How to resize a window?

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Level 1

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How to resize a window?

I am looking for a keyboard shortcut to resize a window. There got to be one?

Why? I copied the entire iTunes folder from my MacPro to my MacBook Pro. Worked just fine except that the iTunes window on my MacBook was so tall that I couldn't get to the resize handle in the bottom right corner.

Had to run iTunes on my MacPro, make the window smaller, and copy the entire iTunes folder again to my MacBook. There's got to be a better way?

Thanks for your help.
Olaf

Mac Pro and MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Sep 9, 2009 9:42 PM

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Answer 1

red_menace

Level 6

17,036 points

Sep 9, 2009 10:03 PM in response to Hauke_Haien

Clicking the Zoom item in the Window menu will resize the window to something that fits the screen.

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Answer 2

Hauke_Haien Author

Level 1

16 points

Sep 9, 2009 10:05 PM in response to red_menace

This creates a small version of the iTunes window, but you can't resize the main window from there.

Olaf

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Answer 3

Sep 9, 2009 11:35 PM in response to Hauke_Haien

Try holding the Option key and clicking on the Zoom button. Anyway, if I have the iTunes window filling my big monitor, then drag to my smaller monitor and Option click the zoom, the main window resizes to fit the smaller monitor.
Francine

Francine
Schwieder

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Answer 4

KJK555

Level 4

2,900 points

Sep 10, 2009 1:03 AM in response to Hauke_Haien

I use mondo mouse:
http://www.atomicbird.com/mondomouse

Kj

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Answer 5

Nov 23, 2009 5:22 AM in response to Francine Schwieder

I encountered the same problem when I migrated my files from my iMac to a new MacBook Pro (Snow Leopard). The iTunes window was too large to access the resize spot on the lower right of the window. I tried everything. However, thanks to Francine's solution (option, zoom) I can now access that corner and size the window.

Give Francine points!!

Thanks, Francine.

Linda

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