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What happened to minimizing a file by double clicking title bar?_Never mind

I just installed 10.6.8, and am disappointed that I no longer can minimize a file by double clicking the title bar. I can do so my clicking the gold circle at the top left, or by doing Command/H. But either way moves eight my right hand or my left hand away from the last place I was when I wanted to minimize the file. Suggestions?


I just found the answer: Apple menu > System Preferences > Appearance pane > "Click in the scroll bar to:" > check the box for "Double-click a window's title bar to minimize."

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Nov 29, 2011 3:54 PM

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Nov 29, 2011 6:31 PM in response to ds store

😉

Thanks anyway!


Now if you could only tell me how to get desktop icons to show their whole titles as they used to in 10.4.11. I've got lots of aliases that are very similar and it's virtually impossible for me to know now which are which except I know in what position they are on the desktop.


The annoyance is on top of the weariness I'm feeling because my HD crash yesterday, necessitating a reformatting and reinstallation of programs, preferences and data. I'm a compulsive backer-upper, so I didn't lose much. But I'm dealing with that arduous task on top of learning a new OS and a new Firefox.


But that's more infomation than you needed to know.

Nov 29, 2011 10:27 PM in response to mimzoe

Now if you could only tell me how to get desktop icons to show their whole titles as they used to in 10.4.11.


Click on a bare patch of desktop to make it active, then press Command-J to open View Options for the Desktop. Set "Sort by" to Snap to Grid. Then use the grid spacing slider to open up the spacing (slide to right). Once the icons have been spaced far enough apart, there's room for the full-length name (title) to be shown.


Caution - if you have stuff near the left edge of the screen, move it to the right so it doesn't get pushed off of the screen as you widen the grid spacing.

What happened to minimizing a file by double clicking title bar?_Never mind

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