide all apps because some app or another has to be active. For instance, when you're working on the desktop, the Finder is the active program.

Milhous...you got it! That is exactly what I was looking for! I just found this program: http://www.everydaysoftware.net/showdesktop/index.html Which does exactly what I want to.…

Quote: Originally Posted by Chuckit You can't hide all apps because some app or another has to be active. For instance, when you're working on the desktop, the Finder is the act…

Quote: Originally Posted by chris v This is true-- the Desktop is just a directory displayed full-screen in the Finder. It is more than that.

Not really. chris v is quite right. The desktop really is just a big Finder window. You can verify this with the Quartz Debug application from the developer tools. Yes, Apple has …

Quote: Originally Posted by frankmcma Windows has a "Show Desktop" command..is there something like this in OSX? I know about Expose, and thats close, but I would love to hit a …

Quote: Originally Posted by tooki But yeah, holding command and option when you switch to another application (whether it's by clicking on one of the app's windows or its Dock…

Quote: Originally Posted by frankmcma Cool. Does anyone know if there is a program that does that? I'd love to have only one app showing at a time, and when I click another app …

Quote: Originally Posted by frankmcma Cool. Does anyone know if there is a program that does that? I'd love to have only one app showing at a time, and when I click another app …

I really missed show desktop when I moved to OS X. OPT-CMD-CLICK desktop does not hide all, it hides everything but the finder. So if you have 20 finder windows open, these remain…

Just press the F11 key.

Quote: Originally Posted by markwm OPT-CMD-CLICK desktop does not hide all, it hides everything but the finder. So if you have 20 finder windows open, these remain. Command-…

Quote: Originally Posted by tooki Command-option-click is NOT "hide all" -- you CANNOT hide all open applications. Command-option-click hides all the applications EXCEPT the one…

The equivalent of Show Desktop is F11.

I have mapped Apple + D to show to the desktop with exposé. Just like Windows.

You can also use Butler to do this. You can use it's 'Show Desktop' command and put it in the Menubar as a button or set it as any hotkey you want. All completely free as well. U…

Windows is very different to Mac OS X, and the implementation is therefore very different. Windows is a window-centric OS, Mac OS X is an application-centric OS. In Windows, the …

In fact here's a script that will do it (made by combining two of Apple's example scripts): code: tell application "Finder" activate set visible of every process whose visible i…

Option-clicking a dock icon that you want to switch to seems to do the trick for me (and I have option-click set to the custom click of the scroll-wheel button of my 3-button mouse…

try using Paradocks (free): I hide the doc so having the small floating strip that lists ONLY the open apps is very handy for switching. Double-clicking any app in the floating pal…

Quote: Originally Posted by Krusty Option-clicking a dock icon that you want to switch to seems to do the trick for me (and I have option-click set to the custom click of the sc…

While I agree with every solution above, let me also mention this: If what the user wants is instant access to desktop items, then another method to achieve that end is to (open t…

did you change the keyboard shortcuts by accident?

We don't understand then they.....sorry

Quote: Originally Posted by lordhamster Hi Guys, please forgive me if any of this has been asked before, but I just got my first mac ever, a Macbook Pro and am still leaning. I'…