Keyboard shortcut for "GO to Desktop"

I've been searching all morning and can't find the answer here, so I'll pose the question.

I have a new iMac 21.5" with the short wireless bluetooth keyboard. What is the keyboard shortcut so I can hide all open windows and applications and go to my desktop?

Thanks

iMac 3.06 Ghz Intel duo core, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Jan 16, 2010 7:07 AM

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Jan 16, 2010 7:19 AM in response to WildBull

Hi- There is no longer a dedicated key on your keyboard to do that. However, follow these steps to make one...

Click on System Preferences, Keyboard, and then choose Keyboard Shortcuts tab. In the lefthand column, select Expose & Spaces On the right, you will see that Expose has several shortcut key options. Make sure that the checkbox for Desktop is filled in, and double click it, and press the keyboard key you would like to activate it. If I may suggest, F5 or F6 are good choices.

That is it! You are good to go.

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Keyboard shortcut for "GO to Desktop"

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