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How do you show all open windows in all applications?

Previous to Lion, I used to be able to go to a hot corner and all of the open windows in all applications would appear neatly side by side. Now I get stacks of windows grouped by application. How can I go back to the old way where every window was visible? This is helpful in Photoshop when I need to see all of the images I am working on and all of the images on my website in Safari.

MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Feb 13, 2012 10:15 AM

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Jun 10, 2012 5:01 PM in response to mikekmikek

You don't have a hot-corner for that anymore.


You use a gesture for that now. You can either 4-finger swipe down, or place the tips of your fingers in the center of your track pad. Your fingers should be bunched up and touching each other. To show all windows, expand your fingers, as if you were showing someone "5" on your fingers.

How do you show all open windows in all applications?

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