How-to: Use Expose' shortcuts

April 1st, 2008 by Brendon Chase Tagged with: ,

expoicon.pngWant a quick way to get rid of the clutter on your desktop and find the application or window you're after? Here are three keystrokes you need to learn.

F9
Press F9 to create a thumbnail of every application and window open on your computer. The windows will fly out and you simply just click on window you want.

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F10
Type F10 and OS X will open windows for your current application open.

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F11
Press F11 and all your windows will fly off the screen so you can see what you have on the desktop

That's it, you've just passed Expose' 101. If you're looking to dig a little deeper with more advanced customisation then follow the prompts from System Preferences--> Expose' and Spaces.

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