Exposé Hack

[Flying Llama]

In Panther, if you type in the Terminal (no quotations):
"defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-olddesktop -bool false"
"killall Dock", then exposé will react differently on "show desktop". Instead of bringing all the windows on the side, it will put them in a small box. Except it sometimes locks-up the window server :/

Can anyone with 10.4 preview confirm that this still works? did apple fix it?

 

[Chris Grande]

This hack still works in Tiger and no longer puts a 'hole' in the desktop that doesn't let you click anything.

 

[Flying Llama]

This hack still works in Tiger and no longer puts a 'hole' in the desktop that doesn't let you click anything.

Hmm... apple must have been working on it... that's great that they're finishing it!

 

[ravenvii]

That is cool, and seems to work pretty well. Wonder if it's a new Expose mode for Tiger?

 

[AmigoMac]

That is cool, and seems to work pretty well. Wonder if it's a new Expose mode for Tiger?

-seems, I went pretty fast through f9 f10 f11 and my system got blocked

-Maybe, Virtual desktops I doubt it but speculation is part of life

 

[johnnowak]

Note that tinkertool will let you do this without the terminal.

 

[rendezvouscp]

This is really cool. I love the fact that you can move that little window around to where ever you want. I hope this becomes an actual feature, but I doubt it.
–Chase

 

[musicpyrite]

I'll try it in Tiger, but how do I reverse it if I don't like it/it screws up my computer?

 

[Kingsnapped]

I had it set to do that for a while. I didn't know about the "hole" that it makes though... so I got kinda pissed running Final Cut, as that hole is right over where I used to keep my clips.

 

[Flying Llama]

I'll try it in Tiger, but how do I reverse it if I don't like it/it screws up my computer?

You type in true instead of false.

 

[XnavxeMiyyep]

It would be nice if they implemented this as a 4th Exposé feature in Tiger, though I'm not sure how much practical use it would have.