Short cut key to minimize all the windows
Is there a short cut key in mountain lion to minimize all the windows at the same time?
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion
Yep I'd say F11 is the best answer to this thread. I had no idea it existed so thank you!
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You can combine the Hide All keyboard shortcut (Command+Option+H) which hides all windows except the currently active window with the Minimize Active Window keyboard shortcut (Command+Option+M) referenced above.
To invoke this third ‘Minimize and Hide All’ shortcut press the Command+Option+H+M keys in Lion and Mountain Lion.
But it is just as easy to double-click Mission Control on the Dock to the “Show Desktop” option and then restore the entire window layouts by double-clicking Mission Control on the Dock a second time.
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F11 on mac is also better than Windows-M because it puts your work all back in place when you F11 again.
How to reopen just one of the 'minimized' windows after F11 ?
Command+Option+H+M
And more to the point, if F11 is a challenge (e.g. on a Macbook), you can change the shortcut:
System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Mission Control > Show Desktop
in OS X Yosemite
go to system preferences
go to keyboard
check "use All F1, F2 keys......"
go to Shortcuts
make sure "Show Desktop" is set to F11
When you press F11 this will make all the windows Hide and show the clean desktop view
When you click F11 again, all the windows that you had open will come back in the order you had them before hiding.
this works easier than 'Option'+M+H'
You're running in circles...
The OP literally wrote "MINIMIZE all the windows". With all due respect, but that's pretty much straight forward to me: minimize all the windows, neither hide nor exposé to the desktop, nor some space or screen but ALL windows, period.
The solution was given already. Option+Cmd+M to minimize current app, Option+Cmd+H to hide all except current app -> Option+Cmd+H+M. Works great on El Capitan.
This worked for me! Thanks!
Try holding down the fn key and then the F11 key.
Short cut key to minimize all the windows