Genie Effect

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mikey4406 Author

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Genie Effect

The Genie effect does not work any more ? why is this ?

These are some of the things that make Apple special......

Posted on Nov 22, 2017 8:40 PM

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den.thed

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Nov 22, 2017 9:03 PM in response to mikey4406

Go to Apple > System Preferences > Dock and check your settings.

Magnification: makes the icons enlarge as the mouse pointer passes over them.

*Minimize windows using: Scale effect is the new Default.

Animate: makes then bounce when opening.

*If you want Genie effect, then you will need to select it instead of Scaled effect.

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den.thed

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Nov 22, 2017 11:17 PM in response to mikey4406

Hmmm.... when I select the Genie effect, it works fine for me in High Sierra 10.13.1 and I have a lot of different windows open on a dual display setup...

Try this, switch to Scaled and then back to Genie, to see if that helps....?

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mikey4406 Author

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Nov 22, 2017 11:36 PM in response to den.thed

No that does not work either. Just to make sure I am on the same page as you. When I hold the shift key and collapse the window it does not collapse slowly. It does shrink down to the bottom right hand corner of the screen it does this quickly almost in a flash.

Thank for your suggestions. maybe I have a bug somewhere in the system.

Cheers

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den.thed

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Nov 22, 2017 11:58 PM in response to mikey4406

Watch again real close, it is still 4x slower while holding the Shift key.

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/03/10/slow-motion-mac-window-minimize-animatio n/

The problem is, that the window minimize function is 10x faster in macOS than it use to be in OS X.

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mikey4406 Author

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Nov 22, 2017 10:38 PM in response to den.thed

Dear den.thd,

Thank you but know it still does not work. I I hold the shift key and collapse the window its does not slo mo at all, though it does shrink to the right hand side of the screen...... I am using High Sierra 10.13.1 See my settings.

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