Tile or cascade all open windows

I remember back in the Windows days there used to be a way to tile or cascade all your windows to clean up a ton of open windows so you could actually find stuff. Is there a way to do that in Snow Leopard?

21" iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Jan 20, 2011 2:00 PM

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Jan 20, 2011 3:02 PM in response to Whitecity

If you have an older keyboard which doesn't have a little rectangular icon on the F3 key, you need to press F9 instead. If you want to see only the windows for the current application, press Control+F3 or F10.

As for actually arranging the windows, many applications have an option to cascade their windows by holding down Option and choosing Window > Arrange in Front from the menu bar (when Option is not pressed, this command is Bring All to Front). The Finder doesn't have this feature, though other Apple apps do. Other applications may have their own similar features. For example MS Word has an Arrange All command which tiles the open windows. Photoshop has an Arrange menu with options for both cascading and tiling (and others depending on the version).

Sep 24, 2015 6:55 AM in response to CholNairobi

What program?


There are utilities available to give some Microsoft Windows management functionality (BetterTouchTool, BetterSnapTool, are 2 that I know about, but there are others out there).


Could you not just open each document window, size and position the windows so they are where you want them, side-by-side?


NOTE: This is a very old thread (2011), so it might not get much traffic. You may get more views by creating a new thread, explaining what you desire, and with what program (or programs).

Nov 5, 2016 2:15 PM in response to CholNairobi

CholNairobi, I use the simple little program called "Cinch".

It gives Macs the same function as Windows, i.e. you drag a window to one side of the screen, and it expands it to fill that HALF of the screen. Drag another window to the other side, and it expands to fit THAT half of the screen. Drag the window to the top, and it automatically expands it to fit the ENTIRE screen.


It's wonderful!

http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/cinch/

Walt D in LV

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