How to exit fullscreen?

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How to exit fullscreen?

Okay this might sound stupid but I have my Mac since Monday now and I don't have any idea how to exit the fullscreen mode when playing a game. For example I was playing EVE Online the other day (in fullscreen mode) and wanted to check something on my Skype, but couldn't because I wasn't able to exit the fullscreen mode and go to the desktop. I'm using the Macbook Pro at the moment. So if anybody could help me out with that, I'd really appreciate it.

Thank you!

15" Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Aug 27, 2009 1:50 AM

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Answer 1

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Carolyn Samit

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Aug 27, 2009 1:52 AM in response to Tharanon

HI,

To exit full screen mode press the "esc" key top left in your keyboard.

Carolyn 🙂

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Barney-15E

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Aug 27, 2009 3:51 AM in response to Tharanon

That will be game-dependent. I've played some games that won't release the system. Some will work with Cmd+tab. Others will do so with 'esc' as Carolyn mentioned. You may need to check the game documentation to see what you must do.

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Answer 3

Aug 27, 2009 4:49 AM in response to Tharanon

Or you could try Cmd + H which should Hide the current application (effectively put it in the background), allowing you to see the Finder and any other applications.

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Tharanon Author

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Aug 27, 2009 10:53 AM in response to Andrew Wilson

thanks guys. all three solutions worked fine =)

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